[Grammar] I'm glad to have found Master's of Business And Social Media.

[alpacinou]

Is this okay to use in letter of application for a university?

Which one is better?

1. I'm glad to have found Master's of Business And Social Media. It is the right program for me.

2. I'm glad that I found Master's of Business And Social Media. It is the right program for me.

 

[GoesStation]

1. I'm glad to have found the Master's of Business and Social Media program. It is the right program for me.

2. I'm glad that I found the Master's of Business and Social Media program. It is the right program for me.

They're both possible.

 

[alpacinou]

They're both possible.

How can I avoid the repetition of program?

Doesn't this work?

I'm glad that I found the Master's of Business and Social Media. It is the right program for me.

 

[GoesStation]

How can I avoid the repetition of program?

Doesn't this work?

I'm glad that I found the Master's of Business and Social Media. It is the right program for me.

No. What's a "Master's of Business and Social Media"?

You could say "I'm glad I found the Master's of Business and Social Media program. It's the right one for me."

 

[jutfrank]

To follow on from what we discussed in a previous thread, I think the of should be an in. You can be a master of something but you have/do a Master's (degree) in a subject.

GoesStation—just to be clear—did you overlook the preposition choice or did you consider it correct?

 

[GoesStation]

To follow on from what we discussed in a previous thread, I think the of should be an in. You can be a master of something but you have/do a Master's (degree) in a subject.

GoesStation—just to be clear—did you overlook the preposition choice or did you consider it correct?

I missed it, probably because "master's in" is, I think, a much more common combination, though in a different context. We often say things like He has a master's in chicken plucking; we don't state the names of graduate degree programs nearly as often.