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To get a Master’s Degree or Not?
For the motion:
1. Ease of Immigration.
2. Need to remedy undergraduate grades.
3. Minimum qualification in your chosen career is a Master’s Degree e.g. International Law, International Development/Affairs, International Trade Law, Academia.
For the motion:
1. Ease of Immigration.
2. Need to remedy undergraduate grades.
3. Minimum qualification in your chosen career is a Master’s Degree e.g. International Law, International Development/Affairs, International Trade Law, Academia.
4. Prestige of going to an Ivy League/personal branding.
5. Exposure/Desire to observe other systems with a goal to transferring innovation and business ideas to your home country.
6. Post Graduate School opportunities/ Better standing as an immigrant.
5. Exposure/Desire to observe other systems with a goal to transferring innovation and business ideas to your home country.
6. Post Graduate School opportunities/ Better standing as an immigrant.
7. At the managerial level, you cannot go wrong with an MBA.
Arguments against Getting a Master’s Degree:
1. Need to Master’s Degree is industry specific.
2. Professional qualification trumps Master’s Degree at entry level in some professions. E.g. ACCA, CFA, PHRi, ICSAN, ACTI etc.
1. Need to Master’s Degree is industry specific.
2. Professional qualification trumps Master’s Degree at entry level in some professions. E.g. ACCA, CFA, PHRi, ICSAN, ACTI etc.
3. On-the-job experience over Master’s degree in professional services e.g. Law (especially Litigation, Banking & Finance), Big 4 , Consulting, Finance generally.
4. Many don’t get real value for money after their Master’s Degree. Unless it is on a full ride, it might not be
4. Many don’t get real value for money after their Master’s Degree. Unless it is on a full ride, it might not be
economically prudent to take loans for a cosmetic Master’s Degree. It could be justified only if a Master’s Degree is the minimum qualification in your field, you’re remedying bad undergraduate grades or for ease of immigration.
5. Master’s Degree doesn’t guarantee post graduate school opportunities abroad.
PS: If PG opportunities is your major motivation for a Master’s Degree, then you need to be more strategic about where you go to school. Canada or US, UK or Australia?
PS: If PG opportunities is your major motivation for a Master’s Degree, then you need to be more strategic about where you go to school. Canada or US, UK or Australia?
For a Tech Related course, Stanford might be a better choice than Harvard because of it’s proximity to Silicon Valley/ tech centres. New York or DC for UN opportunities? London or Brussels for EU opportunities? Oxford (UK) or Leiden (Netherlands) for Public International Law?
