<p>All my life I've been told that I was precocious, intelligent, and wise beyond my years. I was even told that I was the smartest student that one of my teachers at my private middle school has ever taught. I don't mean to sound pretentious, but I'm just trying to explain my situation. All my life I've stuggled with applying myself, and keeping focused on and getting my school work done. As a consequence of this, and transitioning from a school where there were 15 people in my grade to a high school of 400, my freshman and sophomore grades suffered. I made 2 D's, and failed a latin class. </p>
<p>Now, my senior year, I am taking 6 AP's and am making straight A's. Last year, I took 4 AP's, and made A's and B's. I go to a very competitive school where most of my friends are considering and will go to schools like Yale and Harvard, or Georgetown, Swarthmore, or Duke. At the very least, people at my school go to UNC Chapel Hill. I'm considering the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) and East Carolina University. I KNOW I am just as smart, if not smarter than my friends who will be going to much better schools than I am. I'm so mad at my self for not making better grades it makes me sick to my stomach. Is anyone else in a similar situation?</p>
<p>Can you get in to a decent medical school going to third tiered schools such as Ole Miss or ECU? I'm so worried that I've screwed up all my chances of ever succeeding in life.</p>