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Hi,

I want to apply for next year's autumn intake (round 1 application) and would like to hear your opinion about:

1) my chances at: HBS, LSB, Wharton, Columbia, NY Stern

2) my choice of recommenders (see below: recommender's rank vs. cultural diversity of recommenders)



Basic info
Age: 27
Gender: Male
GMAT 720 (Q49,V40, AWA 5.0)

Educational Background
- GPA: 4.0
- [edited]

Work Experience
In total 4 years working experience at application date:

since 2007: Three years China experience, working in the finance department of [edited]


Extra curricular
2009: Financial consulting for [edited]

As the consulting project took up nearly all of my time, I don't have any other special activities. Before the project, I used to [edited]

Post MBA goal - in short
short term: Career switch --> Banking
long term: [edited]

Recommendations
1: Current Supervisor
2: External recommendation from CEO of client
3: as HBS requires three recommendations I am currently thinking about whether to choose
a) my current CFO (supervisor of my boss) or
b) another manager from my company (different department/team)

Regarding the third choice, I currently prefer option b), since [edited], he would contribute to a more deversified picture, what do you think?
With both, I maintain close working relationships and I think both could provide strong recommendations.

Thanks a lot already in advance!