Program: Ph.D. in Public Policy, Climate and Energy Policy Concentration
Schools Applying To: Indiana, Syracuse, Kennedy school, Sol Price school, Goldman School, Sanford school, Harris school, UMD college park, Georgia Tech, Luskin school, Univ. of Kansas
Interests: Climate and Energy policy, renewable energy dissemination, National mitigation targets
Undergrad Institution: Top University in Korea
Undergraduate GPA: 3.15/4
Undergraduate Major: Chemistry
GRE: 155 V / 170 Q / AW 4
TOEFL: 30/23/20/28
Age: 29
Grad Institution: Top Grad School in Korea(graduated as a representative of my grad school)
Graduate GPA: 3.96/4
Graduate Major: Master of City Planning in Environmental Studies (taken various courses for public policy research: public policy, economics, statistics, IR, diplomacy, methodology)
Languages: Korean(native), English (fluent), Spanish (beginner), German(beginner)
Nationality: Korea
Quant Experience: Undergrad : Intro to Econ (B), Microecon (A), Probability & Statistics(B), Calculus(D), Calculus Lab, (B), Mathematics 1(B), Discrete Math(A), Applied Linear Algebra(C) Grad : Cost and Benefit Analysis(A), Environmental & Energy Economics(A), Multicriteria analysis of living quality and recreation(A), Statistical Methods for Planning(A)
Work Experience: 6 months in Congress, 1 year in Governmental research center, 1 year in related NGO, 1.5 year of RA for 3 projects
Other Experience: 21 months military service for Korea, 4 years voluntary service for my undergraduate
Publication: 3 submitted and under review articles, 1 governmental report, 2 conference proceedings
Award: 2 distinguished thesis awards, Alumni scholarship, 4 Merit-based scholarships, prize in chemistry olympiad during high school
LORs: 1 from an advisory professor of my master course. 1 from my Econ professor of my master course and dissertation committee. 1 from a president of my research center and all 3 recommenders said that I am the outstanding student and researcher
Concerns: I worried about my low GPA in undergraduate even though my GPA in the master is almost perfect.
Are my other experiences and score able to offset my low GPA for the application for top schools? Or What should I do for my successful application and getting an admission?