Humbly asking for your opinions on my b school chances

Hi everyone - long time lurker on the forums and I've seen a few of these posted up. I'm wondering if I could get your opinions on my chances of being admitted to a MBA business schools">M7 b-school. If this is the wrong place to post this, I apologize ahead of time.

Background:

-3.6 gpa from a non-target, very specialized business school
-2 years at the top group at a bulge bracket investment bank
-2.5 years plus an offer to stay on for a post MBA position/track at a top tier VC firm (Associate -> Sr. Associate)

-Currently playing in a band (and have been for the past 9 yrs) with 25 million+ song plays online that has toured across North America
-Do some work for the SPCA on my weekends
-Competed nationally in a sport when I was 18-20 years old
-Had a startup in college that raised a 100k seed round

I have not taken the GMAT yet, but I don't do very well on standardized tests. Assuming I score high 600's to low 700's, do I have a solid shot?

Thanks for your time

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TheD146

Just curious as to why you want to go to b school, are you not satisfied at your VC fund? or are they requesting that you get your MBA to go down that track?

Honestly, I'd rather not go to school. I really love my job and current situation. This is more hypothetical. My big issue is that when we go to meetings and introduce each other, school comes up at least 25% of the time in one way or another. Everyone around the table has a Harvard or Wharton degree, and I've got no brand name. Not sure how significant it is now, but I worry that down the line this could be a bigger issue (who knows). Maybe I'm a better eMBA candidate in 3-4 years.

 
consultingboi

Break 700 and I'd say you'd have a pretty good shot at HBS/Wharton/Stanford. :)

I wonder what band...

Thanks! I'm awful at standardized testing. Hoping to get to the 700 mark though. It'd be fantastic if my experience / EC pushed me over the top without a great score!

 
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