B.S in Biotech (2007) and thinking about Master in Finance? Worth it?
Hello,
I have B.S in Biotech (2007) from a leading university in the U.S with a stellar GPA. I have not so stellar GRE. I have 4.5 years of Pharma/Operations experience. Last 2 years of which have been as a direct people Manager in Mfg. Operations. I also have Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and project mgmt certificate. My goal to get an MBA from top-tier university in the next 3 years or so. In the meanwhile, I'm interested in pursuing Masters in Finance program at Penn State Great Valley (not the online program). My question to you is without any business/finance background, will this masters degree provide me with enough conceptual knowledge about how company's financial backbone functions? The primary reason I want to pursue this program is because I want to have specific focus in finance so understand the basics as well as specific pillars of the financial world. After working in Opeartions, I've developed passion for finance and want to know what I'm dealing if I were to go thru with this commitment.
P.S. My employer may pay for this program partially but even if they don't, I'm willing to pay myself.
Thanks.
Depends on what you want to do. You mention you want to understand the basics and conceptual knowledge of a company's financial backbone, etc. An MSF will go way beyond that. If I were you I would stick it out a year or so on your current job and instead focus on getting a high GMAT and recommendation letters for a top MBA program. you can get into a finance role from there.
stupid. do ur mba from a top 10 b-school and then place into buy side focused on pharma/life sciences. Penn state is as bad as Sandusky in terms of academis so that's a waste. BS biotech is meaningless esp since uve been doing operations and not actual r&d, prod development. Take ur gmat. I started and sold a med device company so I know what I'm talking about
Says the unverified, with a random IB title and claims of med device startup exp
If you want to understand finance, you can do self-study, a CFA, etc.
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