So, I am a second-year college student who is very passionate about a future career in financial planning. I am currently a finance major at a very very reputable business school, but upon interviewing at a few financial firms for internships and speaking with some local financial advisors, several mentioned a degree program through another department at my university that is financial planning specific and fills the CFP education requirement (my current major does not).
I would like to graduate on-time as I have already pushed my education back a full year for military service and do not wish to be in school longer than I have to.
My current options the way I see it are to either switch to this program that offers completion of CFP education requirement and minor in business (which will allow me to graduate on time) OR remain a Finance major and minor in this alternative program which would allow me to complete the classes needed for CFP (but add another full semester to my education, plus it can’t be completed in the Summer term so I would be prolonging my inability to work a full-time job essentially another full year).
PROS to switching: - Complete CFP with no additional coursework - Graduate when I plan to
CONS to switching: - Graduate from a much much less reputable program - Lose many of the benefits from being in this reputable college (ie. Networking events, programs, employment opportunities, career resources, etc.)
More context: - I am 99.9% dead set on becoming a financial planner in the future so no excessive need to pursue the broader finance degree just to keep different options open - I have received many recommendations to look into this alternative program from local firms - I plan to eventually get my MBA (hopefully from this reputable business school)
I apologize for the excessively long post but I hope some of you here can provide some guidance and insight. TIA!!!
Submitted April 06, 2018 at 09:10AM by abirchler3 https://ift.tt/2H5i0qa
