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Hi,

I'm thinking of applying to R1 or R2 for class of 2016.
I was wondering if you could evaluate my profile and see if the schools I'm thinking of can be a possibility or not. I'm thinking of HBS, Stanford, Columbia, LBS, HKUST, and INSEAD.

I'm a native Korean.
I graduated from NYU Stern in May 2011 with GPA of 3.211
Freshman 2.63, Sophomore 2.33, Junior 3.83, Senior 3.65
Major GPA: Finance 3.75 Business Econ 3.87

As you can see I clearly slacked off during the first 2 years and tried to catch up after my 2 years of Korean military.

GMAT wise I've recently started studying and I'm hitting 720 on practice tests. I'm aiming to hit at least 750 with intensive practicing before I apply anywhere.

I currently have 24 months of work experience in wealth management.
After graduation, I went to Hong Kong to work for Oppenheimer Asia Investments Limited and then I moved to Oppenheimer's New York office after almost 1 year of experience. I started out as a financial associate in wealth/asset management and got promoted to Associate Director.
Recently I moved to Morgan Stanley Wealth Management with the entire team in May.

I can get solid recommendations from my bosses (ED and VP) but haven't been very active in extracurricular due to frequent job changes.

I'm looking to work in industrial companies rather than finance after MBA and the reason for choosing HBS and Stanford is because of their strengths in management and great global alumni networks.

Please let me know what I should do increase my chance of getting into top these tier MBAs.

Thanks in advance

Thanks for the reply Jon.

If you mean college when you asked about alma mater, I went to New York University, Stern School of Business.

I'll give you better picture of my future goal and hopefully you can advise me on which schools would be the best fit to achieve my goal. My family has a real estate development and construction company back in Korea and my ultimate goal is to go back and grow the company globally (the construction company has a global presence). The reason for my choosing to go to MBA is to 1) change my course of career to fit the future goal and 2) meet great people and gain alumni network that pretige MBAs have. I chose HBS and Stanford because I heard they are strong in general management area. Let me know if you have other programs that you would think would be suitable for me.

Thanks!