My son has decided that Annapolis is on his very short list. He’s a high school junior. Here are his stats:
GPA: 3.95 U/W; 4.3 W
PSAT: 1450 (1520 is max) - 750 math; 700 reading/lit
National Merit score: 215
Will take SAT and ACT in Winter and Spring
Athletics: 4 years varsity baseball (team captain in 10th grade and certainly this year ; starting catcher)
4 years varsity football (team captain this year; starting center - also plays linebacker)
He does not want to play sports in college
6-7 AP classes, incluidng chemistry, APES, History, English Lit
Honors Math and English
3 years Mandarin
Took part in project with Chemistry teacher that will lead to published work
Mock UN and JSA
3 years Robotics club - head engineer and team captain on successful team
Voluteers at local hospital, with his little league, and at his elementary school (250 + hours)
He will be applying to the Summer Seminar and hopefully will get accepted
State of residence: CA
He has many other schools on his radar of course, but the Naval Academy is his top pick as of today.