So right now I’m a high school junior, and I’m looking to apply to the service academies as well as the NROTC scholarship.
My current profile is as follows:
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3.7 unweighted GPA, 4.3? weighted
ranked 23 out of 767
2170 on SAT, 34 on ACT
I played tennis for one year, made JV but quit to make room for extra AP class
current JROTC battalion commander
5 on AP Euro, 5 on AP Chinese, taking AP Calc, AP Physics (god help me), AP Chem and APUSH
have about 200 hours of community service
can easily pass the Navy PFT
going to NASS this summer
The one issue I have is my eyesight, which is sitting at like -6.75, which isn’t quite bad enough to DQ me but still worrying.
Does anyone know if I have a good shot? Also, is it possible to get an appointment to an academy and also receive an NROTC scholarship?
The lack of a sport may hurt you. Don’t just plan on passing the PFT do well on it. When my son did the summer seminar and another visit later, he commented on how at least 90% of the kids there (considering) were varsity athletes and a good portions were team captains. These were not just basketball, football, baseball and track but golf, tennis, crew, wrestling,etc. He was told to emphasize his strengths of team work, leadership (I would think that you have this with JROTC) and athleticism in his interview locally with a blue/gold officer (correct term?). Great grades and test scores were a given. They wanted him so show what else he had and expected a sport, leadership, service, etc. and all at high levels.
He ended up at an Ivy but said the USNA kids overall were as, if not more, impressive as a whole because they did a million things, led at most of them, had excellent grades…and were very, very fit.
So, with what little I know from his experiences you would be considered, but to get in you will want to up your physical game. Do you run? Could you do cross country in the fall and start running local 5ks now?
There use to be a service academies board on here, I thought. There is also a very active one on another site. Those with direct experience could give you much more insight. You are a strong student, there or elsewhere I think you will do well!
Your HS NROTC instructors have the best info for you, most likely. They’ve hopefully helped others transition to successful NROTC (or ROTC or AFROTC) programs in college and likely to the Svc Academies. Your ACT is great. Your being BN Co. is very good too.
Sport requirement? When I talked to an admissions liaison officer, they said that most of the kids that applied played at least one year of a sport and just around 70% had a varsity letter of some sort.
USNA applies a “whole person score” into the admissions process. Your academics look nice. Your sport looks weak. What about leadership? Boys or Girls state? Scouting? Clubs? I am pretty sure SAT or ACT is pretty heavily weighted but it all counts including a fitness test. My son trained all summer to get his pull ups to a respectable number. Good luck