<p>My name is Brendan Jackson and I have already been accepted into SLS. I have about a 3.8 Unweighted GPA, I take AP classes including APUSH and AP Calculus. I received a 29 on the ACT (English 30, Math 26, Reading 34, Science 27, 09 on writing) Plan to improve on math and science next time i take it. I play varsity Hockey, and Soccer, do student council, and am planning on being captain next year on the hockey team. I also volunteer at my church as a youth guide (Wednesday nights) and we do community service around the community. I have also done history day and made 2 sucesfull documentaries. [url=<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zPqylmclsE%5DYouTube">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zPqylmclsE]YouTube</a> - Iwo Jima: A Stepping Stone to Victory<a href="8th%20grade:%20Honorable%20mention%20in%20state%20and%20topical%20award%20winner">/url</a> [url=<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqJqimjwr8Y%5DYouTube">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqJqimjwr8Y]YouTube</a> - Jay C Hormel<a href="9th%20grade:%204th%20in%20state">/url</a>. I am also doing another project this year (hopefully to make it to nationals). I live in Minnesota (geographically diverse) but I am a white male from an above average suburban family. Both of my great grandfathers fought in WWI. One ended up dieing from the gas years later as a result. My Grandfather was a marine private in WWII. He was in the 4th marine division and made 5 or 6 amphibious assaults including Iwo Jima (subject of first documentary.) He received 2 purple hearts and could have had another. My uncle served 3 tours in Vietnam, the last one as a special forces operative. He died on the way back in a car accident. I respect all of these men and want to help defend my country in the best way i can. I believe that i can can help my country more by leading men than taking orders from them because of my leadership mentality. I am planning on applying to West Point and the Naval Academy. If I am not accepted to either i plan on doing RPTC or just enlisting to defend my country. Anything else i can do to help myself get appointed?</p>