Profile Evaluation Request: M27 | $60k awards | Dinged HBS/Haas/Cornel

Greetings,

I have applied to HBS, Haas and Anderson in Round 2 (along with some other "Top 50 schools" which have not yet made decisions, and got accepted in 2 of them).

However, I have been dinged from HBS, Haas and Cornell without even an interview, as of yesterday.
I start to think something in my profile is terribly wrong (and I think it's my GRE) and one of my recommendations (since it was from a part school/private organization) for which I worked part/full time for my last year.

With this form I would like to get some feedback, whether I need to work only on my GRE, or in general my profile is "not worth for top 10-20" at all.
I did not work with any consulting companies.

Below are my details (most of them are quite vague, because again, I'm still an active applicant):

Age: 27 Male, White

Location: Europe

Degrees: BS, Computer Science (4 year) + MS, Artificial Intelligence (2 year)
Other course work:
*) 2 x 6-month MBA-level courses organized by HBS, with pending diploma from HBS for both - ✅
*) A PhD R&D program done part-time the year before application - This is a like a knife with both edges, as I was recommended by one of my supervisors...

GPA: 3.55/4.00

GRE: 306 (with Writing 5.5) - NOTE: OUCH!

TOEFL: 108/120 - NOTE: Perhaps an OUCH! as well...

Work experience: 76 months (~6 years)

Work experience details:
1 year - Founder of a consulting company - NOTE: Perhaps an OUCH! as well...
1 year - R&D engineer in AI/medicine
0.5 years - International IT consulting experience
2 years - Senior Project manager for IT Consulting company
2 year - Project Manager for IT Consulting company
NOTE: None of these are any names recognized, mostly smaller companies

Public service:
Organized the first community IT economic center with a city - ✅
Working with minorities, disabled children and etc. through a foundation (got on national TV 3 times with zero connections) - ✅
Public lectures on management
Digital governance seminars and etc.
And a lot more...

Post-MBA:
Biotechnology and Healthcare management, eventually own Biotechnology startup

Awards:
- International award $40k - ✅
- Startup awards x 3 (small amounts of $, but still)
- Various university and "Dean's" awards, as well as "top of class" awards

Other:
- "Unique" story with minority family, asylums & relocations and poverty and etc.
- Worked full time (not part-time/internships etc.) since the end of my first year in college.

Recommendations:
1. Co-Founder of International consulting company (from my 0.5y international experience)
2. Director/Professor of School/Private R&D organization (from my last 1y of pre-self-found startup) - NOTE: Perhaps an OUCH! ...

Essays:
1. HBS: I admit, I perhaps totally wasted the essay here, because I didn't "knew well" the HBS culture. Figured out when I spoke with an HBS alum later.
I totally deserved to be dinged here.

2. Cornell: To be very honest, I think I wrote pretty "powerful" 2 essays:
*) The personal story one: I had a quite unique and interesting personal/community important story with actual facts behind it
*) The Fit/Why MBA essays: Again, I punched as much as possible from the Cornell culture, clubs, courses, professors and events related to my post-MBA career (Health). Honestly, did not spare any of my time or dedication here.

3. Haas: Again, since this was my last submission, I think the essays here got the most "powerful", and "full of examples and fit":
*) What makes you alive: I was 200% inspired when I wrote this. Not to brag, but I think the story became quite interesting. Perhaps I went even too far here? I wrote a very personal story, with an allegory about what really makes me alive (leadership). It was a story about a big disaster coming and challenging leadership. THEN CAME CORONAVIRUS, what a prophecy! Unfortunately, I think the AdCom has read the essay before the virus started, so they rather took it as "crazy story" or "a nice narrative" at best.
*) Why Haas and Post-MBA: Again, tried to show as much as possible fit here. Quoted many Haas/UC specific things, courses, people and relevant things for my post-MBA career field. Perhaps they took my "post-MBA" career a little bit too optimistic? Again, out of these 300 words, I redacted as hell, to make sure everything is tight in here.

Bottom line:
I understand that I wrecked myself with HBS essays.
I understand that Haas would be "tough" to get in even with the perfect GRE.
But Cornell? I hoped at least for an interview and perhaps then a rejection or at least some waitlist, based on my "profile".
I have researched both P&Q, ClearAdmit and GMATClub and people applying from my country were... less than 10 on all these platforms for the last 5 years?!

As mentioned earlier, I had won a prestigious international education award in 2019 (it's especially well-known in the US and its about ~40$).
Since this award is valid only for 1 year, I had no other option but to "force-ride" with my GRE and go for Round 2.
Otherwise, I realized that with this GRE I would need to postpone things for 2020.

The huge irony is, in 2020 February (after submissions) I won ANOTHER AWARD (20$k) from another international organization (perhaps moderately well recognized).
Now, for 2020, I can apply again (of course you can, you can apply until you die, right?), but the problem is that now I don't even have these awards.

Honestly, I'm aware my GRE is a disaster. I have been preparing for it since 2018 (I swear to god I studied 10 months for it straight, and some more on/off, took it two times, and both times it was 304 and 306), but this was the best I could do in 1.5 years of preparing for it. The fault is totally mine, and I feel like the stupidest person on Earth to get such a horrible score after studying so much for it. The problem is, I have a slight medical condition in one of my eyes, which triggers on/off after 40-60 of active distress sometimes, and it's like playing a physiological Russian roulette. I don't want this to be an excuse (NO EXCUSES!), but it is what is.
I feel officially I am the stupidest person alive, to win these 2 awards and to wreck all my chances. I would like to be known clearly, that I blame no one else than myself.

My question:
1. Is only my GRE score the core problem? If I did fix it to say, 320-330, would that improve chances dramatically for me? Or, I'm just highly unaware of my self (EGO) and I have other giant holes in my application as well (One of my recommendations being semi-school!)
2. Honestly: Do you think that I'm even a Top 10 material? At this point, I start to think my GRE is not the only problem, despite everything. I am honestly almost 90% done with chasing any MBA at this point. The market is obviously going to go down in 2020, and the only thing you can hope for that It will be back up by 2022/2023 when you - hopefully - do graduate. The rest 10% remain, because "Never quit" is my mantra. Honestly, a year ago, I would never imagine that I'd have the chance to even submit an application by now. I am not disappointed that I have did my best and tried.

Thank you for reading this, and for providing feedback, if you have any!

May this find you well! Stay strong, positive and healthy, especially in these tough times! Do not give in to anyone or anything.