Chances at M7 and profile review query : Ask mbaMission

Hello team mbaMission

Hows it going!
I am really looking into an evaluation of my profile from a seasoned viewpoint.
Will be much apprecietad if you can share something with me before I head toward to using the consultancy service, thank you!

Profile:
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Born of Year : 1991

Educational Qualifications :

Major: Bachelors of Law,Sociology from Fudan University(Top 3 in China). GPA:2.9/4. Percentile:75%

Second Major: International Economics and Trade. GPA 2.7/4 Percentile:70%

Year of graduation : 2014

Location : Mainland China

GRE:334 (Verbal:164 Quant:170)

TOEFL: 110

Work Experience

8 Years (By the time of 2023 R1 submitting) in 3 companies and 1 startup

Companies:

EY advisory (Financial service industry)
- Work directly with Leading partner on business development, presentation to client executive and won 1 million$ deal in first year. top consultant among tier(1/5)
- Mainly a foundation of my financial technology career path
Finup Group(a series B round Fintech startup, main product is online line of credits)
- leader of a line of business, managing a team of 30+(PM, BA, Devs,Ops), overall management based on business analytical protocal.
- Fastest growing product among the company. 1% of total revenue to ~50%. line of credit:1 billion CNY
Plug and Play Tech Center China office(A VC accellerator headquartered in Silicon Vally), Fintech Vertical
- building from scratch of one of the largest Fintech startup-to-corporate platform in China as founding core team member,then promoted to veritcal leader
- 4 years. 8 major corporate partner,executive level. 600+ startup sourced. 150 leading fintech related early stage startup in batch. Generated 30+ proof of concept, 18 million CNY revenue generated in lump sum,invest in 2 startups on angel round.
- innovation consulting for globa fortune 500 in building proof-of-concept and accelerator platforms, design and implemented 0-to-1 process in building innovative products and gtm for leading Fortune 500 corporates(mainly financial service groups)

Startup:

AIliving Technology ( a IoT startup design smart hardware and ERP for goverments, currently operating)
- Co-founded in 2018. Fundraising for angel round and 2 following rounds, raised 12 million CNY in total.
- Strategy advisory(not board member) on GTM strategy, BD opportunities.
- Team building and recruiting, grown from 4 people to 30 people in 2 years.

Goal:

short-term:

1. stay in US.
2. financial service industry consulting at Tier2 and above consulting firm(might including digital strategy, or operational strategy)
3. tech investment banking at BB or boutique IB, serving asian startups on M&A, IPO related deminds

long-term: Venture capital in asia market, investing in financial technology and enterprise growth stage startups. (or dive in to start-up as CFO or head of BD…)

Target :

Full time MBA 2 years at a M7

dream school: HBS, Stanford, Wharton.

My questions :

1. An honest opinion about where I am among my peers, especially in mainland china applicant..(I am a Chinese Passport Holder)?
2. What could I do to improve my profile?
3. How is adquateness of my target school setting..
4. As per my case, which are the schools that I have more chance to get in with $$.
5. anything you have thought about feel free to share with me:)

Hello and thanks for your post.
The application process is truly holistic, and committees will look at your stats (GPA and GRE), work experience, and extracurriculars.

Among your peers, your GPA is a bit below the average, but I am very impressed with your GRE, so that will help compensate for your GPA. However, since you do have some time before Round 1, you may still want to illustrate to the schools that you have the academic ability to succeed in the classroom. You could showcase your quant ability in your resume, and your recommenders could do the same in their recommendations. To be most proactive however, you could take a supplemental course such as stats or calculus (depending on your university transcript).
While you do have more years of work experience than the average applicant, your work experience does sound impressive. It is hard to gauge it all without knowing your accomplishments and impact you have made at each of your companies. But it is nice to see that you built from scratch a large fintech start-up to corporate platform. To really separate yourself, you will want to emphasize these impactful examples in your essays. It will also be important to explain why you want your MBA, and to also illustrate the skills you already have which are transferable. The different goals you mentioned can all probably work, but pick one, and make sure your story makes sense, and is realistic and specific.
Regarding extracurriculars, you didn’t mention any, but make sure to really emphasize your leadership roles you have taken on.

If you continue to strengthen your profile, you do have a chance at an M7, but they are extremely competitive, and each school simply does not have the room to admit all the world's qualified applicants. For that reason, I suggest apply to several schools, including reach, target and safety. And the schools outside of M7 will offer you a much better chance of receiving some scholarship money, but keep in mind how competitive top schools are just to get admitted, and so also receiving money is even more competitive. I also encourage you to start now with your school engagement (research and discussions with targeted students/alumni). There is a lot you can do even now to begin your applications. Good luck to you, and hopefully the schools to which you apply will see that you have a compelling story and are someone who will add value to the classroom and community. Feel free to email me with additional questions or to sign up for a free consultation. It is never too early to get started!

Good luck!

A high GRE score coupled with a well rounded profile makes your Resume rise above others. All the Best for the applications.