<p>So, here's the thing:</p>
<p>20yo from Venezuela, where high school is mostly taken as a five-year joke, so, my GPA is 2.6. Haven't taken the SAT, but doing it next month and I think I'm pretty fine for the test. </p>
<p>I have a good catalog of EC activities: Founding my school's lit club and presiding it for four consecutive years, editor-in-chief of the school's newspaper for a year, organised and led a volunteer group for hospital work for two years, etc. Nothing extremely impressive, but good stuff. </p>
<p>I also have three years of undergrad (chem) studies, worth nothing, as the credits are non-transferrable. </p>
<p>I'm applying for linguistic studies. </p>
<p>Looks like a terrible position, indeed, but do I have any chances?</p>
<p>By the way, I'm a polyglot. I have full command of Spanish (mother tongue), English (started learning it at), Italian (spoken at home) and Catalan. I'm also learning french and navajo.</p>