<p>I live in Southeatern Ohio (near West Virginia) which is in the middle of no where and surrounded by rednecks. My high school is sub par (only offers 4 APs and was on academic probation from the state my freshman and sophomore year). I decided to take classes at the local community college starting my freshman year. I went back to see if I missed anything my Junior year (I realize that I made a terrible choice because I am bored out of my mind but it is fun to scoff at the valedictorian and salutatorian when we receive our exams; it is kind of pitiful when the number one in your class, who feels entitled to becoming a physcian, is getting 70s on Chemistry tests and you are getting 97s at the lowest). I am going to take classes at the college my senior year.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.94 UW (will be 4.09 or 4.10 after my Junior year)
Class rank: 5/167 (Getting a B in precalculus your freshman year kills you)
PSAT: 187 (did not know it was the most important thing for colleges and scholarships so I did not care and did not study for it)
ACT: 32 (E-35, M-35, R-27, S-31, W-8)
Prospective Majors: Pre-Med, Biology, Neuroscience, Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Physics, Music, Philosophy</p>
<p>Classes:</p>
<p>Freshman (College):
Composition I: A
World Civ I: A
Intermediate Algebra: A
Environmental Science: A
Elem Spanish I: A
Principles of Biology: A
Composition II: A
Precalculus: B
Am Nat Government: A
Elem Spanish II: A</p>
<p>Sophomore (College):
Human Anat & Phys: A
Selected Topics in English (Span Lit I): A
World Civ II: A
Calculus I: A
Music Theory I: A
Inter Spanish I: A
Selected Topics in English (Span Lit II): A
Music Theory II: A
Descriptive Astronomy: A
Am St Government: A
Inter Spanish II: A</p>
<p>Junior (High School):
Honors Chemistry: A
AP U.S. Gov & Politics: A
AP Claculus AB: A
Spanish III: A
English III: A
Principles of Physics (College): A
Applied Physics (College): A</p>
<p>Senior:
I plan to take Gen Chem I and II, Music Theory III and IV, Am History I and II, Brit Lit I and II, and I will audit Human Physiology (400 level class) and Multivariable Calculus in the fall (I will spend this summer learning Calc II concepts and I am hoping that I do well on the “tests” in MC so that I can get signed into Differential Equations I in the spring). I plan to take the AP Calc BC test my senior year and I am debating whether to take the AP Physics B, AP Chem, AP Bio, and AP Euro too.</p>
<p>ECs:
Football: Freshman year
Track: Freshman and Sophomore years
Soccer: Sophomore and Junior years
Swimming: Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior years (plan to swim Senior year)
Key Club: Junior Year
NHS
I do not have a lot of ECs because my school consumes my life. The time that is not spent studying (whether it is for school or for pleasure) is spent playing the piano. My repertoire includes Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Brahm’s Rhapsody in G Minor, and Debussy’s Clair de Lune to name a few. I am currently working on Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata (the whole thing; not just the first movement that everyone thinks that they can play) and will start Chopin’s Revolutionary Etude.</p>
<p>Colleges:
Duke (Dream School)
Johns Hopkins
Northwestern
Washington in St. Louis
Emory
Vanderbilt
Wake Forest
Rochester
Michigan
Ohio State
Miami (of Ohio)
Denison
Davidson</p>
<p>Can you rate my chances on a scale from 1 to 10 (1 being you should be shot for even thinking you can get into that school and 10 being easily admitted) for each of these schools? Tips and advice for what I can do to improve my chances are also welcome.</p>