Greetings, I am Saadia Mazhar from Pakistan. I had done my MBA here in Pakistan and graduated in 2016. I got married in 2017. I work from home, providing business consultancy to local clients, and content writing services for multiple local and international clients. I have been looking after my 3 kids and other home related responsibilities for many years. Now, my passion for acquiring higher education is boosting my confidence to apply for PHD programs because I have done MBA with thesis which is equivalent to MS here in Pakistan. The tenure was 3.5 years. Overall, my education is 18 years which is suitable to apply for PHD program. My keen interest is to apply in good universities in the US and Canada within a year.
I will be attempting GMAT test very soon. Despite having three kids and growing challenges, as a mother, I dont want to give up on my dreams and passion.
I will need your guidance on following aspects.
1. How to boost my confidence to not worry about challenges I may face abroad?
2. Will following my culture offer me flexibility? I can coexist with peaceful people of all communities.
3. Will I be able to provide good schooling future to my kids?
4. Will I be able to get a fully funded scholarship from a good university and spouse visa?
Here are some of my key achievements
1. Provided an online session to IEEE Comsats Islamabad on Women in Tech (online)
2. 1 out of 3 jury members for IEEE Comsats Islamabad PES Essay Writing Competition (Online evaluation)
3. Provided a session talk as guest speaker on Work life balance and women in technology to PNY Trainings/PNY Pink (featured among trainer of the month list of people for August 2020) (online)
4. Provided a talk on success story of Writerbay to Erozgaar Program for University of Agriculture Faisalabad (online)
5. Provided a paid consultation session to Aspire Training and Consulting on "The Art of Freelancing" (online)
6. Provided a workshop to Women in Engineering department of IEEE UET Taxilla (online)
7. Featured twice in videos for Beaconhouse BOSS (BSS Old Students Society) for independence day and women day messages (available online)
8. Featured as a successful alumina by The Spectacle magazine of The University of Lahore (I graduated from this university) (available online too)
9. Featured among the top freelancers in "extraordinary freelancers of Pakistan 2021 coffee book" by Pakistan Software Export Board (Exclusive access to their specialized forum
whatsapp communication group) (available online too)
10. Podcast interview by Beaconhouse Old Students Society (Beaconhouse Head Office, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan) (uploaded online)
11. Featured among "Our Alumni Our Pride Wall of Fame" on wall, 2nd Floor, Lahore Business School, University of Lahore, Defense Road Campus, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan (on-site)
12. Featured in case study on me and my startup Torque 360 published by PHD scholars in Islamic International University Journal of Management (available online)
I know these achievements may not sound so big as many amazing people here have, just that I wanted to keep improving my skills and polish them. Your kind consideration of my profile and close responses to my queries will boost my confidence and elevate my responsiveness because I am kinesthetic in nature. I need a proper direction to avoid taking decisions that I shouldnt regret later. Also, time is money, so I want to think solid about me and my family future as well as my goals.
Regards,
SM
Let me add, I got 3.31/4 CGPA in MBA HR (3.5 years with thesis), 56% in my BCOM IT (2 years), 55% in FSc Premedical (intermediate of 2 years), 87% in Matriculation in Science. My loss of grades in Fsc and Bcom was due to loss of my parents which caused severe mental breakdown.