<p>It really is! Ok I think I've narrowed down my choices. Please chance on these. This is what I believe so far.
Reach:
Harvard
Princeton
Yale
Stanford </p>
<p>Low Reach:
Penn
WashU
Columbia</p>
<p>Safety:
Vanderbilt
University of Louisville
UK
Penn St. </p>
<p>Indian male from KY
Major: Pre-med
School: Competitive Private (~70 students in my grade)
Course load: All Honors/AP's (Hardest Possible)
GPA: 3.90 UW; 4.30 W
Rank: School doesn't rank (top 5 students for sure)
PSAT: NM Semi-Finalist (maybe finalist after taking my SAT)
ACT composite: 35 (Writing: 9/32)
SAT: Taking in Oct.
AP's (so far): AP Government (4), AP Biology (5), AP Chemistry (4), AP Calculus AB (4), AP Latin IV (3)
Senior AP's: AP Calculus BC, Physics C: Mechanics, Physics C: E&M, AP English Lit./Comp., AP Lang./Comp., AP Euro. History
SAT II: Chemistry: 760; Biology E: 790; Taking Physics and Math IIC in November</p>
<p>EC's (major):
-Singing (major passion): I'm in my own band and I have been to several national and state honors choirs and I have taken voice for over 8 years. I also play guitar and piano. Also in my school's varsity chorale (President/Captain) that make 2 annual performances and a madrigal annually
-Varsity Baseball (2), JV Soccer (1), and Club Tennis (3)
-1st Dan Black belt in Tae Kwon Do
-400+ Hours Research Internship at local cancer center-producing a paper on cancer-producing stem cells in retinoblastoma (eye cancer of the retina)
-150+ hours volunteering at a local hospital and Wayside Christian Mission
-Academic (Varsity) and Math Team Starter: 9-12
-Attended KY's Governor's Scholar's Program: 2008
-Duke Talent Identification Program (TIP)
-Act in school productions (ensemble/cast)
-Board member of school philanthropic foundation
-In school's Honors Program (8 people in the grade in it)
-take extra challenging humanities courses and write a 20-pg. paper on a specific topic and make a presentation to a panel of judges. </p>
<p>Awards:
Governor's Cup (Statewide academic team competition-Captain):
District, Regional, and State Recognition
School:
-Biology Class Award: 2007
-Honor Roll (3 years): 2005-08
-University of Louisville Book Award: 2008
-USA Biology Olympiad Semi-finalist: 2008
-Beta Club: 2007-08
National Latin Exam:
-8th (Latin I): Magna Cum Laude (High Honor)
-9th (Latin II): Summa Cum Laude (Highest Honor)
-10th (Latin III): Cum Laude (Honor)
-11th (Latin IV AP): Cum Laude (Honor)</p>
<p>I think one of my main hooks that I want to expand upon in my essay is how I was diagnosed with a severe primary spina biffida with complications after removal of a tumor in my spinal cord that I have been forced to deal with my entire life. After almost a dozen surgeries to make sure that I haven't had a regrowth of the tumor I really have an almost intimate connection with medicine and I have been able to grow through that and do better than I thought I would have been able.</p>
<p>I actually am getting an article on my experiences published in the National Journal of Nephrology.</p>