<p>hi,
I'm an incoming senior, and I'm starting to think about Colleges now. The colleges i've been looking at are Cornell, U of Rochester, UW madison, Tulane, U of Minnesota, USC, and others. </p>
<p>Just for background, I'm singaporean(asian) and I live in Wisconsin. Please give me a realistic answer </p>
<p>Sports(cycling):
2007- 5th in Iowa State criterium championships
2008-ranked #10 for juniors in state of iowa
2009- 2nd in a Lance Armstrong criterium(iowa)
2009- 1st in state time trial championship(iowa)
2009- 2nd in road race state championship(iowa)
2009- 1st state criterium championship(iowa)
2009- named the iowa state junior rider of the year
2009- 3rd overall roller race state championship (iowa)
2010- interviewed by a live radio station to talk about cycling
----moving to wisconsin stopped my cycling for a bit-----
2011- 8th state time trial championship (wisconsin)
volunteer at a nonprofit org called "dreambikes" for 2 years</p>
<p>Since being a sophomore, my scoliosis got more severe causing pain and I was forced to stop biking competitively, but like I said, I moved on and continued my love for biking by volunteering :)</p>
<p>Music(violin)
Utah all state orchestra
Iowa all state orch (2007,08)
I posed in a violin book, and the pictures went into a beginner's violin book
utah chamber orchestra (05,06)
volunteered to help different elementary school orchestras
Iowa state university Honors orchestra(09)
middleton community orchestra(10-11)
"crazy for you" musical pit orchestra
Wisconsin youth symphony orchestra(WE went to vienna, prague, etc this summer!)
WI state solo ensemble rating 1
WI regional solo ensemble rating 1
IA regional solo ensemble rating 1
WI orchestra in UW Madison summer music clinic
honorable mention in IMTA music festival
violin section leader of WYSO
others</p>
<p>Academics:
honor rolls in Utah, IA, and WI,
science olympiad state, with 6 golds, 1 silver, and 1 bronze
science olympiad nationals(went twice), with a highest rank of 20th
many different regional SO placings
Highest score in the region for the National Science League(in iowa)
I am an honor guard and tutor students during free periods in school(10-11)
I am in HOSA the health occupations students of america, and spoke in a HIV/AIDS workshop</p>
<p>ACT score:30 It's low, and I'm hopping for a 31 in sept.
grades: I take honors classes when they are available, but my school doesn't really offer AP classes. This is where i'm really worried. I only have one AP (music theory) and it's not even a core subject. I got a 4. </p>
<p>Grades: freshmen year(3.33) sophomore year(4.0), junior year(~3.85), unweighted(3.76)</p>
<p>MISC:
volunteered for a chinese exchange program in 08, 09,10</p>
<p>thanks so much for all your help! input would be really helpful! I"m thinking about sending in a CD of my violin playing for schools. Where else do you think I should apply? I have absolutely no clue. I also don't know what to major in, maybe some public health?</p>