Profile Evaluation Request - Return of the Overly Ambitious

Some context on my candidacy; please share your thoughts in my chances at INSEAD, Stanford, Stern and Sloan.

I have a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from RV College of Bangalore, India. I graduated in 2011 and was placed from campus to Fortune 500 company (oil and gas service provider) in Hyderabad. After 9 months of working in Hyderabad office, i was deputed to Houston, Texas in April 2012. I spent the next 20 Months deputed there and was hired permanently in January 2014. I left the company in April 2016 after 4.75 years as Lead Project Engineer (after 3 promotions) and a finally an annual salary of ~100,000 USD (including bonus). Please find my resume attached.

Since May 2016, I have spent a couple of months travelling India and working with a start-up in digital marketing services. I have also received certifcaiton in Investment Banking from ISB and Customer Analytics from Wharton Online.

I am prepping for my GMAT (I have a previous score of 720 but have been scoring at 760-780 in my mocks. My GMAT in on September 28th.

I have received 2 offers of employment (one from L&T) since returning to India, but the pay/role has not been good enough (not even close).

I have stayed busy working with my Uncle's firm where I'm helping him diversify into digital markets and services offering based on block chain. I'm also taking business courses on Coursera and studying up on Investment Banking, Marketing and Blockchain services which is where I want to work after my MBA. AND also teaching primary school kids 4 hours a week

I have a knack of developing a strong network wherever I work, in fact I had a job offer in Houston, but the timing of my departure prevented the new employer from filing the H1B (which has deadline in April). I have good contacts in the OIl and Gas field in EU and US.

I have always tried to remain an active contributor in the community, ranging from organizing blood donation drives in Bangalore, Hunger drive in Houston with United Way (winner of bronze medal) and organizing Food Waste initiative in company kitchen.

I've been involved in the music scene wherever I've lived and been part of 3 bands since college as vocalist. I've participated in improv and and stand up comedy events in Houston and also organized a Musicians showcase (open mic night with my friend and author Bradley Bsr).

I am working on refining my WordPress blog which carries a lot of my poetry and am looking into getting a collection of these poems published.

I have won Mathematics Olympiad Merit in Middle school.

My CGPA is 8.27/10.

Possible Challenges?
- Not employed full time between April 2016 and August 2016. Although I've received couple of offers in my old industry, I'm not excited to go back to that limited role and job. Entrepreneurship is my thing I think, and Stanford is really my best fit (given their tech focus)
- Indian male (is it a challenge??)
- Aiming for the very cream colleges! I'm working harder than I have in recent memory to build a solid application - trying to really find my original voice and do the real soul searching necessary to tell an honest compelling story.
- Average extra curriculars?


Schools I am aiming for : INSEAD, Stanford, Columbia, Stern, Sloan, IE Spain, HEC Paris; Safety - NUS, NUT, IIM-A