Probably you won’t be able to get into those 2 schools, first because most people don’t, they have only around 5 pct admit rate, see? All you can do is work hard and continue to push yourself as it will pay off. Sophomore year is not the year to pick schools, it is the year to educate yourself about what else is out there aside from the obvious. What qualities do you like in a college aside from the name and bragging rights. What your life will be like at different colleges to help you do your best. Even the most MIT and Stanford worthy need backups that they will be happy to attend. Explore the wonderful and unique colleges out there. Get a Fiske Guide to browse. What help could anyone possibly give you? Assurances? Not likely, that would be false with a 5 pct admit rate. All you can do is learn from your mistakes, learn how to work more efficiently to balance the courseload, deepen your EC involvements, and Jr year grades are the most important. Debate is an excellent extracurricular.