<p>Alrighty.. Guess I'm a little more on he unusual side for this Board... I want to apply as a transfer student to NYU's East Asian Studies department.. Here's what I have:</p>
<p>Go ahead and laugh:
High School GPA: 2.89
No honors classes, GPA was 3.4 until my senior year, but that all was so long ago, I won't even go into it :P</p>
<p>Virginia All-State Cross Country
All Region Mile / 2 Mile Track (Indoor and Outdoor)</p>
<p>After High School:
Studied through the Army at Thomas Edision State College in NJ:
AM HIST 1 & 2 - B
AM GOV - A-
ENG COMP 1 & 2 - B+
Intro to Computers - A-</p>
<p>Studied Korean at the Defense Language Institute for 2 of 3 semesters
Final GPA: 3.89 - 36 Credit Hours
Withdrew 3rd Semester to take the Linguist Exam early and make my cut off date for a time-sensative assignment in Korea. Qualified as a 2+/2+/2+ Linguist (Near-Native Proficiency)</p>
<p>Attended Kyunghee University in Seoul for follow-on training in Interpretation/Translation 2 Months each year (Ungraded)</p>
<p>Work Experience:
Joined the Army for 8 years.
-Traveled to 14 different countries through work within Europe and East / Southeast Asia
-Volunteer English Teacher at an Orphanage for a year in Korea
-Created new Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Transition To War and Real World Operations at 2 Operational Intelligence Cells in Korea
-Tested, Fielded, and Troubleshot the introduction of new computer systems to the Korean Theater of Operations
-Specialized in Intelligence Operations within the Korean Penninsula and worked within that field for 6 years
-Decorated with numerous peace time awards/medals</p>
<p>There's more to this, but this should be enough to list here</p>
<p>I'm relying mostly on my work experience and my contributions to the army to get me in. My major relates closely to my work experience, and to me that's the most important part of my application. Additionally, my college scores are vastly improved from my High-School scores, when I cared little about what I was doing (young and stupid, right?)</p>
<p>So, think I have a shot a NYU?</p>