After I received my letter of admittance from Frankfurt School, questions – that had previously just lingered in the back of my head, not real enough to be of concern – clawed back into the foreground. Will I make it? Will I lag behind with my undergrad in humanities? Will I make a fool of myself for not knowing things that are blatantly obvious to others? Will I get a job when I have so much less field-specific experience than others?
Below are the answers that I would give my younger self with today’s knowledge.
For some of you, the challenges even go beyond simply a new subject. There’s a new city, a new country, a new language to handle. That’s for sure no small consideration. But as you can see from some of the other articles on this blog there are plenty of programs, initiatives and buddies that have you covered. The only real necessary precondition is that you want it. The main challenge is to embrace the change that this leap of faith ensures.
But of course, where there are challenges, there are opportunities as well. Three of them going into this program with a “niche”-degree are:
But where are the benefits in going the extra mile? Depending on your previous subject, it is obvious that there is limited range of applicability of your existing knowledge (you are here to learn something new, aren’t you?). A computer science undergrad will have an easier time transitioning than a liberal art one, who hasn’t touched math for quite some time. But what is sure for each of you: While several business administration undergrads might have a hard time explaining employers their unique selling points, you have a unique selling point as long as you are able to communicate a connection between your Bachelor and your Master – got this base covered from the get-go..
To sum it up: No Business Bachelor? No problem!
No really, I do recommend taking the leap and stepping out of your comfort-zone. In comparison to your fellow students that already have an economics minor your horizon will expand exponentially rather than incrementally. There will be a time in tomorrow’s working world where any specific, distinguishable task will be automated. The ones that can go deep but also connect the dots across different fields will still outbrain the machines.
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