International Student 3rd Round help/advise

Hello everyone gmatclub

I would like to hear your opinion on the following matter; I was working on round 2 deadlines for several schools mostly Ivy, however I was was faced with a life threatening situation in my family (all medical reports are available) hence was not able to finish my applications on time, in addition to out of hand political turmoil that affected the bank i work in

My plan now is to try at round 3 i still have to take my GMAT exam (it was deferred due to the above circumstances), I took the PTE (score 87).

A little background on me: I am from Jordan 30 turning 31 in March, 8 years experience in Banking (FM & ALM) , CFA level 3 candidate.

I appreciate your feedback on the above, what do you recommend, any ideas,tips etc that might help my application (i dont think i can afford to delay another year)

Also I was working primarily on HBS but as you know they dropped R3, do you think i should email them and explain the above or just forget about it and look at other schools ? (i know its a dumb question )

Cheers