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re: classic rock, blast that Skynrd, CCR, Led Zep and AC/DC, bring out the bongs and Schlitz, and you have yourself a party. (unless if what you mean by "classic rock" is 90s grunge, then that will just make me feel old).

As for your GPA - as I've said to others before, you can worry about it, but what good will that do? You don't have a time machine. You can't change it. You can either spend a lot of unnecessary time apologizing and defending yourself for it or trying to explain it away, or you can just move on - the adcom will either care, or they won't, and there's nothing you can say (or don't say) that will change that fact.

Like most things in life, it's not about being perfect, but being compelling. No one is perfect.

As for your leadership - sure, if you have stuff in your work, then focus on talking about that. What other choice do you have? If the adcom cares about whether it comes from work or extracurriculars isn't really relevant because in your case, you don't have a choice.

In any case, I think schools in the bottom half of the top 16 are within reach (Yale, Cornell, Darden, Duke, Michigan, NYU, UCLA, Haas). And schools in Europe like INSEAD and LBS may be slight stretches, but still within reach. If you want to go to these schools, go for it and hope for the best.

And crank up some Led Zeppelin while you're at it. You're right - western culture can be explained by a Marshall stack, a Les Paul, and a haze of sweet smoke. Rock on.