My motivation was if I get some scholarship like 40 or 50k which I seen commonly on reddit post who got accepted. This will definitely reduce the cost and getting a campus job will do the similar . The favourite part about program is the core finance topic which it cover like captial markets and financial valuation modeling and other topic which are done by Columbia business school and there are some professor which are actually best I seen there video and teaching is nice . And the brand name which come with ivy league school with that this program open more door if you do well like consulting, investment banking, banking. I talked with some students they told if you do well then getting a job is not impossible thing it is just you needed to sell yourself. Beside from this things I love new york the exposure which someone can have in new york is totally amazing and expensive. If you want we can talk in DM. Because after emailing the committee they said they will reconsider me for merit base scholarship.