<p>My son will be applying this fall and we are wondering what his chances might be! Thanks for any input you all might share!</p>
<p>Male
Top 20 Chicago suburban public high school
Does not rank, but probably better than the top 5%
GPA (on a 4.0 scale) 4.29
ACT: 35
Math 36
Science 36
Reading 34
English 33
Wants to major in Engineering, possibly Chemical but not sure</p>
<p>AP's this year (score tbd)
Chemistry
English
U.S. History
Computer Science
Ap's next year
Physics
Calculus BC
Government
Macroeconmics
Classes taken: all honors or AP where available</p>
<p>Activities/Honors:
Community service: Tutors, Church service trip,
National Honor Society
Competitive Fencer
Concert Choir
Environmental Action Club, 4 years, President 2 years
Scholastic Bowl, 4 years, Captain 2 years
Track team, 1 year
High School Science Star award for Chemistry
Performance and Competitive Irish Bodhran player</p>
<p>Misc:</p>
<p>U.S. Naval Academy Summer Seminar 2012
Naval Academy Computer Science Excellence award
Naval Academy Outstanding Chemistry award
Naval Academy Outstanding Physics award
Science seminar classes taken at University of Chicago</p>
<p>He sounds pretty awesome. 
Does he plan on doing ROTC?</p>
<p>Thank you for your nice thoughts! He is thinking about ROTC as well as the Naval Academy, but still keeping all the options open. It’s just so hard to know. Thank you for your help though! Best of luck!</p>
<p>For a proper (and official) reply to your query, I’d recommend you reading the following blog posts. (By @MITChris)</p>
<p>[No</a> Chance | MIT Admissions](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/no_chance]No”>No Chance | MIT Admissions)</p>
<p>and, </p>
<p>[Applying</a> Sideways | MIT Admissions](<a href=“http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/applying_sideways]Applying”>Applying Sideways | MIT Admissions)</p>
<p>@OP - if you’d like to shoot me a PM, I’d be glad to offer any input on MIT, service academies, & NROTC. I’m a WP grad (who spent a semester as an exchange cadet to the Naval Academy back long ago) and my two older sons both were accepted to USNA. My oldest is now a 2/c at the Air Force Academy, and the next one is in NROTC at MIT (rising sophomore). USNA was his first choice before he got accepted to MIT (he’d applied to ROTC as a backup but it ended up being a better option for him after his visits). I’m also a liaison officer for WP, and as I’m sure you know, competition for the academies has gotten far more fierce over the past 4 years so it’s really a good idea to consider other options as well. I’d be a bit concerned about your son’s lack of athletics for any academy - I’m really not sure how they view fencing. Obviously not as critical for MIT, but something like 93% of USNA mids were varsity athletes and probably half of those were team captains. What is his race? Unfortunately that will play some factor for MIT and a LOT for an academy as well. Not trying to sound discouraging - despite people telling us here and on Service Academy Forums how hard it is to get into top colleges/academies as a non-minority or non-recruited-athlete, both of my older two got into USAFA and USNA and the middle and youngest got into MIT, despite being white males! Just let me know if there’s anything I can do to help.</p>