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Should I include this in my Resume?

mashUSMMmashUSMM Member
edited November 2020 in Law School Admissions 52 karma

Hi-

I am a finance major and one thing that is on my resume (under education) is a financial modeling certification which is awarded after 50-60 hours of rigorous training, the successful building of a 3-statement financial model in under 90 minutes, and the passing of 2 exams on corporate finance, valuation methods, and accounting which when combined, has a pass rate of 11%.

This has been of great value for getting finance interviews and it always comes up in interviews. However, I am not sure law schools care. Any recommendations about if I should include this and if I do, where should I place it and how to describe it?

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  • Brian12693Brian12693 Core Member
    edited November 2020 88 karma

    Put it in your education section and just make a bullet point.

    Something like this:

    University of ABC, 2020
    B.B.A Finance
    GPA: 3.80

    • Financial Modeling Certification (add a quick explanation of what it is)

  • VerdantZephyrVerdantZephyr Member ⭐
    2054 karma

    I would also suggest including it unless you have a very long relevant work history. Financial knowledge is very relevant to law and it sounds like a valuable industry related certification. Unless you have so many other important things to put on that there is no room I think it makes the cut easily.

  • Brian12693Brian12693 Core Member
    88 karma

    What financial modeling course did you use?

  • Burt ReynoldsBurt Reynolds Alum Member Sage ⭐
    957 karma

    I'm a finance major as well. I agree with @Brian12693 -- make a quick mention of it under education. I'd expect that law schools would value finance-related work experience more (as they probably don't know much about modeling), but it's worth mentioning imo.

  • mashUSMMmashUSMM Member
    52 karma

    @Brian12693 said:
    What financial modeling course did you use?

    https://adventiscg.com/FMC-program/

    The pass rate I cited was for peoples initial attempt. Taught me more than any of my finance classes in college combined and has been very helpful as I will be spending the summer in Real Estate Private Equity

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