Chances for admission to West Point

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am applying for admission to the United States Military Academy at West Point class of 2017. I am wondering if I am a competitive candidate? </p>

<p>Act Composite 30
English 33
Reading 33
Science 30
Math 24
Writing 29</p>

<p>GPA 3.58 unweighted</p>

<p>Volunteer work at First Tee
Model UN
Student Leadership Council
Boys State attendee
Work as a caddy for the past 3 years</p>

<p>My Plan B consists of ROTC applications to Wake Forest, Georgetown and Michigan.</p>

<p>Thank you for your responses!</p>

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<p>Well, your ACT math score is low. I would definitely work to improve that!
Your GPA is on the low side of average. What classes have you taken, difficulty wise?
Do you have any participation in organized athletics?</p>

<p>Ultimately, no one here is likely to be able to give you an accurate chance, but you can roughly compare averages for academics, leadership and ECs, and athletics.</p>

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<p>Definitely work on the math score. Both service academies and ROTC value the math portion about the others. Any varsity sports?</p>

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<p>I received my February ACT results today and raised math to 28. This increased my superscore composite to 31. English-33, Reading-33, Science-30, Math-28. I will take the test again in April. I am a recruited athlete and verbally committed this past summer (not football or basketball). The only AP class this year is Chemistry. Next year I am confirmed for AP English, AP History and AP German. Calculus and Physics as well but not AP</p>

5

<p>Thats an excellent improvement! If you’ve verbally committed to wp then you should be fine as long as you get your congressional nomination.</p>

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<p>I’m currently a senior in high school, planning on enlisting in the US Army after graduation. How drastically does being an Army soldier change my chances of acceptance at West Point?</p>

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<p>Shorn, getting into wp after enlisting is a very different process. You have to get approval from your co (and up his coc (chain of command) to who knows how high) before you can even apply. You have to be an excellent officer to get that approval. But if you do then you are almost guaranteed to have an excellent letter of rec from your co and the army will know you’re dedicated. You can also go through an officer candidate program in ROTC, we have 3 prior enlisted in my unit of 80 midshipman.</p>