I am planing on going to Harvard to become a cardiovascular surgeon, any suggestions?

Question

I am 15, a freshman in high school. Next year I will be taking honors chemistry, Honors Biology, and, if the school will let me, honors physics and honors anatomy. I want to go to Harvard, but I am also applying to Stanford, Oxford,and a few others along with safety schools. My college fund can cover these school, so I am more worried about getting accepted. I have an internship scheduled with a local cardiovascular surgeon (I live in Montana if that really matters), will attend a medical camp this summer that has some of the world's top sergeons teaching, will volunteer at three hospitals this summer, and, as a job, day trade in the stock market (that way I can make $1000 in one weekend of doing nothing, as opposed to working for minimum wage). Is there anything else that I can do to increase my chances of being accepted? Do you have any suggestions?

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Answer 1

I take it you're rich. You can either have your parents donate a lot of money, or start being more active.

Those schools want kids who stand out. Nothing you listed really stands out. Ok, so you hang out at some camp or sit in an office with someone famous. That's nice. You aren't really doing anything though. Volunteering at some hospitals is on the right track, but that's the bare minimum kind of thing.

Since you have access to all these famous people, do something like organize a charity drive to provide pro bono medical services to poor people in Montana. There have got to be lots of farmers and ranchers who just don't have time or ability to go get proper medical attention. Maybe a caravan of specialists who can go out to rural folks and give them proper medical care. Something that shows you helping people, while showing leadership and doing stuff no one else has bothered to get off their butts to do.