Hi
avanti Prep- thank you for your time! Profile in brief:
Education:
* Female Engineer from Tier 2 college in India
* Post Grad in Liberal Arts
* Decent scores (undergrad-79% and post grad-3.4/4.0 with all As in leadership/business classes)
* GMAT not given yet
Work Ex:
* 1st job: Management Trainee at Fortune 500, promoted within 1 year to Assistant Manager
* 2nd job: Project Management with a tech giant - 6 months in
* Worked in Berlin in a short stint (~2 months) on a consulting project in creative strategy
Extra curriculars
* Started social entrepreneurship venture in college, won a national competition and raised ~3K USD for underprivileged women in the process
* Scholarships and awards
Contemplating a career break - voluntary resignation - to
* Pivot - I truly hate my job in Vendor Management, work culture of the team is unhealthy want to move to Product Management or get back to Strategy
* Take a break - mentally & physically burnt out
Application timeline:
* I have ~2 years of work experience as of September. Want to work for 2 more years before applying - so, 2022. Even 2023 isn't a problem.
Concern:
I'm aiming for the top BSchools - Harvard, MIT, Columbia, Stanford. Can I explain my career break in the truest sense? Can I say it was due to CoVID related restructuring - would that be better? Will I be rejected basis this?
Please help? Thank you!
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