Please chance! Any matches?!

<p>Right now, my five schools that I'm 99% sure I'm applying to are:
Harvard (This is a reach, don't even bother..)
Northeastern
Johns Hopkins
Wake Forest
Duke</p>

<p>Others (If you want):
BU
Cornell
Dartmouth
Case Western</p>

<p>PS I do have a safety I plan on applying to but don't find it necessary to list. </p>

<p>I want to go into the medical field, and plan on majoring in biology. Right now I'm considering being a pediatrician and plan on job-shadowing one this summer.
Middle class white girl :p
~$100,000 family income with mother not working (on disability)
Public school
GPA: UW~3.95, W~4.6
Class rank: 2/266 (very close to top spot. Expecting top 3 spots to be very close by next year)
SAT: 2130 (M-740, CR-640, W-750, retaking to hopefully bring up CR significantly and possibly math, however these scores are 99th percentile for my high school and very good for my state)
SAT Subjects: Math I-750, Math II-730, Chemistry-680
Have taken mostly honors/AP. Will have 6 AP's by graduation. My school's schedule has been limited. I think I could have completed around 10 if my schedule would have allowed for it. Hopefully colleges will understand this.
Sophomore:AP Calculus AB/BC (5 and 5 subscore, but B+ in the class-only grade below an A- I've received and each quarter my grade improved)
Junior:AP English Lang., AP Chemistry, AP Statistics (waiting on scores)
Senior:Ap Biology, AP government</p>

<p>Sports:
4 year varsity soccer, senior year captain
played lacrosse freshman and sophomore year. Was on JV Freshman year and was a JV/Varsity swinger sophomore year as well as JV captain. Did not play this year for personal reasons and will probably not play next year.
Attempted to play Rec basketball last year...haha.</p>

<p>Activities:
NHS:Soph (first year possible), J, and Sr (NHS officer sr year)
Junior Class President (also head of prom committee)
4 year student council member
Youth in Government program all four years (voted youth governor of my state for senior year, attended GovCon in DC)
Outdoor Club: the club started this year and I was one of the most active members</p>

<p>Recognition:
Athletic Summit (1 of 6 girls chosen to attend from my school)
Al Neuharth journalism scholarship receiver, and also a conference in DC
Undergraduate Department Awards: Honors English 10 award, Creative Writing Award, Dartmouth Alumni book award
Small class awards Citizenship award
In the National Merit competition (PSAT of 215, slightly higher than past years' semi-finalists for my state)</p>

<p>Volunteering:
Some small things here and there
~30 hours at a local family practice last year
This summer:
Junior volunteer at a hospital
Child care at an elementary school through a program that will provide local kids with free care and meals for three weeks this summer
Overall: around 200 hours</p>

<p>I've also held a part time job since the beginning/middle of sophomore year, as well as various babysitting jobs.</p>

<p>Thanks so much! Let me know if you have any questions :)</p>

<p>Oh, and my essay should be good. I’m a decent writer and although I don’t have a real hook to write about, it’s about how my job has really made me feel like I have a second family and the positive outlook I’ve gained on life from it.
My recommendations should be good as well. One I can imagine will be something to remember, but in a positive way.</p>

<p>The major doesn’t matter for med school, as long as you can get a great GPA as an undergrad; if you choose to do something other than biology, biochemistry or chemistry as a major, declare any of these as a minor instead.</p>

<p>Harvard: Reach
JHU: Reach (but lower than Harvard)
Corenll: Reach
Dartmouth: Reach
Duke: Reach
NEU: Match
BU: Low match/Match
WF: Low match/Match
Duke Trinity: Reach
Case Western: Low match</p>

<p>@catria, thanks for the advice! I’ve actually been considering a minor in bio with some sort of business major… But I’m still looking into it!</p>

<p>What would you say my biggest drawbacks are? Just to hear someone else’s opinion</p>

<p>Anyone else?</p>

<p>Bump please</p>