What Are My Chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Brown University
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<p>Hey Everyone!</p>

<p>I just found out about this place and I was wondering what all you other over-achievers thought my chances of getting into Brown or other Ivies were:</p>

<p>Background: Caucasian; however, I moved here from the Ukraine and Russian is my first language.
School: Swampscott Public (Extremely Suburban)
GPA: 93 Unweighted 99 Weighted
Rank: 7 Unweighter 8 weighted (out of 193)
PSATs: 69 Critical Reading 74 Math 76 Writing Skills
(haven’t gotten SAT scores back)</p>

<p><strong>keep in mind i’m only a junior</strong></p>

<p>Clubs: Science Team (2 years), Math Team (3 years), Chess Team (first board, 3 years), Spanish Club, International Relations Club (2 years), Political Action Club (1 year), Mock Trial (1 year), Marching and Concert Band (Flute, Piccolo, Sousaphone, Tuba, 3 years), National Honors Society</p>

<p>Outside of School: Karate (7 years), I’ve held down a job at CVS since end of sophomore year and plan to continue till (or through) college</p>

<p>Volunteer Credits: Habitat for Humanities, My Brother’s Table, My Brother’s Table’s Garden Party, but my major volunteer work is once a week at my dojo (karate studio) I help younger students.</p>

<p>Educational Trips: Harvard Model Congress, Model United Nations, Band Trip</p>

<p><strong>Thanks so much for taking the time to help me out, any comments or personal cases would be appreciated!</strong></p>

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<p>swampscott! i grew up in hamilton-wenham and my dad's from revere…</p>

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<p>"but my major volunteer work is once a week at my dojo (karate studio) I help younger students"</p>

<p>i don't think that actually counts as volunteer hours, unless your dojo is non-profit :\ don't take my word for it though</p>

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<p>""but my major volunteer work is once a week at my dojo (karate studio) I help younger students""</p>

<p>I also did this when I took karate, and my school accepted it as volunteer work because I didn't gain anything from it, and my tutoring didn't increase the dojo's profits either. By the way, I'm from Belarus:)</p>

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<p>the Belarus rocks on guys! But what colleges do I have a shot in? I'm uncertain about my major I'm thinking anywhere that has to do with math or science or its crazy applications (i.e. engineering, programming)... any ideas about colleges?</p>