Letter of motivation
I'm writing this letter to express my interest in attending your master's program in finance.
Background:
I finished my Secondary education from Sri Sankara Senior secondary school (CBSE), Adyar in the year 2008 falling within the top 3 scorers in my class with merit in Accountancy and Business studies. I was then accepted into Loyola college (Rated among the top 3 colleges in India for Arts & science) to pursue my bachelor's degree in Commerce.
My 3 years at Loyola helped me to experiment with various subject areas in order to gauge my interest/competency level in said areas and ultimately deciding on a career path to follow. Aside from the normal B.Com course in my college, I wrote and passed the first level exams for the below professional courses in my country.
- Company secretaryship (ACS) conducted by ICSI (the institute of company secretaries of India)
- The CPT exam for Chartered accountancy course conducted by the ICAI (the institute of chartered accountants of India)
My reason to drop out of the courses was primarily due to the lack of interest in the subject matter.
During my 3rd year, my college introduced the NCCMP (NSE certified capital market professional) course in conjunction with the National Stock Exchange of India. I immediately enrolled for the course as I really wanted to find out if the subject area of capital markets would prove of any interest to me. I fell in love with this field from Day 1 and subsequently decided that I would pursue a career in the field of financial markets. This course made me realize the practical use of all the accounting/mathematical principles I had learnt in the past. Aside from giving me an understanding on the various financial products in the market, this course also taught me how to invest in any business by looking at its financial statements. I subsequently opened a small brokerage account with my local bank and invested in a few companies based on what I had read so far. While the
Background:
I finished my Secondary education from Sri Sankara Senior secondary school (CBSE), Adyar in the year 2008 falling within the top 3 scorers in my class with merit in Accountancy and Business studies. I was then accepted into Loyola college (Rated among the top 3 colleges in India for Arts & science) to pursue my bachelor's degree in Commerce.
My 3 years at Loyola helped me to experiment with various subject areas in order to gauge my interest/competency level in said areas and ultimately deciding on a career path to follow. Aside from the normal B.Com course in my college, I wrote and passed the first level exams for the below professional courses in my country.
- Company secretaryship (ACS) conducted by ICSI (the institute of company secretaries of India)
- The CPT exam for Chartered accountancy course conducted by the ICAI (the institute of chartered accountants of India)
My reason to drop out of the courses was primarily due to the lack of interest in the subject matter.
During my 3rd year, my college introduced the NCCMP (NSE certified capital market professional) course in conjunction with the National Stock Exchange of India. I immediately enrolled for the course as I really wanted to find out if the subject area of capital markets would prove of any interest to me. I fell in love with this field from Day 1 and subsequently decided that I would pursue a career in the field of financial markets. This course made me realize the practical use of all the accounting/mathematical principles I had learnt in the past. Aside from giving me an understanding on the various financial products in the market, this course also taught me how to invest in any business by looking at its financial statements. I subsequently opened a small brokerage account with my local bank and invested in a few companies based on what I had read so far. While the