Hello

MY profile:
* 7 years in business intelligence (data management, information management, business analysis, business analytics)
* currently work for a specialised business intelligence consultancy with strong links to Microsoft
* Have worked in internet gaming (sports betting etc.), banking, internet advertising, energy, mining, waste management)
* 29 years old, 30 this december
* lived and worked in Australia, Malta, United Kingdom
* GMAT should be around 700 to 710 (taking in 3 days!)
* Target schools: LBS, OXFORD, HEC PARIS, TUCK
* Australian GPA 4.5 out of 7 (but I failed one subject twice due to personal circumstances - however I now work in that exact area that I failed and have been doing so for 5 years)
* Zero recent extracurriculars apart from travelling around Europe when I can, cycling, jogging, diving, getting motorbike license soon

I'm wondering if I should wait until R3 to apply? I don't think my application will be 100% ready by January 5th when most R2 deadlines are due... and I'm not 100% sure if I should even apply this year, and spend the next year really boosting my profile (learning a language, take a statistics class, doing extracurriculars)

In Europe there are normally 4 rounds, R4 is pretty impossible to get in. R3 is semi-realistic.
My question is, should I wait for R3 and submit stellar applications and a very strong GMAT?

Or take my chances in R2?

My concern is that if I apply in R3 and get rejected, then it is only 6 months before R1 comes around again... thus not much time to boost my profile...?

I really don't know what to do - should I delay my application for 1 year or go for R2/R3?

thanks!