Ask mbaMission

This is my profile :-

- Indian Citizen, Male
- GPA: 3.53/4.00 - B.S. Computer Engineering from Big Ten University (Top 10 program according to US News; also did great in Math courses)
- GMAT : 710 (48Q/40V)
- 3 years experience at a Financial Data and Analytics firm in New York working in different teams (2 yrs as an ABS modeller, 1 year as a software dev)


I am really interested in exploring a career in Finance post MBA and would love to pursue CFA at some point of time. (Hopefully, the Level I CFA before I start MBA)

My Question is: I have till June 2014 till the application essays come out to work/rework on other aspects of the application. I would like to get some feedback about which of the following options might help my application more

a. Retaking the GMAT. I am fairly confident that I would be able to get a higher Quant score and want to work towards getting a higher Verbal score. I am targeting a 740+ score

b. Attempting CFA Level I in June 2014. - Will this help build my profile as I am definitely planning to follow a Finance Track in any MBA program.? Do MBA adcoms consider a CFA level I to be an asset going into the MBA program or something which shows that I would be ready for Core courses in B-school?

Thanks for taking out time and reading this post!!!