<p>Calculus, US History, and English</p>
<p>Here's a bit on Ac comp. It is out of 4000 (like I said before). The academy really has this science down. Your ac comp will predict, in most cases, ACCURATELY within .2 GPA point, what your graduating GPA will be. Not kidding. So, someone with an ac comp of 3500 will 90% most likely graduate with a GPA between 3.3-3.7. It may even be tighter than this range (I can't remember exactly what number the vice dean said is). So, your ac comp is very important to the academy in admissions.</p>
<p>Is there a way to calculate your own ac comp, hornetguy? I'd be interested to see what mine is.</p>
<p>Nope, USAFA keeps that formula under super secret squirrel wraps. No way to calculate it yourself. Once you're here, you will have access to your ac comp in your scheduling folder from your academic adviser.</p>
<p>Yeah, my HS had 5 APs as classes (you could get an independent study block, if you wanted to take another).</p>
<p>We only have 5 AP classes too, although they offer once a week study sessions to prepare for the AP bio test.</p>
<p>Bullet, my LOA must have been academic, I wasn't recruited for varsity sports. And my HS just this year started offering its second AP, so now we have AP Biology and AP Calculus.</p>
<p>My kids' high school had no AP,IB, Honors, or even College prep, so we sent them to college as high school students at the local U. Their high school weights a semester class as a year-long class but doesn't add additional weight to the course (so one semester calc at the college = one year high school math, but no other weighting). It's a cyber school though - so my kids' education is fairly unique in every manner (were homeschooled before cyber school).</p>
<p>Wow, did you have amazing EC's? What was your gpa before refiguring?</p>
<p>I thought we lived in an area that had few AP's. You can get all 9 done, but it would be hard because as an example to get AP Physics or any sciences, you must complete 5 honors courses, and then you can go on to the AP's. For AP eng. you must complete the mandatory 4 Eng, same with History Yet you also have to complete 3 languages, 3 Maths, 1 PE, 4 career oriented electives (computer is mandatory, even must take it to get a HS degree, s took achitecture, and construction drawing), and you must have 4 other electives (s took Latin I & II, sociology and history). So as you can see there is very little room to fit all of the AP's in. Actually it only leaves you room for 4 AP's</p>
<p>There is a guy in my class who I know got a 3.2 GPA in high school. I can't remember if he went through the prep school first or not, but really that's an anomaly.</p>
<p>I played 4 years of football, 3 years of track, 2 years XC, and now we finally have a swim team, so I'm doing that too. Also, Eagle Scout, 4H, NHS president, Class President, buncha other stuff. And 3.63 before refiguring.</p>
<p>As shown by a lot of the testimonies; getting an appointment is a well rounded process. And that's exactly what the Air Force and other academies are looking for. They don't want the "Braniack" with a 4.0gpa unweighted who does nothing else with their life. They also don't want the super jock who plays 5 sports but has a 2.0gpa. There is not one extra-curriculum or non-classroom activity that is preferred over any other. (This is where many get confused. They ask if they should do such and such and will it help). Football isn't better than soccer. Boy Scouts and CAP is no more important than Boy's State and/or officer of a club. They're looking for passion. As long as you take the most challenging classes you can; and you do well in them; then you are fine.</p>
<p>FWIW; My son applied to quite a number of schools besides the academy. Just like most everyone else here has. All of the schools were considered in the top 50 nationally. Of the top 4 schools; including common application used for schools such as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc... They all had basically 3 main questions after the name and address stuff. QUESTION 1: Were AP classes or the IB program offered at your school? Yes/No. QUESTION 2: If they were available, did you take AP classes or enrolled in the IB Program? Yes/No. QUESTION 3: If you answered NO to question 2; WHY?</p>
<p>It doesn't get much simpler than that. The academy is no different. If you can answer yes to the first 2 questions and have a 3.5 gpa or better, and have a class ranking in the top 20%, then you are competitive. If you are slightly out of that range, that doesn't mean you aren't competitive. Remember, they are looking at the whole person.</p>
<p>I graduated high school in 2007 with a 3.05, played 2 years of football, 2 years of crew(rowing), and I'm an Eagle Scout. I was offered a scholarship from the Falcon Foundation. They pay about $4500 for you to go to one of 5 prep schools for a year, you reapply to the academy while you're there, then there's an almost 100% acceptance rate for Falcons. I went to Northwestern Prep in California for the first semester, (I highly recommend there, they prepare you the best for Academy life) now I'm attending a local college for the spring semester, and I'll be going to the Academy in June in the class of 2012. As long as you keep up your grades at school, and don't do anything stupid, you'll be into the Academy next time around. The scholarships offered to 100 students that the review board really likes that need help either academically or physically. The only times that falcons aren't accepted is if the student does something stupid like fails at school or goes drunk driving. I Highly suggest you look into the Falcon Foundation.</p>
<p>Northwestern Prep worked for my son. He was @ NWP Fall of 2006. During Fall semster (2007), all Falcon Scholars had a formal dinner with the upper brass. He meet the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency -- General Michael V. Hayden, USAF</p>
<p>He now is in the the scholars program for the class of 2011. Only a select few asked.</p>
<p>Northwestern Prep was the best thing. It prepared him for the rigors of the Academy. I asked him over Christmas Break how NWP compared to the Academy. He said that the Academy is much harder and a lot more work but it helped him with time managment. He made the Dean's List and the Commandants List. </p>
<p>Way to go Sam, enjoy your time at the local college. This Winter/Spring will go by very fast.</p>
<p>The Scholar's program is an amazing program. Glad to hear he got into it.</p>
<p>Hmm...Going back my GPA on the app, it was a 3.8, and i guess after they got my college transcript, it changed to a 4.0...thats always good</p>