Demographics

• Indian female
• Immigrant family
• Public high school (non-competitive)
• Junior

Intended Major

Biochemistry / Biology (Pre-med)

Stats

• SAT: 1560 (800M, 760RW)
• GPA: 4.5 weighted
• School does not rank or calculate UW GPA
• Estimated Top 10%

Coursework

School offers limited APs freshman year, but I’ve taken the most rigorous schedule available.

APs Taken / Taking

9th: AP Human Geography, AP Biology
10th: AP Chemistry, AP Calculus AB, AP Psychology
11th: APUSH, AP Physics 1, AP Calculus BC, AP Seminar, AP Lang
12th (planned): AP Gov, AP Spanish, AP Statistics, AP Literature, AP Research

Senior Program

Selective Allied Health hospital program (~10% acceptance rate) with 3 periods/day of hospital rotations + clinical rounds.

AP Scores

• AP Calc AB: 5
• AP Chem: 4
• AP Bio: 4

Awards / Honors

• AP Scholar with Distinction
• HOSA State: 2nd Place Human Growth & Development
• HOSA ILC: 7th Place EMT
• NFMC 60-point Gold Cup (piano/violin compositions)
• Merit-based EMT scholarship
• National Merit Commended (possible Semifinalist)
• Math Honors Society, Science NHS, Spanish NHS
• 2nd Place District Integration Bee

Extracurriculars

1. HEAL (Founder & President)

• Health literacy + healthcare access nonprofit
• 400+ units of blood collected
• 500+ patients impacted
• Organized domestic violence toiletry drive + $700 Ukraine fundraiser

2. Aiden’s Heart (President)

• Trained 2,000+ students in Hands-Only CPR

3. UPenn Summer Science Intensive (PSSI)

• Independent research project
• Presented research to UPenn faculty

4. EMT Certification

• Certified EMT through sponsored training
• 200+ hours in pre-hospital emergency care

5. Hospital Shadowing + Volunteering (3 years)

• Long-term clinical exposure

6. HOSA

• State + international placements in health science competitions

7. Math Honors Society President

• Expanded Integration Bee
• Created district-wide Derivative Bee accessible to both AB + BC students

8. Camp Counselor (Special Needs, 3 summers)

• Long-term mentorship + caregiving role

9. Piano + Violin (12 years)

• NFMC composition awards

10. NHS / SNHS / Spanish NHS

Volunteer Hours

300+

College List

BS/MD / Direct Medical Programs

• Brown PLME
• Case Western PPSP
• Pitt GAP
• Boston University 7-Year
• Rice/Baylor
• Other East Coast / Mid-Atlantic BS/MDs

Reach Schools

• Stanford
• Princeton
• Johns Hopkins
• UPenn
• Northwestern
• UChicago
• Brown
• Boston University

Target / Match

• University of Rochester
• Case Western
• UMD College Park
• Pitt
• Bucknell
• Stevens Institute of Technology

Safeties

• Penn State
• Drexel
• Rutgers Camden

Questions

1. Do I realistically have a shot at BS/MD programs?
2. What are the weakest parts of my application?
3. Should I focus more on research before apps?
4. Are my ECs strong enough for T10/T20 schools?

I feel really guilty about my situation with a guy who has a girlfriend

So I need honest advice because I feel like I’m in the wrong but also confused.

For some background: I’ve liked this guy since 2024. We became close friends, and I was literally the person he would go to for relationship advice… while I liked him. I never said anything because I didn’t want to mess things up.

At one point we hung out alone and talked for hours, and after that I genuinely thought he might like me too. But then in early 2025, he got a girlfriend. I backed off out of respect.

I actually know his girlfriend, and she’s really nice. That’s part of why I feel so guilty.

The problem is… he constantly complains about her to me. And over this past summer, whenever we were hanging out in a group (he’s in my friend group, she’s not), we started getting kind of flirty. Like play fighting, him taking my phone and me trying to get it back, him pinning me down, tickling, stuff like that. We even cuddled a few times.

I knew he had a girlfriend the whole time, but I had liked him for so long, and he also talked about possibly breaking up with her, so I kind of justified it in my head.

Now I’ve tried to distance myself because I felt bad about everything, but he’s been reaching out more again. He texts me more, talks to me at school, and asks why we don’t talk like we used to and says he misses it.

The truth is I still really like him. But I also feel guilty because of his girlfriend, and I don’t want to be “that person.”

What do I do? Do I keep distancing myself? Talk to him about it? Or am I just being led on?

I’d really appreciate honest opinions.

Edit: I forgot to mention he is coming to a party I am hosting next week without his gf, and he sends me snaps of him like shirtless.