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    • Pranav
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      12 Dec 2017 at 3:38 am
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      References – Why are references required for the Access Scholarship application? “CFA Institute employees are not permitted to serve as references. CFA charterholder references are preferred but not required.” – So what sort of references, if not CFA charterholders could I go for?
      Currently, I just put my parents in as references, is that ok?

    • DollarsToDonuts
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      12 Dec 2017 at 12:43 pm
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      @Pranav are you currently employed? ideally you would use your supervisors as references. i don’t think parents would qualify as very strong referrals, but you can call CFAI or your local charter society to verify.

    • Pranav
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      12 Dec 2017 at 3:45 pm
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      @DollarsToDonuts‌ yes, i am…but not in an industry related to cfa
      sent out an email to them stating my query, will just wait for a response and then decide…

    • DollarsToDonuts
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      12 Dec 2017 at 10:31 pm
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      ahh i see. the more i think about it, using your parents may in fact be OK. i can’t imagine the access scholarship as being overly concerned with who act as your references.

    • Pranav
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      13 Dec 2017 at 2:09 am
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      @DollarsToDonuts‌ right, that’s what I thought too…anyhow, no harm in waiting for a few days for clarification, since I have sent out an email…

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