Imopening,
From what you provided, your profile looks great and it seems like you would be very competitive in applying to Top 5 programs. Moreover, you should be able to leverage your rare professional contacts into a few significant letters of recommendation to really highlight to programs how you are differentiated from other applicants. We may be telling you what you already know, but throughout your applications, it is going to be critical to show how you are exceptional rather than just saying that you are--schools want evidence to discern between candidates. Very unique experiences from your professional life shining through in the letters of recommendation will be one more way that you can show this.
We invite you to check out our blog on Poets & Quants (
https://poetsandquants.com/2015/11/05/how-wysegyde-is-hacking-the-price-of-admissions-consulting/), and if you have any questions or would like an initial consultation, please contact us through our website (
https://www.wysegyde.com) or by email directly (
contact@wysegyde.com). The initial consultation is free and our services are only $59/hour after that. And since you may be looking to apply in the January round, it's important for you to know that our consultants will still be meeting clients' needs with those timelines for the foreseeable future, with services ranging from strategic counseling and school selection to essay review and interview prep.
We look forward to speaking with you soon. And in any case, good luck!
- WyseGyde