Hi all,

Thanks in advance for your help. Here is my profile:

Age: 26 (Asian)
Major/GPA/School/Year: Finance Major(4.0) and overall(3.6) / top 10 state school / graduated in 09
Work exp: working at a valuation group at big 4 (1 year) and used to work for a small investment management com (1 year)
CFA: going to take level 3 this June.
ECs: somewhat strong
Post MBA goal: PE or M&A group at BB

Unique about me: Until 21, never thought about going to college since I came to the U.S at age 17 due to my family's financial situation, my father's illiness and my brother's expensive college tuition. I did have many different jobs, such as being a cashier and manager at a gas station and local supermarket, sold flowers on mother's day and valentine's day and turkeys on thanksgiving day to make money. My highschool gpa was ~2.0...
Then, I started taking classes at a local community college and transferred to a four-year university. I took 18-21 credits per semester while working full-time (restaurant) to pay my tuition.
I started and am running a mentorship program with my friends from college for high-school students as I don't want them to go through same difficulties I had to go through...we've done more than 200 hours of communitiy service (aggregate) and helped them getting into college and preparing SAT.

As soon as I'm done with the CFA level 3, I will start studying for GAMT and hopefully receive 700+.

Assuming 700+ GMAT score and completing three levels of CFA, do I have a shot at booth, columbia, or wharton? I didn't mean to write this long, but I just wanted to give you guys detailed information.

Thanks again!

bakfed,

Thank you so much for your comment. I know these schools are very competitive and I will need a lot of luck...
I will defintitely consider the schools you recommend and will foucs on getting good score on GMAT this year!
Thanks again.