CFA level 1 professional work experience and study experience

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#1

Hi,

Im posting this topic as I found only simmilar posts but Im still not sure what the answer is.

I wanna enroll for CFA lvl 1 in June 2015. The thing is, I worked for 2 years in a firm where I was just at ‘information desk’ so I sometimes answered phone calls, other times I made a short research. Is such a job eligible to register for lvl 1? (CFA says it does not have to be investment related)

The other question which is a bit stupid. I studied for like 4 years (building engineery) but I am still in second year. Could that be counted as 4 years of undergraduate practice? I mean, how strict CFA is on enforcing that?

If I choose the option of 2 years college + 2 years work, what documents should I prepare for them to prove it as they say ’ we may contact you for details’.

Please help me as today is a deadline and I would really love to go to investments and I think CFA could be the best way for me.

#2

Let me stop you there. It is way too late to sign up for June, you are going to fail. Do yourself a favour and sign up for December.

i don’t think they are particularly zealous about verifying these details until you apply for the charter. The 2 years seems to be just 2 years spent in higher education, whether you’ve finished your degree or not. So i think 2 + 2 is ok.

#3

thanks for your reply.

by saying ’ way too late’ do you mean its too late to master the material? I forgot to mention that I already did economics and started with quantity methods (schweser materials) but today I have to make my decision.

Has anyone had a simmilar situation like me ? Waiting for more replies.