Chance me long and chance me hard

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a British student applying from outside the United States. My top choice college is Brown, but I'm also applying to UPenn, Stanford, Georgetown, and Tufts, and possibly Princeton depending on what you think my chances are.</p>

<p>SATs:
October 2009 - CR: 780 (99th percentile), M: 640 (83rd), W: 720 (97th)
- I don't plan on taking the SAT again, and I know Maths let me down but hey, I hate maths.
December 2009 - Literature, French and World History subject tests (pending)</p>

<p>SCHOOL:
-11 GCSEs graded 3 A<em>, 5 A, 2 B and 1 C
-Predicted A</em>AAA at A-level (A* in History, As in French, Politics and English Literature)
-Glowing recommendations (mostly because I coached the teachers who were writing them - recommendations for British universities are far more modest and reserved than the American counterparts).</p>

<p>EXTRA-CURRICULARS:
-Senior prefect (it's a state school as well)
-Tutor Group prefect, in charge of the pastoral care of a class of 12- and 13-year olds
-Debating for 3 years, representing school at a national and international level
-House Debating captain, House Public Speaking captain
-Volunteer work for Amnesty International
-Co-founder of the school's Peer Support Group, where younger children come to talk to older students about problems which they don't feel comfortable talking to teachers about. This group has competed for and won £1,000 in nationally-recognised grants along with £500 from the Vodafone institute.</p>

<p>Bear in mind that ECs in Britain normally work differently to those in the US - there are no presidents, no treasurers, no secretaries, etc.</p>

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<p>thats what she said</p>

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<p>XD</p>

<p>But seriously, decent shots at GTown and Tufts. The rest are reaches/high reaches.&lt;/p>

<p>Chance me: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/801151-chance-random-guy-umd-mit-notre-dame-vanderbilt-hopkins-gatech.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/801151-chance-random-guy-umd-mit-notre-dame-vanderbilt-hopkins-gatech.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Bump. Anyone? More input?</p>

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<p>Is there no one else?!</p>

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<p>Coming from a tough international pool, I would say all of the schools you listed (except maybe Tufts) are large reaches.
You don’t really have any major ECs, or a concentration among your ECs. That 640 is going to kill you and is wayyyyyyyyy below the middle 50% of SAT scores for all the schools you listed.
I’d shoot for some lower-tier schools.
Good luck</p>