Profile Eval - Filipino Student trying to get into Banking in US/France + late transition to WB/IFC/ADB

Hi, I'm a Filipino recent-grad with less than a year's work experience and I want to try to get into IB/Consulting in mature market like the US/UK/France. Actually, any "analyst" role in Fin/Consulting is better than where I was (Sales role in FMCG). And then looking to transition into an Investments role in a multilateral development bank mid-career (ADB, WB, IFC etc.) Thanks in advance for the help!

It's sort of a last minute decision but I am trying to get into my target grad schools for last round admissions. Target Schools: 1) Duke Masters in Quantitative Management: Business Analytics (then will take Finance track) **can anyone tell me if I can realistically make it to this? 2) HEC Masters in International Finance (French school) 3) ESSEC Masters in Management (then will specialize in Finance; French school) 4) Universite Pantheon Sorbonne: Quantitative Economics (keeping the econ track open for that multi-lateral dev bank; another French school) Would you suggest other schools or programs in the US?

Note1: I have the option to go for next year's admissions but I'm already 21 and I'm kind of rushing with life so I want to try applying as early as now Note2: don't remember my Finance and Accounting classes in undergrad and got C/C+s in those subjects so was a bit hesitant to apply to top-tier Masters in Finance prgrams

PROFILE: Undergrad GPA: 3.21 :( Education: Top School in the Philippines, but not known elsewhere Major: Management Engineering (a quantitative business undergrad), with a Minor in French, and a Minor in Economics

GRE: Studied for a week now and mock scores say **317 **(161 Q, 156 Verbal) *I think I can pull it up to the lower 320s in two week's time (sched of my GRE; yes - this gradschool thing has been sort of a last minute decision) while I work two full-time jobs *GMAT Equiv is around 630-660 for a GRE of 317 to lower 320s

Lots of extra-curriculars: - President of an International Relations student org with 300+ members - Lots of project management roles in other orgs with measurable results in my CV (Increased bank balance by 300%, Increased Membership participation rate by 75%, Increased project eval compliance rate... etc) - Been funded for a conference in Harvard and had a summer semester in France. - Was a champion of several case competitions and quiz bees in the Philippines. Ex: Proctor & Gamble CEO Challenge (was sent to Singapore globals), a Nestle Case Compet, a Modern Languages Quiz Bee, an Economics Quizbee in the University

Lots of Community Development initiatives: Pro-bono seminars/teaching in urban-poor communities (Financial Literacy to urban poor moms, Statistics and Physics to poor High school kids, Taught in Bible School every Sunday, etc.); Volunteered to other community dev programs

Professional Experience: - Hired into the Unilever Future Leader's Program for Sales. fresh from undergrad. 7 out 6000+ Filipino candidates (yes, this is a real figure). Quit after 5 months. I was considered as a top business grad in the country yet they paid me around $20K USD a year only. My peers were paid around $5k-8k USD yearly, so it's pretty bad - in general, in the Philippines. - Became a Full-time University Instructor where I teach 4 different subjects this semester: Operations Management, Operations Research, Decision Analysis with Spreadsheets, and Business Strategy in the ASEAN Context. Had wonderful faculty evals (4.8/5) but will lose my job soon if I don't graduate from a Graduate Program soon - Taught part-time while I was still working for Unilever: Business statistics and Information Technology Basics for Management students - Also working as a full-time Economic Research Analyst for the University's Center for Economic Research & Development. Basically, I write a couple of reports and market insights. Some banks and government agencies consult us from time to time and I try my best to feed them with econ/market BS. - I own a social enterprise that hires urban-poor stay-home moms to create fashionable bags. Business is doing good, but thinking of leaving it to my business partners to handle

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