Hey hausm49008, I just had an interview with Rotmans a few days ago and it doesn’t come up at all. The interview is for them to get to know you on a personal level so they don’t really care about it unless your life/goals/passion/hobbies revolve around the CFA program (in that case then kiss your chances of getting accepted goodbye). They want to know the answers to why MBA, why the specific school, and overall “stuff” that hasn’t been touched on in your application. Sorry Rachel.Li52 that i sidetracked your forum topic but as you can tell you will never be able to get your questions answered on this forum (maybe 1% of the time).
out of curiosity, was af this bad 3 years ago?
no
I think at some schools initial applications are reviewed by current students who have a better chance of knowing what a CFA is than typical adcoms. By one account, the person said that while the CFA is impressive, the danger is in building your whole application revolving solely on the CFA. Like CFAToronto83 said, schools want to see well-rounded candidates who know what they really want.
As phBOOM mentioned, some schools out there have student members on admissions committees. I also agree with his suggestion that building an application revolving around the CFA isn’t the way to go; it’s more important to build an application – and build your life for that matter – around something that shows you can add something unique to the student community.
All I was trying to do was reference my old post about CFA introverts and a book recommendation endorsed by Buffet. I totally messed this one up.