beatthegmat wrote:CFA as in certified financial analyst?
yes
www.cfainstitute.org
few schools ,along with their finance programs such as mba finance or ms finance give classes(1-2 electives only coz rest could usually overlap with finance electives) related 2 cfa course so that a student cld pass atleast level 1 and 2 along with the course so that alongside ur mba finance or MS in finance u also ve an opportunity to complete cfa
thus if one is not going to ivy league or any top 50 business schools then doing mba fin/ms fin + cfa cld boost ur chances to land at a job of ur choice, and that by studyin only few more electives i think
although clearing the exams continuously depends on one's own caliber
regards