<p>i really dont think those papers are very important ECs though
those 20 page essays dont seem a lot especially if they are double spaced
ive seen people write essays in my school that are over 100 page doubled</p>
<p>While it seems like a reach-heavy list, pepero already said there's no point to go to a "safety" school if the school at his/her home country is better (at least to him). It looks to me he/she has a realistic chance for JHU/NYU/Georgetown</p>
<p>Here's an example of a bad list that an extremely cocky friend of mine had (he wanted engineering):</p>
<p>Caltech, MIT.</p>
<p>That's it. He was val, 1560 SAT (old), 500 hrs volunteer, president of 2 clubs, u name it, he's got it.</p>
<p>He only applied to those 2 schools, was rejected by both, and is currently in his CC. Poor guy. I warned him though!</p>
<p>Yeah Caltech/ MIT isn't hedging his bets at all...this kid has NYU plus a whole lot of not that big reaches.</p>
<p>apparently that kid is all SATs and no common sense.</p>
<p>If you have schools in your home country, than the list of US schools is fine, although they are very different, and you would have a very different campus experience at a lot of them.</p>