Woman offers her skills to any stranger who will pay for her $64,700 Singapore MBA
A 28-year-old Indonesian woman admitted to Singapore Management University's MBA program has apologized after her public request for strangers to fund the S$82,840 (US$64,700) degree drew accusations of entitlement.
Evelyn Clarissa Siregar, a 28-year-old pharmacist, is seeking sponsorship for her $64,700 MBA at Singapore Management University (SMU) to help her compete globally in the beauty and consumer goods industries. Siregar, who has no family to rely on, wrote on Threads that she must raise the fees and her living costs in Singapore within three months. The university's admissions website shows SMU's MBA program costs S$82,840 with a one-time S$3,000 discount for ASEAN citizens.
Siregar offered her expertise in sales and content creation as repayment for sponsorship, but faced criticism for her approach. She responded by stating she lacked the privilege to save for her degree and was actively seeking sponsors and scholarships. Siregar later apologized for her defensive response to critics, but maintained that her actions were not wrong, only her method. She claimed she had been rejected for scholarships and standardized tests before receiving SMU's admission as her last MBA attempt.
Despite drawing more support from some users with her revised pitch, others argued that it lacked figures and made little financial sense for a sponsor. Siregar, currently working in business-to-business tech sales, attempted to find a part-time job that would allow her to study but found none. She described her sponsorship request as a "value exchange."
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