Chance a UK male

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<p>I am an international student from an island in the UK. I am full caucasian (not sure whether this matters at all or not). I am applying to study business for fall 2011 at:</p>

<p>SUNY Binghamton
SUNY Plattsburgh
Rutgers New Brunswick or Newark
Penn state University park or Altoona (preferably the former)
UNC Wilmington</p>

<p>My SAT wasn't great 1110/1600 or 1670/2400. Math 540 Reading 570 Writing 560 Essay 8. It is a slight improvement on my last SAT score of 1600, but not as much as i was expecting.</p>

<p>My GCSE results were 3 A's, 4 B's and 5 C's (2 of the C's were done 2 years early). Not actually sure if these will be taken into account or not. My AS level results were not quite as i expected, i got B C D E but some re-takes should sort that out and i should end up with full A-levels of ABC/ACC. The A will be in business, not sure if that will help at all.</p>

<p>I go to the best school on my island, it is private with about 120 students in my year group. My school does not do GPA or class rank. I have got fairly solid recommendations and my essays are alright.</p>

<p>Every friday afternoon i help out at a charity shop for an hour. I have some work experience at 2 local law firms, one was for 3 weeks and i was a junior law assistant and i got to go to court to see a massive trial which was cool. The other was monday afternoons for about 4 hours over 6 weeks, in which i got to see all the different areas of a law firm, which was very interesting. I currently work at a large retailer as a sales assistant and have done for over a year now. I did a competition called Young Enterprise last year where we were put into teams and then had to either create a product or event. I was the IT director and along with my deputy performed all the IT related tasks ranging from creating posters and doing spreadsheets.</p>

<p>In terms of EC's i have:
Soccer all my life in and out of school
I dabble in various sports
Played cricket in my freshman year
Same for tabble tennis and athletics</p>

<p>I have gained house colours at every level during my school career. These are given out to students who perform the most in house activities, only about 5 out of about 25 people in each house year group get them. I also have a level 1 soccer coaching award, so i can coach soccer to kids.</p>

<p>Financial aid is not required.</p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

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<p>They ones I can chance:
SUNY Binghamton-probably around 30-40%, Binghamton is the top SUNY besides Geneseo (arguably).
Plattsburgh- You’re probably in.
SUNY-wise, maybe look at Potsdam?
Penn State University Park-40-50% </p>

<p>Being international will probably help you, however.</p>

<p>I’m not familiar enough with the others, sorry!</p>

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<p>ok, thanks</p>

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<p>check out bentley, good business school</p>

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<p>I am sure you could spin being from Jersey into being some kind of URM (under-represented minority) LOL! In the US no-one will have heard of it. Or you could apply to schools in New Jersey and claim “old” Jersey counts as in-state?</p>

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<p>cheers, but i dont think i can afford it, and i doubt they will be willing to give me any aid. haha yeah only like 2 people a year apply to the US, and it is practically un-heard of. lol somehow i think they might figure that one out.</p>

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<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>So regarding the two Cs for GCSE- tell them you took it two years early. they will take that into consideration. But you should improve your A levels- so when you apply, state clearly that you are retaking them and say you will send the scores as soon as they come out (march right?) </p>

<p>In your app you should put emphasis on your teaching football. that’s leadership.
I’d say you need a super super essay and you would have a good chance.</p>