Hi
Admissionado! Thank you for your time! Profile in brief:
Education:
* Engineer from Tier 2 college in India
* Post Grad in Liberal Arts
* Decent scores (79% and 3.4/4.0 with all As in leadership/business classes)
* GMAT not given yet. Gave my benchmark mock: 680, aiming 750 after preparation.
Work Ex:
* 1st job: Mgmt Trainee at Fortune 500 HR Consulting firm, promoted within 1 year to Assistant Manager
* 2nd job: Project Management (more like vendor management, unfortunately) with a tech giant (Top 5) - 6 months in
* Worked in Berlin in a short stint (~2 months) on a consulting project in creative strategy for Deutsche Telekom
Extra curriculars
* Started social entrepreneurship venture in college
* Decent 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
* Take a break - mentally & physically burnt out - I have never felt this averse to work and I'm making mistakes I wouldn't otherwise make.
Application timeline:
* I have ~2 years of work experience as of September. Want to work for 2 more years before applying (or more) - so, 2022 or 2023
Concern:
1. I'm aiming for the top BSchools - Harvard, MIT, Columbia, Stanford. Can I explain my career break in the truest sense?
2. Can I say it was due to CoVID related restructuring - would that be better? My org did get restructured recently (pretty in-the-news) and the affected business line and business units are mine so it sounds plausible even if it's not the truth.
Please help? Thank you!
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