Please evaluate my schools of choice vs my profile

[ahhejase]

I am 27 years old
Nationality: Lebanese/Mexican/American
Traveled to 20 countries,
-was in a research initiative in Vietnam for 2 weeks this summer (Economics/Politics/Social Studies)
Grew up in Lebanon, survived warzone areas twice (96,2006 wars)

Undergraduate GPA :3.12 small school, worked throughout my UG and Graduate degrees
Masters degree in Economics 3.3
Current Extracurricular class @NYU in global affairs : 4 classes A- GPA
Recommendations: Managing principal & SVP of PEG I work at, both Wharton MBA alums
GMAT: 680

W.E
1.5 yr in PE as financial analyst"Kuwait & Detroit"
8 months in financial reporting @ Fidelity Investment "NYC"
10 months: current internship at a search fund ( Private Equity): Associate/VP duties: lasting 10 months"NYC"
After internship I Have a 2 semester offer to teach as a visiting scholar in Lebanon : Corp finance & Macroeconomics starting November 2013-May 2013

Volunteering ( Boy scount for 7 years)
Led a fundraiser as a UG
Was a monitor at a leading UN conference this spring, did volunteer work post Sandy
Held 2 student club leadership positions

Currently captain of Amateur Soccer team

I speak English/Arabic, will be learning Mandarin in 2014 ... ( I want to work in East Asia post MBA)

I know I want to transition into consulting, my current boss is the managing principal and was a former Mckinsey executive and will mention my strengths for a transition in the recommendation letter

I have a very clear view of my short & long term goals.

My target schools: Wharton-Dartmouth-Stern-yale-Georgetown-Vanderbilt-Simon-BU/BC (US)
INSEAD Singapore - HKUST - HKU - CUHK (Asia)

[Heidi Granner]

ahhejase,

Thanks for your post.

Your international experience (personally, professionally), leadership experience, and clear career plans will be strengths in your applications and help differentiate you from peer applicants.

Having worked at three companies pre-MBA will raise some concern about your performance and dedication, so strong recommendation letters and a coherent career progression story will be particularly important.

From your list of schools, I suggest considering Wharton, Dartmouth, Stern, INSEAD, and Yale as "reach" schools (1 in 4 or 1 in 5 chance of acceptance). Georgetown, Vanderbilt, HKUST, HKU, and CUHK would fall closer to the 1 in 2 range.

Since you are looking to transition into management consulting, I suggest you research Duke Fuqua, Michigan Ross, and Virginia Darden - they offer recruiting opportunities with the top consulting firms and would be excellent "target" schools (1 in 3 chance) for your profile.

Good luck!

Best,
Heidi