Does my background work for getting into a spring week?

I am going to Uni to get into IB, and am a "mature student" (very venerable age of 23). Wanting to get into M&A. The Uni is "good". Not a target, but it isn't unprecedented that students secured Spring Weeks in the past. One or two tryhards a year.

I am working on my CV leading up to University, and want to know what I can improve. Some things probably make me very attractive as a candidate, but there are other things I can't change and have to work around.

I'll start with the good shit:
-Business founder, partner, and director: Own 1/3rd share of a start-up company and its subsidiaries. Small but will make about £10k in revenue by the time I am putting CVs out (operating less than a year).

-Financial experience. I have gotten an short stint of work experience at a wealth management firm. I've done the IB Forage courses, for what they're worth. Applicant for Bloomberg Market Concepts (start of academic year).

-IT Experience. 16 hour Python course, same for R Language, and Excel

-Extracurriculars including volunteer work at local charity giving supplies to the poor/abused, speaker at a small scale society (basis of business I created). Travelled for half a year, ended up spending months on an island of the coast of NA. Not "The Lighthouse" territory, sizable enough community.

-Work Experience: Aside from business, have done time in Warehouses and Telemarketing

-Financial Outlets: listen to Amplify Me and read Finimize, FT, Economist, Bloomberg

The bad: Pretty great grades at GCSE, but one Blowout in a subject at College (D). Have Diploma from first stint at university.

Misc: Grew up very poor. "Neurodivergent" - Autism. I have heard diversity is looked upon favourably, but am sceptical this would play in my favour. I'm not sure that can be integrated into a CV, though I could see it getting the CV onto someone's desk if there happens to be the right program going. 


Circling back around, what can be done to improve this?

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