Round 3/4 or wait for Round 1 and class of 2016?

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Interested in feedback from others. I am debating to apply in r3 (or the equivalent for some schools). Here are some highlights that hopefully will give some of you an idea of where I stand.

Age: 31 (31 at marticulation)
Male, Caucasion
Married, 2 kids with one on the way
GMAT: 730
CFA Level 1 Candidate (taking test in June)

School: Associates degree transferred to BYU for BS-Business Management, emphasis in Finance; Overall GPA: 3.5
Graduation: 2006
Awards/Clubs: 2 Merit Scholarships, Presidential Leadership Scholarship, VP Finance Society, Member Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society

Languages: Fluent Italian, conversational Spanish

Work Experience
-Intern for Investment management firm 2003-2005
-Intern for Utah State Senate President-Chosen out of 300 applicants
-Corporate FX Sales and Trading-2005-Present
-6th employee in firm; now 60+ employees and 6 locations
-Part of team that opened and developed the LA and Dallas offices
-Opened Boston office and continue to manage the eastern United States territory; built book of business from $0 in FX volume to over $225 MM per year
-Member of the credit committee
-Created and implemented training on fundamental and technical analysis for company
-Developed and ran Intern program 2008-present
-Daily analysis of markets and recommendations have generated over $3 mm in revenue annually
-Co-Owner Wakeboard Manufacturer/distributor
-Implemented strategy that grew sales by 100% for 3 straight years (2010-present)
-Grew sponsorship team from 12 to 100 riders who help market the brand around the world
-Created relationships with manufacturing facilities that got the company better quality boards and for 50% less

Service
-Scoutmaster for local scout troop 2008-2010
-Leader of religious youth boys (12-18 years old) and developed program that took participation from 20% to 88% over the past 18 months
-Church Service in Northern Italy 2000-2002; became fluent in Italian while living there for just over 2 years.
-Lead over 150 fellow participants in training seminars

There is additional information, but I don't want to bore all of you out there. Thanks for taking a quick look and giving me some feedback on whether I have a shot in R3 or if I should wait till round 1 and the class of 2016.

Schools I am looking at are the following (in no particular order):
Wharton
Tuck
Stanford
Harvard
Haas
Fuqua
Booth
McCombs
Booth
and weighing either USC or UCLA

Goal: To get into asset management

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by Jon@Admissionado » Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:56 am
Hmmm, tough question. You have a great profile, and you are one of the few I think who could get in round three. How much more beneficial is it for you to go next year as opposed to waiting? If it's really better for you, go for it! If it doesn't make too much of a difference, I'd say wait, cause you might end up with better options... but like I wrote, if it's good for you, you have so much amazing stuff in your background, you could make it in.
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by lcannon13 » Tue Jan 15, 2013 7:01 am
Jon-Thanks for the feedback. I know that R3 is difficult and that you have to be exceptional/have a great story, but I thought that you all might have more insight to this and where I stood than I. Applying in R3 is important just because I don't know if I want to wait another year-18 months to go. I realize I have a lot to do to make it all happen, but to me it is worth it. Thanks for your input. I truly do value your opinion.

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by Jon@Admissionado » Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:52 pm
Sounds good then, if it's worth it for you, then do it. It's just good to be aware that it comes at a certain cost, and what that cost is... but obviously for many people round three is right (that's why it exists after all)
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