<p>I would say that you want to apply to schools where they have personal interviews, because once they learn all the things you just recited, you will be a good candidate, but they won’t know about all your outside of school learning by just looking at your transcript.</p>
<p>Your narrative would be that you are bored with subjects you have no interest in, and therefore do not get top grades in those subjects, but if it is a subject you have a real interest in, you are a star.</p>