Should I go to a irrelevant "Harvard" 1-year masters program just to get the name "Harvard" on my resume? Good for Wall Street Job Applications?

Hello all,

The Harvard MBA program is probably too competitive for me. However, I see that Harvard has many OTHER 1-year Masters programs that are completely unrelated to business and that no one wants to attend, so I can probably get in easily. Should I complete a 1-year Masters Degree at Harvard for something like Music so when IB or HF or PE companies look at my resume, they see the name "Harvard" and say "wow this guy went to Harvard, lets give him an interview"?

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