Hello,
Thanks in advance for any advice!
25/Asian (very underrepresented ethnicity, I'm sure)/F
GMAT
670 - 42Q, 40V. 5.5 AWA - no gmat in country i currently live in, would like to not take again
Undergrad
3.9 GPA in Finance from known public udergraduate bschool
Graduated in two years at age 20
Went to Math and Science program at another university for last two years of high school, 3.8 GPA - took up to calculus II, and econ classses by high school graduation
Worked all through college at various jobs to explore my interests and pay for college (governor's office, investment management, summer i-banking, real estate, consulting, tutoring/education)
WE
Gap semester after college (6 months) before starting work - volunteered in rural area thailand teaching business students
2.5 years investment banking - ranked top-tier in class of 30 at elite botique
2 years teaching business and promoted after 3 months to run business department at a top college in very underdeveloped country (a lot of transformational work during these two years)
at the same time, 1-year+ part-time financial consulting for oil & gas company (with huge investment from well-known PE firm) (required travelling to Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand) - was recruited by former colleague for this role
Extracurricular
A lot for the school - mentoring, business development, etc.
travelled to about 10 countries in the last 1.5 years
speak 2 other languages, learning some more currently
Target
Stanford MBA/MA in Education, HBS, INSEAD
Post MBA
Want to go back to developing country, and bridge gap between education and business AND/OR business consulting for SME enterprises in SE Asia, no non-profits. it's almost essential to have higher degree for these roles, and MBA allows me to study this, esp at my target schools
I have a clear story, and education and business are clearly my passions, but my quant score is weak (although I have a ton of math and finance courses + obviously finance/quant related WE). suggestions? should I retake and apply to Round 2 or go for round 1?