<p>Academics:
3.8 G.P.A
46/432 students- top 10%
taking SAT's and ACT's in October
Awards:
Governer's Honors Program(History)
Who's Who Among High School Students
Who's Who among High School Students- Sports Edition
Academic Letterman
Beta Club
Leadership:
Beta Club Junior Secretary
Junior Class President
Ice Hockey(Assistant Captain)
Lacrosse(Captain)
First chair violinist
County Leadership Program
Extracurriculars:
Varsity Ice Hockey
Varsity Lacrosse(lead in assists, all-state)
Varsity Tennis
Science Olympiad(placed third in bottle rocket engineering in regionals)
Symphonic Orchestra
Beta Club</p>
<p>Forgot..... I'm also doing Boy's State</p>
<p>Kiernank,</p>
<p>There are a lot of chances posts on the service academy boards. You have a great profile, however, if you read some of the other threads you will find that there are many very highly qualified candidates who do not receive appointments. You will be competing with others from your state and congressional district who are also highly qualified.</p>
<p>If you are a junior, then see what you can do to get into the SLS. If you are a senior, then get the application process started as soon as possible. You will want to make contact with your local Admissions rep while you are contacting your MOC's to follow their process for nomination applications.</p>
<p>I think valid questions are: Is your gpa weighted or unweighted? Do you have access to AP or IB courses and which are you taking?</p>
<p>Best of luck to you and keep us posted on your progress.</p>
<p>I'm a Junior</p>
<p>3.8 unweighted- 1AP, 3 honors</p>
<p>Kiernank:</p>
<p>At the risk of over simplifying things, I think there are two major paths to take to an academy. I will call them the Recruited athlete and Academic paths. </p>
<p>For recruited athlete you need to be division 1 caliber athlete and a good student(top 20% SAT/ACT).</p>
<p>For academic path you need to be an excellent student (top 5% SAT,ACT) and good athlete (high varsity athlete).</p>
<p>All this is qualified by the comment momoftwins made that, for better or worse, you will have to compete against the other candidates in your congressional and senate districts.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Kiernank, how's your math? 46/432 isn't top 10%. Close, yes, but most of the class of 2008 (almost 90%) ranked in the top 5% in their high school class. Are there more APs available? A top grade in a weighted class can bump up the standing. Honors classes are great, but are generally unweighted, so they won't help your standing. If you are going to work harder anyway, and the class is available, I recommend weighted classes over Honors classes. Anyone else have a different opinion?</p>
<p>That said, in which state do you reside? (like how I didn't end the sentence with a preposition? I had to think about it.;-) That has a huge impact on your chances.</p>
<p>There is so much information online! Keep researching, keep working hard, and keep us informed.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>MO1 - Not sure where your numbers come from but the official Class of 2008 profile show 72% were in the top 20% of their class. And 93% were in the top 40% of their class. In my opinion with decent SAT/ACT scores and good teacher recommendations, Kiernack has a decent shot. The whole candidate score is weighted 60%/30%/10% for academics (GPA, Test Scores, Class Rank, recommendations) / leadership / physical test.</p>
<p>yea i agree with geb, the academical standards does not determine everything, west point looks for the type of person that would lead soldiers into battle, which requires leadership. The fact that 90% of the cadets were in the top 5% of their school is a bogus fact.</p>
<p>Sorry, I was talking about USNA c/o 2008. 81% top fifth, 13% second fifth. See, children this is what happens when you post without fact checking. BAIE. I'll go home now. (And it's not a fact at all, not to mention a bogus one) Will you give me that 46 is not 10% of 432? Please? And that, hopefully, the leaders have some academical skill to go along with that great leadership? </p>
<p>Actually, I was just seeing if anyone was paying attention.</p>
<p>Not falling for it?</p>
<p>Okay, leaving now. Sorry. Carry on.</p>
<p>Have a Great Navy Day!</p>
<p>Go Navy, Beat Army!</p>
<p>momof1,</p>
<p>I believe you were just trying to keep us on our toes, but the last line is on the wrong board. </p>
<p>Go Army, Beat Navy! is the only appropriate close on this thread. :D</p>
<p>I just had to poke y'all! Sorry for the intrusion~</p>
<p>So right about appropriateness, but you can't make me say it!</p>
<p>:p</p>
<p>MO1 - I caught the math error in claiming the top 10% also, but remained silent as it was close. Perhaps you were confusing the Class Profile data with top fifth as the top 5%, rather than the top 20% (or 1/5) as it should be.</p>
<p>GO ARMY, BEAT NAVY!!</p>
<p>Is "academical" even a word?</p>
<p>What does BAIE mean?</p>
<p>Ok it's academic but this is the 'net and who said we have to be grammatically correct? LOL
"What do you want-good grammar or good taste?"-a blast from the past which only the oldies will get...</p>
<p>Boss51:</p>
<p>Unfortunately, the Charlie the Tuna commercial came to mind right away. Seems the old memory cells work better than the new ones. </p>
<p>momof1: I hope "BAIE" doesn't mean "Beat Army In Everything".</p>
<p>Ever wonder why English is so difficult to master?</p>
<p>1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to
present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.
19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?</p>
<p>I love these. I once saw a very long list of redundancies used in the English language, like:</p>
<ol>
<li>Tuna fish</li>
<li>Hot-water heater</li>
</ol>
<p>etc. Wish I could find it again.</p>
<p>Sorry, can't claim academical, I was referring to JJx508's post. I believe that I was thinking top 5% because mine was and I crossed that with the 5 in one-fifth from the stats site that I OBVIOUSLY hadn't looked at in a while. My bad. </p>
<p>Y'all are great. I will stay away, though, since school has started and I have so much more to do that make inaccurate statements to stressed out academy applicants! Sorry again!</p>