My Chances

Colleges and Universities A-Z Military Academy - West Point
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<p>I know that the odds of me getting accepted into the Naval (or any other for that matter) Academy is extremely slim, but from what I have now, what do you think I would need to improve my chances</p>

<p>GPA- 3.21 (last updated in June of '09, should be around a 3.3, hopefully higher.
Rank- Third fifth of around 530
Sports- Baseball, Football, Hockey, though I did not play through school, only in outside leagues.
Jewish
SATs- 1580 (Horrible in my eyes. Taking them again in ?June, expecting no lower than a 1900. This time, maybe I will actually be able to sleep more than 4 hours.) Math- 620 (hoping to get a 700, and Critical reading- 470 (hoping for >550.
ACT- 25 Composite, 27 on the Math/Reading</p>

<p>My sister knows a respected alumni of the Academy, who knows basically everyone at West Point, so hopefully I can contact him and get some help, but I won't put all my weight on that.</p>

<p>I have been a camp counselor for 2 years.</p>

<p>I am in great shape (ran the 1.5 mile in less than 9 minutes at a slow pace)</p>

<p>Unfortunately I have not been able to attend the summer seminars due to financial reasons, being unable to get to the school, and other personal reasons.</p>

<p>A cadet came to my school last week to speak about the academy, and from what he said, and everything he showed me, completely blew my mind.</p>

<p>So I know that my best chance of being accepted is if my application falls into the accepted pile accidentally, but what do you think?</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>Your SAT scores are not horrible, but that Critical Reading is too low. If you have to have a low score, better to be on the reading versus the math, but you need to get that up, preferably above 600. Your ACT scores seem low compared to your SAT scores. Might want to retake that as well.</p>

<p>Take the tests as many times as you can to improve your scores. Your class rank is what it is, in the middle to middle/lower portion of your class.</p>

<p>You will need to improve your test scores to be more competitive. Your math score is good and would probably move upwards with another test attempt.</p>

<p>Be realistic with yourself, if you see an area that needs to be improved, work on it.</p>

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<p>Thanks majmattmason. I am re-taking the SATs next week, but unfortunately I may not be able to do the ACTs again. By the time I take the test and get my scores back, it may already be too late, but I will ask my guidance counselor at school this week.</p>

<p>Also, with the SATs, I have been taking lessons from a tutor which are really helping. I have never been a great reader and have always been sort of a math geek (which is why I wish my math scores were higher. Aiming for at least a 700 now) but I think I can get >600 this time on all of the sections.</p>

<p>Anyways, thank you for the reply.</p>

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<p>No it shouldn’t be not too late for ACT. I took last Sept. for class 2014. My bro took ACT 3 months later in Dec, same class.</p>

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<p>admissions.usma.edu/moreinfo/Profile2013.pdf</p>

<p>This is pretty obvious stuff.</p>