Bschool admissions for poor academic pedigree

Guys, long time poster but have been considering an MBA for a while now due to wanting an opportunity to build a real network and honestly the two years off seems like a dream rn.

I am from a lowly non-target (sub 3.0 cum GPA) and made it to a M&A product group full time and am now at a MF PE role. I have no time to study for GMATs and am afraid my application is moot given my awful ugrad GPA. A lot of me does want to make the push but despite a favorable professional profile, I'm legit afraid I'll get dinged for how terrible my ugrad academics were (especially for HBS/Wharton/GSB). Any thoughts on how to mitigate? Would a 760+ GMAT supersede my terrible undergrad? I don't really have a great story aside from some family stuff which could explain my poor academics either.

I do have on my side the walls I overcame to get to where I am right now and the story with it but it was in reality your networking / hustle story. Not sure if I have an exemplary background which warrants the admissions I'm looking for. Appreciate if someone could weigh in and let me now if I'm thinking about it incorrectly. Thank you

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