Hi
I am Indian/Female/28Yr/GMAT 680.
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.
IMP: I have been on a career break from past 1 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.Will my career break impact of chances of getting into top MBA programs?
2.Which schools can I target? My choice of region: (A) US (B) Asia-Pacific (C) Europe. I am constrained by budget and will not be able to spend more than 55-58K USD.
3.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!
I am Indian/Female/28Yr/GMAT 680.
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.
IMP: I have been on a career break from past 1 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.Will my career break impact of chances of getting into top MBA programs?
2.Which schools can I target? My choice of region: (A) US (B) Asia-Pacific (C) Europe. I am constrained by budget and will not be able to spend more than 55-58K USD.
3.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!
