Please evaluate my profile-I appreciate any help

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Can you please evaluate my profile:

-29 and currently live and work in Canada
-interned with a hedgefund to start my career; however, I have almost 3 years of experience in agriculture (on a path to become a commodity trader with the top agri-business company in Canada)
-B.A. in economics from a top 20 liberal arts university in the US
-low gpa 2.7(really struggled my first two years)
-NCAA division 1 athlete (sport was played all school year)
-the team was very successful and I won a lot of individual awards
-played two years professionally after university
-diagnosed with a neurological disease my senior year (it is an incredible story about what I went through and had to overcome, went from barely being able to walk or holding a pen in class to finishing my season and never taking time off from school)
-one of two people in the world that have played professionally with this disease
-I do a lot of fundraising for my disease and have become a role model for a lot kids living with the disease
-scored a 680 on the gmat (49q 34v), I scored a 730 on the practice exam-froze up on the English section during the exam, so I know that I can do better.

Motivation to do a MBA:
-I want to be living proof to all the kids living with my disease that you can live a normal life and achieve your dreams.
-Would love to get into Finance-the market and what affects the markets drives and motivates me; however, after everything that I have had to overcome, I would be greatful for any opportunity.
-I have been through a lot in my life and will have a much different perspective than others.

If want to know anymore, please let me know; I would really appreciate an honest evaluation to which schools are attainable.
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by Bryant@VeritasPrep » Thu Aug 23, 2012 4:44 am
Your kind of story is one that is typically a good one for b-schools. NCAA athlete, pro athlete, leadership, overcoming significant challenges, etc...all resonate well with b-schools. I would encourage you to aim high, particularly if you can get that GMAT up just a bit more. Let us know if you need help pulling it together. I think you are set up to be memorable in the application process. The bonus is that Canada is under-represented in US b-schools, so you actually even add a bit of diversity there as well.
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by gate07 » Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:08 pm
Bryant,

I appreciate the response, and I was thinking about writing the exam once more to boost up my score. Furthermore, I will definitely let you know if I need any help.

Mike