3 yeasr work experience in big 4, Ms finance or MBA?

Hi everyone, I happened to know this website when I searched the key word Hec Paris on google, I find it vey useful, and everyone here is very nice and helpful. I am now working at KPMG audit and seeking for a change in career, here is my concern: Myself: 2 years in KPMG ShangHai ofs and 1 year in KPMG HongKong ofs bachelor in audit from non-target school and low in GPA suppose my GMAT is 740 I am not interested in audit at all, I know it's hard to transfer from audit to IB or famous consulting companies, so at first I thought maybe I should get an MBA, but the thing is:

1 the cost is quite expense, more than USD 150k, I need to get a loan. 2 I still need to work more than 2 years if I want an MBA, but you know, even 5 years in audit may not help me a lot in applying for an MBA, and the longer I work in audit, the less possible I can change my career. 3 The average age to enter MBA is like 28-30 years old, I am quite special here, I graduate from university at the age of 20, yes, it's uncommon but I entered university when I was only 16 years old, so by the time I apply an MBA, I would be only 24-25 years old, and that's not a proper age for MBA degree I think, since MBA is less academic and more concentrate on social. 4 It's impossible for me to get a top ranking MBA offer considering my undergraduate school and score

so my plan is: Apply for a MS fin in LBS/HEC paris/ESADE/LSE, and find a FT job in IB in Europe or Singapore or Hongkong. And apply for M7 MBA several years later (maybe when I was 28 years old)

Is that possible? I mean will it be a waste of money to have 2 masters' degree? could you please give me some advice on career change?

Thanks a lot.

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