but I’d change the classes I took. I’m a poly sci major who took Chem last year which I got my second and third B in and led to two more B’s in math… then I took Calc BC instead of AP stats cause I’m a slow learner and I’m heading towards a C… I’d also have started EC’s earlier, been more selective with what I participated in, and actually studied for SAT II’s. Oh yeah I also wish I’d used a college counselor at an earlier point in the process. Last batch of essays I wrote with her were immensely better than my EA to Stanford 
which didn’t work out well. I feel like if I had high school to start over again right now I’d get into Harvard but that’s why we go to high school I guess. C’est la vie. Oh chance if you have time I’m having an anxiety attack over apps http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1730652-chance-me-plz.html#latest
I wish I didn’t do the bare minimum freshman year and gotten a little more involved in both my classes and ECs. If I’d motivated myself a little more, my GPA would be substantially higher.
I also wish that when I was actually looking into colleges that we paid a little more attention to financial aid. I know that’s not really related to the application but it kind of stinks because I fell in love with a ton of schools that have no merit aid (or very limited, exclusive merit aid) that I’ll probably get into but I won’t be able to attend unless it’s a school whose reputation might be worth the money (read: Ivy). Ex: I got into BC and I’ll also most likely be accepted to Smith, Holy Cross, and Oberlin, but unless I get into a place like Bowdoin or Dmouth, I’m going to end up going to a state school or whichever safety gives me the most money. Again, not really related to the application itself, but related to the application process. Moral of the story: if money is in any way a factor in your decision, don’t go looking at exclusive, need-based schools first because you’ll get your hopes up.
Just 2200 on SAT.
Definitely interview. Parents signed me up for a USC interview that we both completely forgot about so I missed it, and my Vanderbilt interview wasn’t great.
fkn fresh + soph yrs gpa, and messing up my schedule for this year junior year. If I could meet my former freshman self, I would slap him hard and give him a 5 min talk to stop screwing around
studied harder for the SAT.
I screwed up Juinor year…can anyone please look at this ???
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1734678-3-68-juinor-year.html#latest
Changed my race. Had Intel STS winner and IMO gold medal on my resume.
Although this is was completely outside of my grasp and is hard to just change, it would be that I wouldn’t have had my depression that spanned my freshman and sophomore years. It was hard to overcome and I’m still recovering from it. But this is probably one of the big reasons academically why.
Average GPA Fresh/Soph: 3.3 vs. Average GPA Junior/Senior: 4.3.
I try not to dwell on what could’ve happened had things been different, but I am where I am.
SAT Physics scores
Definitely extracurricular activities (I never considered doing activities for the purpose of impressing colleges).
I’ll also cheat and provide a second regret: I wish that I had begun taking standardized tests (or at least started prepping for them) my junior year. I still got a 33 on the ACT but it was stressful and I know that I could have got a 36 on math (instead of 32), which would have bumped my composite up to 34.
My essays. It was good, but I procrastinated so I feel like it could have been better.
Woah… this thread is over a decade old!
Haven’t actually started my application yet, but I don’t regret that I had a transatlantic move, changed school curriculum and everything. Nothing scares me. 
I would have taken more AP tests as a homeschooler. Then I could have applied to the top tens and stand a chance (small, but plausible chance).
But I suppose it all worked out for the best: small liberal arts are apparently the best place to go for medical school acceptance; after all, those school WANT their premeds to get into medical school, because they have a very small student body and a high number of medical acceptances make them look good. Also, recommendations are extraordinarily important for medical schools, so the smaller student body helps too.
This is opposed to science in the Ivies that push premeds through weed outs, causing large percentages of students to drop due to an uncompetitive GPA (this information has been taken mainly from medical student forums).
Considering I was given no guidance through this entire college process, I think I fared well.
@cc that’s a lot better feeling than those getting rejected everyone! Congrats on your acceptances 
I didn’t mess up my freshman year 
I would have taken more foreign language in high school so that I could have gotten in to more colleges. However, if I had done that, I might not have applied to WSU (Wichita State University) which actually might have been a loss. I really think I’m going to like it there despite the fact that it is far from a “prestigious” university.
Oh, and I wouldn’t have wasted my time liking that person who didn’t care about me at all and (figuratively) running into a brick wall trying to gain their attention.
Better grades, especially freshman year. See here :P: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1742181-chance-a-junior-for-a-wide-range-of-schools-i-will-chance-you-back.html
more involvement in commnity
SAT US History subject test
Gpa/Class rank for sure!