Profile Evaluation Request: Indian F/28/GMAT 680 Plz help
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15 Sep 2014, 23:53
Hi
I am Indian/Female/28Yr/GMAT:
1. Nov 2011: 600
2. Nov 2012: 680
3. Sept 2014: decreased score, so cancelled
Work Exp: ~5Years as a Software Developer with an IT-Software company that stands among World’s top 7 in Software/Programming domain as per Forbes2013 ranking.
-Designed and Developed multiple features of a world leading Web conferencing Software in a Major product release.
-Part of Innovation & Ideation group which proposed a new Product Idea to senior management and got it Productized.
-Contributed to Learning & Development activities by holding internal workshops and writing Developer connection articles.
-Won 2 prizes in Business Unit level competitions
Qualifications:
1.Under Grad - Dual Degree (Economics + Information Systems), BITS,Pilani - CGPA -9.34/10.0
2.Part Time MS Software Systems, BITS Pilani - CGPA-7.5/10.0
Extracurricular Activities / Interests:
1.Professionally Trained in Indian Classical Dance and Vocal Music. Performed at society/school/state-level shows.
2.Organized moral building activities at Team and Business Unit level.
3.Part of food and cloth donation drives organized at Company.
4.Part of regional assoc at college - organized and performed at cultural fests
5.Hobbyist Photographer.
My goal post MBA is - To be in a Product Managerial/Marketing roles at a good Product based technology company in preferably Learning & development or social media domains.
IMP: I have been on a career break from past 1.5 year due to a difficult pregnancy and child birth. Did not do anything significant during this time other than learning how to take good baby photographs.
Questions:
1. Please evaluate my profile for following schools: (OR suggest any other school if it doesn't appear in the list below.)
University of Cambridge: Judge
Oxford Said
UCLA: Anderson
Cornell University: Johnson
University of Virginia: Darden
SDA Bocconi
NUS, Singapore
Nanyang, Singapore
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Cranfield School of Management
Indiana University: Kelley
Imperial college of London
University of Maryland: Smith
University of Toronto: Rotman
University of Washington: Foster
Purdue University: Krannert
Ohio State University: Fisher
S P Jain School of Global Management
2.Will my career break impact of chances of getting into top MBA programs? How can I show it in the essays?
3. I am constrained by budget and will not be able to spend more than 55-58K USD (Including Loan). Can I be competitive for scholarships in the above schools?
4.I have an ungrad major in Economics with 10/10 CGPA in core courses, but haven’t worked in that domain. Can it still be of any help in the application?
Thanks for your time!