<p>I'd like to know, because I hate the ones with peanuts inside them!</p>
<p>let me boil down my app to its essentials:</p>
<p>Asian, male
SAT I - 2380 (CR 800, M 800, WR 780)</p>
<p>SAT II
-French 800, Chemistry 780, MathIIC 780, World History 800
-Planning on taking Spanish</p>
<p>AP
-French Literature 5,
-French Language 5,
-European History 5,
-Environmental Science 5,
-World History 5,
-Calculus 5,
-Chemistry 5,
-English Language 5,
-waiting for Music Theory score (but seriously not counting on it)</p>
<p>EC
-1st place in International Environmental Project Olympiad
-2nd place in International Students Science Fair
-1st place in two national-level science competitions
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-School orchestra (conductor since 2008): many fundraisers, volunteer work, concerts
-School varsity rowing team: silver in regional championship in 2007, bronze in 2008
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-Internship under Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare in both 2007 and 2008, participating in projects studying the welfare/sustainable development policies in France
-Internship in Seoul National University (top rank uni in our country)
-Internship in IPB (asia's top agricultural science uni)
-Internship/actual co-work in an Indonesian fertilizer company to actualize one of my research projects
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-School council vice-president
-Representative of school's sports clubs
-MUN Chairing
-Taekwondo 4th dan
-Violin 13 years
-University of Notre Dame Global Issues Seminar
-private scholarship for linguistic capabilities
-recognition of French embassy in Korea for linguistic capabilities in French</p>
<p>Possible Hooks
-Language, I guess. Fluent Korean, English and French; not-so-fluent but manageable Indonesian, Chinese and Spanish
-Environmental Science awards and internships
-Orchestra, music
-confident in essays, recs</p>
<p>Now comes the problem: my GPA.
From what I've seen during the last three years, one's GPA seems to act like a person's legs - that is, you won't be able to do anything with just your legs, but then again you aren't going anywhere without them. Thankfully, my school does not rank.
My GPA curve is: 3.0 -> 3.7 -> 4.2 -> 4.3 -> 4.7 for an average 4.0 (weighted, of course)
I guess I have some tricks up my sleeves that could actually make this look positive, or at least somewhat excusable, but a weighted 4.0 is still just a 4.0.</p>
<p>I would really appreciate any advice on what my reasonable reaches would be, and
a few higher level ones as well. Currently aiming at Oxford/Yale for the early period, but mostly as an 'Ill-regret-it-later-if-I-didn't-even-try' effort.</p>
<p>a general guideline or some advice on the basic range of colleges that I might successfully apply to would be much appreciated.</p>