<p>Stop bumping. None of this will matter as statistics say you have better chance at dying in a car wreck or over dosing on drugs than you do at some of your top schools.vyou have gotten a lot of replies let it die and ask again when you have more info for us.</p>
<p>Just a heads up - I’m probably going to be harsh since my school and background is similar to yours, but I’d like to think I’m more realistic. It’s also very hard to say because some people with wonderful resumes don’t get into Ivies because of their character or essay or something.</p>
<p>From what I heard, being an Indian male will hurt you. There are many competitive Indians out there, especially Pre-Med ones. And it’s supposedly harder to get into Ivies as a male.</p>
<p>I go to one of the top public schools in NC as well, so it’d probably help if I knew your school. Mine is very competitive, and I’ve probably heard of yours. However, at my school, the #1 sophomore has a 5.5 (we’re kind of crazy competitive here) and the #10 sophomore has a 5.0, just to give you some perspective. The Top 10 sophomores at my school are taking at least 4 APs. So you can see that our “top NC public” schools are different, so it’ll look different. But colleges probably don’t care about rank as much as you think since they just look at top 1%, 5%, 10%, 25%, 50%, etc., or something to that effect.</p>
<p>Your classes are all right, pretty chill compared to the ones at my school (freshmen come in taking Calculus), but you look pretty on top for your school. Take some more medicine-geared courses, if you’re sure you want to do pre-med, because then you’ll have more experience in the field than other applicants. AP Bio is good, AP Psych may help. If you have AP Physics B at your school, I’d try that (if you’re feeling good about your maths) since that is supposedly useful in medicine.</p>
<p>Your volunteering and internship look great! Debate is good too. I’ve heard that sports are pretty important though, and you want to be well-rounded. I don’t play sports at school, but my parents are freaking out because doing so apparently helps you. I would also, like you, rather focus on extracurriculars. So I join other sports and dance teams outside of school, but it’s always better playing for the school.</p>
<p>Your PSATs need some help. I didn’t study (since my 7th grade SAT), but I got a 205, which I thought was terrible. You should really focus on standardized tests because the National Merit Scholarship for PSAT score is nice as well. I’m actually aiming for a 2350+ for the SAT to get into Ivies, but I’ve heard it’s not necessary. I think you should aim for 2250 though. Some of my senior friends at my competitive school are wonderful applicants, with even more extracurriculars and higher ranks than you and I, but with SATs of 2190, and rejected from Ivies. Standardized tests are an easy way for them to eliminate you. I suggest you take the PSAT to see where you’re at, try to get 100 pts more than that on your SAT, and take the SAT at most twice in junior year.</p>
<p>Also, make sure your essay is great! Definitely make sure it reflects you and your personality though.</p>
<p>Harvard: eh, depends on SAT & essay, as well as other applicants (2011 is extremely competitive, at my school at least)
Princeton: see above
Stanford: see above
Duke: in, try to boost your SAT score
UNC-Chapel Hill: in
Brown: in, try to boost your SAT score
Johns Hopkins: in, internship and volunteering will help
Wake Forest: in
NC State: in
Eastern Carolina University: in
Appalachian State University: in</p>
<p>I suggest you not to apply to all those schools though. That will be a ton of work in senior year, and you’ll probably be slacking off on all your essays and applications. I’d say, if your final SAT score is 2100, don’t apply to State, ECU, or App State, unless you really want to. Even if you’re not going to try on those, you shouldn’t waste time. UNC-CH has great medical, as does Duke. JHU was not hard to get into this year. I’m not sure about Brown’s medical though.</p>
<p>Personally, I’m doing 1 ED application, and if that doesn’t work out, I’m applying to 4-6 more schools.</p>
<p>I think that was pretty comprehensive! 
I’ll be glad to talk to you personally if you want more insight (e.g. giving me your school name would help me judge your credits). But please, please, *please *make sure that you enjoy this! Don’t do EVERYTHING just for college. I hope you want to do medicine because you want to help people or something, not because of money or parents. The wrong motivation can kill you sometimes.</p>
<p>And try to stand out. All your credentials are good, but you don’t want to be “just another applicant.”</p>
<p>Chance me, a rising junior, as well: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/720727-chance-me-please-bit-long-but-still-thanks.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/720727-chance-me-please-bit-long-but-still-thanks.html</a></p>
<p>Woo! Go class of 2011/2015! Hahah.</p>
<p>I think you’re in good shape! And I know colleges don’t look at your PSAT scores, but I would have thought you’d get higher than that with your stellar report card, class ranking, and your school’s competitive atmosphere. Maybe you just had a bad day? It’s all right, I had a bad PSAT score too, hahah. </p>
<p>I would guess you could get into those schools you listed. Being a Californian, I don’t really know NC universities well. Harvard is very very competitive, and so are you, but I think it is a little to early to tell…just do good on your SATs and keep the grades (and class rank and ECs) up and I think you’d be in good shape </p>
<p>Hope I helped!</p>
<p>qazplm and jenni0z- Thanks for your insight!
I will definitely take both of your responses into consideration as they made a lot of sense.</p>
<p>FINAL GRADES SOPHOMORE YEAR</p>
<p>Honors Algebra 2: A
Honors Chemistry 1: A
Honors Spanish 3: A
Honors Pre-Calculus: A
Honors English 2: A
Honors Civics and Economics: A
AP Environmental Science: A, definitely a 4 or 5 on the AP exam
Debate 2: A</p>
<p>UW GPA: 4.0
W GPA: 5.0
Cumulative GPA: 4.75</p>
<p>Also, I did not make Treasurer of HOSA, but I will be an officer of some kind (most likely secretary/treasurer) of our Debate club next year, since Debate got cut as a class
Due to Debate getting cut, I will be taking Biomedical Technology in place of Debate 3 junior year, and Medical Science 1 or Honors E-Commerce 1 in place of Debate 4 senior year.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>