<p>Well rounded helps when you have most of the things required for admission and are on the marginal side in one area. The 1520 total SAT is VERY low for UNC even for in state students and your AP course selection leaves a lot to be desired. Add to that the fact that your AP scores are on the low side. Your overall course selection does not appear to be the most rigorous available (unless you HS only offers Honors in some areas and not AP) which means that you had way too much to overcome with recommendations and ECs especially in a highly competitive early admissions class that we saw this year.</p>
<p>AP Environmental science is not one that they (or honestly most other top schools) give much credit for taking. They are looking for AP Bio and Chem as well as AP Calculus AB or BC.</p>
<p>To slightly change the subject:</p>
<p>You say you want to major in Bio/pre med but didn't take AP Bio or Chem in HS; was it not offered?</p>
<p>I ask because AP Bio and Chem can give you some idea of what the rigors of those classes will be like in college. Unfortunately intro chem, bio and physics classes at many schools (UNC is one of them) are designed to be weed out classes for pre-med with ORGO being the ultimate weed out class. </p>
<p>My next comments are more informational and NOT intended to discourage you as much as point out the reality of med school admissions these days.</p>
<p>Med school admissions these days for a white male are incredibly difficult and more competitive than ever. Take a look at the pre med forums on CC for more on this.</p>
<p>Performance on the MCAT can closely mirror performance on the SATs. You will need over a 3.5 both overall and science GPAs and an MCAT over 30 just for consideration to most any school and for a better school (and I don't mean top 25) raise the GPAs to 3.7s and the MCAT to between 33 and 36. In all honesty, your SAT performance does not indicate that those scores are probably achievable. Some people are not good standardized test takers which doesn't mean they can't be highly successful in college or grad school; the problem is that when test scores carry as much weight as the MCATs do (especially for non-URMs) they act as gate keepers for those with lower scores. </p>
<p>I say all this because far too many people enter undergrad dreaming of Med school and only after they have disastrous results in core science classes and have really screwed up their GPAs do they realize that med school may not be in their future and they spend the rest of college trying to raise their GPAs for grad school or law school.</p>
<p>A close friend of my son from HS (who is a very bright kid) went to a very good, very highly regarded private college, had good grades (3.5 overall, 3.4 science) but bombed the MCAT the first time around scoring around a 27 (which by the way is the average for all test takers) and a 30 the second time. Med schools really don't encourage retaking the MCAT by the way. Right now he is in his second year of applying while working in a hospital trying to gain some edge. He hasn't gotten any acceptances or even interviews yet.</p>
<p>This is not the end of the world and it certainly doesn't minimize your chances to be highly successful doing something else. I would talk to someone who has been there and get some real world advice before declaring a pre-med major.</p>