Does GPA matter when the scholar system is diametrically opposed

<p>I have around 32 hours per week of classes since the 9th grade. could you tell me the average of hours per week in the US please?. I took maths, physics, biology at the highest level possible = AP, french and history at a level… I would say honor level in france. of course spanish, english are in a ridiculous level in comparison with what’s studied in english or spanish speaking countries. I was also lead up to study economy and sth obscure called science of engineering–> far away of what I was expected, we 've just wasted our time in front of computers (no matter). Of course I’ve to study other fields to extend my mind, but taking classes for the sake of looking good in an application isn’t really productive, I’m currently gonna competing in french maths olympiad and I’ve no time to spend with Baudelaire, Voltaire, Victor Hugo, Maupassant, Verlaine, Zola… (I’m kind of bored of this persistent chauvinism because I’m sure that some of you would have never heard of them whereas in france they told us that we can’t do without them.</p>

<p>sorry but you didn’t answer my questions:
does the SAT score take more importance in the appplication for an international student?
does a GPA of 3.6 from equivalences invalid my plans of getting into an top college?</p>

<p>thanks you all for being so fast.</p>