How do I get into the following colleges with my stats...anything to strengthen my app?

Chance Me / Match Me
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Hi!

I’m planning on applying for pre-med (basically any stem major that’ll get me in) at the schools listed below. Considering my GPA, they all seem like a reach. Is there anything that I can do at this point that I can do to compensate for it (besides raising my SAT score)? Thanks in advance

Aiming for:
Johns Hopkins
UCLA
UCSD
Northwestern
Vanderbilt
Georgetown
Emory
WashU St. Louis
Rice University

Here are my stats:

GPA: 3.8 (unweighted) 4.13 (weighted Sophomore and Junior)
SAT: 1500 (I will be retaking it, my current practice test scores are around 1560-1580)
SAT Subject: 800 Biology, 750 Math II, hopefully 750+ on Chem (taking this in May)
AP Tests: AP Bio (5), APUSH (5)

Extracurriculars:
3 years of Debate (leadership position for 2 years, awards in competitive tournaments)
Research Intern at a state university in summer of sophomore-junior year. I will be interning again the summer of 2018, might have a published research paper.
Miscellaneous volunteering (teaching low-income students for a year, volunteering for charity foundations to raise money etc.)

Other:
I’m an Asian female from the San Francisco Bay Area. Not a low-income family, not a first gen college students, no real obstacles to talk about.

Right now, my chances look pretty weak for almost all the colleges above. I’m planning on interning for two months again this summer, and I will be taking either USABO or USACO this year (not 100% sure I’ll make it to semi-finals), I might also be participating in a Mission trip to a South American country. Is there anything I can do to strengthen my application? What are my chances for these schools right now?

Thanks again!

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I’m assuming you’re a junior. What will your senior course load look like? What percentile are you in your class? Have you taken the ACT to help confirm your SAT scores? The more info you can give, in my opinion, the better.

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I am a junior, I haven’t taken the ACT yet. My senior year course load: AP Chem, AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP Spanish, AP Gov (1 semester), AP Macroeconomics (1 semester).

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Your GPA is fine, especially if you are in the top 10% of your class. Your SAT is also fine. Your SAT subject test scores are great. You should focus on your ECs. If you are interested in STEM, you should pursue more STEM related ECs. You should think about going on that mission trip to a South American country. I think instead you should try doing more research over the summer, perhaps independently trying to develop a project to submit in competitions like STS. You should also try starting a STEM related club in your school for more leadership positions.