@mydaywasgreat : Of course you don’t see how a history degree gets you anything. You are in high school…we tried to explain to you how you could leverage a major like that (again, often not about the major). Many talented people easily leverage it especially those coming from elite privates.
UW Madison, you should have a super strong shot, but it would be nice if you were closer to the median SAT score (you are solidly in the middle-50). GPA should be fine. I am recommending University of Illinois-Urbana Champagne as another reach. It is an excellent school for STEM, especially life sciences (definitely more modern curriculum since UIUC has a HUGE computational Life Sciences scene)!
Miami University Oxford provides strong training/education (I have a friend who only transferred away from it because of Emory’s business school. He seemed almost overprepared tbh) and is a tad less selective than Madison so it would be a match I suppose (unlike UIUC which would have an in-state preference on top of already being very selective when it comes to scores. It gets a lot of great applicants from in-state).
Apply to Case Western. It is basically just a tad less selective than Emory so may be a reach for sure, but they tend to accept a higher % than Emory which means that since your stats are near the interquartile range for SAT, you may have a shot if they kind of overlook the freshman grade. With Emory, there will be much more randomness because it now gets similar application volume to CW but admits less students.
Another public-Try University of Maryland College Park. I don’t know how much your odds diminish being out of state, but it would be great if you just tried. They are known to be good at many things, and if you end up trying STEM, they have been VERY aggressive with updating the curriculum (mainly in chemistry and biosciences) and keeping it relevant (but note that it is rigorous, so expect to work pretty hard).
University of Miami-Interestingly participates in the same STEM reform efforts as UMDCP and is likely more accessible. You are square in the middle 50 of U of M and it is private, meaning no in state preference. It is a very good school (it and Case Western are Emoryesque in certain ways). U of M may be a match (lower scores than CW or Emory and higher admit rate than CW). Consider giving it a shot.
If you actually like Emory a lot, you can try it ED and see what happens. The thing is, you only have to withdraw other apps if admitted. You should also submit financial info as early as possible, because if you cannot afford Emory if admitted, you can actually get out of it for free. Considering the existence of no super reaches among privates, Emory is likely your best chance at good financial aid. If you are actually poor, then you may end up paying something similar to UW-Madison.
You should also look up financial aid policies for different schools. Here you go for Emory: http://studentaid.emory.edu/types/grant-schol/emory-advantage.html