Chances at Brown University?

ebonyblack
Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:45:29 +0000

My cousin three years got into Harvard with an ACT score of 23! And a guy at my school last year got into Harvard with a SCT score of 1730 and an ACT score of 26! My family jokes its because they’re Black. Not acceptable if they’re were White or Asian.
Well I really want to go to Brown University to major in Philosophy! Either that or University of Texas, Austin.

Female
Black
Parents are immigrants from Nigeria
ACT-29
GPA-3.67
Rank-Top 15%

not sure what else they want. not really sociable, but was vice president of DECA(marketing club), student council representative, psychology club, um, some community service. i work 18-20 hours a week. come from a competitive high school.
so would me being black and my parents from another country give me an advantage??