Curriculum Analysis plays two roles in your admissions
1) Finding a course that will help you achieve your short-term and long-term goals
2) Creating Narratives to demonstrate motivation for the MBA or Master’s program
Finding a Course
Schools are known for strengths in certain industries or functions. There are no universal top-ranked schools that will spring a great career in Investment Banking, Private Equity, Consulting, Healthcare, and Technology.
Each school has dominance in certain industries or functions - often in one.
The position of these schools depends to a large extent on the research strengths, the faculty, and the curriculum.
You can have the best research and faculty but if the curriculum doesn’t align with your industry or function, joining the program would not lead you to the intended goal.
Also, the cost is nearing the $300,000 mark for an MBA and $150,000 for a Master's program.
It is not a small mistake to choose the wrong program.
- 2 years of opportunity cost and $300,000 with an MBA will put you on a downward trend for 5-7 years.
- 1 year of opportunity cost and $150,000 with a Master's program will put you on a downward trend for 3-5 years.
F1GMAT Premium is trying to solve this problem with our extensive analysis of curriculum based on the potential in an industry or a function.
Creating Narratives
Another value of F1GMAT Premium's curriculum analysis is for creating narratives for your goals essay or personal statement.
Once you narrate a motivation for an MBA or a Master’s program, the goals essay or personal statement should refer to the ‘details’ of the curriculum.
Without details, you cannot persuade the admissions team that the courses will help you.
It could be superstar professors who have excelled in an industry.
It could be research in cutting-edge technology.
It could be the strong location-driven experiential learning courses.
It could be a strategic partnership with a consulting, technology, or VC company.
It could be a new center of innovation or a center with a specialization in a function or an industry.
There are several ‘specific’ motivations that you should mention by citing the ‘curriculum.’
In F1GMAT Premium’s Curriculum analysis, we dive deep into the multiple facets of a course and present the strengths of each program that you could personalize and mention in your essays.
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