<p>Im in the process of my application. Just wondering what you all think of my resume/qualifications.</p>
<p>Male: 19 Years old- Just finished my Freshman Year at FSU
Honors Student at Florida State</p>
<p>HIGH SCHOOL:
top 10% of 340
3.5 GPA unweight
5.5 Weighted GPA</p>
<p>SAT Math: 660
SAT Reading: 640</p>
<p>4 year basketball varsity letterman
Co-captain senior year in basketball
High school junior marshall
Voted on Homecoming court, Prom Court, School Spirit Court, Voted Best All Around </p>
<p>4 years of Chinese in School
1 year of college Chinese
Studying Advanced Chinese in China this summer for 2 months
Semi-Fluent in Chinese
Member of Chinese Club
Will have completed a year of Arabic in college.</p>
<p>COLLEGE Credentials:
Honors Student
3.86 GPA
President of my Fraternity Pledge class of 37
Inter-Fraternity Council Delegate for Fraternity
Risk Management Chair for Fraternity
Judicial Board Member for Fraternity.</p>
<p>Those are the basics of my resume. How does it look?</p>
<p>Thank you. My first semester i got a 3.71, which was during pledging. But i took Chinese, Middle Eastern History, Nutrition, International Relations. </p>
<p>The second semester I took Intermediate Chinese, Astronomy, International Conflict Resolution, and English Composition and I earned a 4.0</p>
<p>This fall im registered for Calculus 2, Chemistry with Lab, Arabic, and Chinese Grammar and Composition. </p>
<p>And in two weeks ill be traveling to China to take 2 Language courses and one in culture. </p>
<p>Any input you all have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks</p>
<p>Very good question. I want the full immersion lifestyle that the Academy offers. The intensity of the lifestyle that the Naval Academy offers fits my personality. I believe that not giving myself the best shot in regards to education, officer training, etc, is cutting myself short. The two years I lose, in the long-run, is not as significant as giving myself the best opportunity to suceed as Naval Officer.</p>
<p>I can’t help but think that the NA will not be overly impressed by your lack of any science or math in your freshman year. You’ll be applying during your soph year so those grades won’t be available initially. But continue to do as well in them as you’ve done so far and that worry might go away.</p>
<p>That said, I think you need to acknowledge that the purpose of the NA is to produce successful Naval Officers. That’s what your ultimate goal needs to be. But as MD Mom said, that’s not the only way to get there. </p>
<p>Besides NROTC, you can look into OCS after graduation. Plus, I understand that there’s a two year program (not NROTC) that leads to officer status after graduation. (Anyone know of this?)</p>
<p>My husband is a West Point graduate and taught Army ROTC. At least two of his cadets went on to very successful military careers. One is currently a one-star still on active duty and one just retired as an O-6. </p>
<p>As a mom of a student who is soon to be considering college and thinks he wants to follow his dad’s steps into a military career, I will not encourage him to attend an academy (although if that is what he wants, I will support him). I want him to experience a more traditional college life. Although his dad would love not paying tuition, I think he sometimes regrets his loss of a college experience. He also atttended West Point before they let women in, so it really was a different time.</p>
<p>What is my point? There are many, many fine ROTC officers. An academy education may give you some advantages for networking, but two years of schooling is difficult to give up. People attend the academies through all sorts of different paths, so you certainly would not be the only one who is not fresh out of high school. Likewise, your language training will be very useful in today’s military. I would encourage you to at least apply for the NROTC scholarship at FSU; then you have a choice.</p>
<p>I deffiantly agree with you in regards to applying for the NROTC scholarship as well. I have started that process as well as the admissions process. </p>
<p>In regards to missing out on the college experience, I believe I’ve gone through that college experience after two years, and that the Naval Academy’s lifestyle better suites what I am striving for. I have gone through Greek Life at FSU, lived in college dorms, will live in a Fraternity House, studied abroad, and done just about everything a “normal” college experience entails. The traditional college life is what I wanted out of high school as well, so I passed up possibly playing basketball and attending the Academy. </p>
<p>Thank you very much for your input MD Mom. I really do appreciate your point of view on things. Good luck to your son by the way in his path towards attending college.</p>
<p>So I see these two years as experience and gained maturity that can be utilized to achieve something greater, which is attending the USNA. I dont see it has a “loss” of two years. The experience I gained at FSU helped realize a new path. I had always planned on joining the Navy after college, so its a new path in the sense of going to a service academy to become an officer, and the full immersion is what I am looking for.</p>
<p>Relative to USNA …and btw, you’d have loads of company of others with lots of college experience, some more than you would …osdad’s hit the nail on the head. Should you persist in pursuing a non-science curricula, no matter what you’ve received in history or int relations, USNA will likely frown upon your void in that regard. You should consider dramatically shifting gears this year IF USNA is your objective and load up on the sciences, as it seems you are. Perhaps not coincidentally, both FSU Mids I know are science/eng majors. (btw, you can major in poli sci, int relations, history,etc. @ USNA …but they need to know you can survive chem, calc, engineering, thermo, etc. </p>
<p>btw, I understand and appreciate MD Mom’s POV. And be assured, a civilian ROTC experience is nothing like USNA. While both can and do lead young people to commissions and careers in USN, the educational differences are about as different as you could imagine. And I’m not merely talking about the military immersion. The academic and extra-academic exposures are amazing, beyond the other SAs, no doubt as a function of being a suburb to DC and all those things and people that are there and not in upstate NY or the lovely mountains of the West. It is unique and extraordinary, with virtually no comparison to a secular collegiate experience. </p>
<p>Lastly …I also appreciate parental support of their offspring’s educational endeavors. And FSU is a decent institution. But for grad school, may I suggest, especially if you’re out of USNA …go to a world-class, AAU type U in an center of academe. Especially having already done your prep work there.</p>
<p>Yes I agree with you there Whistle Pig. I’ll be sure to do my best in Chemistry and Calc II this coming up semester and will register for another science class in the spring. I realize the importance of those type of classes. </p>
<p>As you could probably guess my majors at FSU are international affairs and Chinese with a minor in Arabic so taking these science classes and math classes are a radical change in regards to that, but I suceeded well in those AP classes in high school. I will be sure to show that I can handle them this upcoming fall semester. </p>
<p>Would you have any other recommendations in regards to classes?
As of now im registered for Calc II, Chem w/ Lab, Chinese Grammar and Composition and Arabic. Maybe recommendations in regards to spring semester?</p>
<p>I don’t. Your pre-registered schedule looks to be a real b-buster. Go get 'em! </p>
<p>Perhaps 2010 or some others have some nuiance, tweek or suggestions, but I think you’ve got it well in hand. I’m impressed w/ your assertiveness and direction. In any regard, you will be an asset to the USN and our nation. Stay the course. See all things as blessings and take advantage of them, as you seem to be.</p>
<p>I think the schedule looks good- assume it is at least 16 credit hours of class.</p>
<p>What are you doing athletically while in college? Is there a club sport you can participate in? Do you have any leadership you can demonstrate outside of your faternity activities?</p>
<p>Athletically I am an avid weightlifter, runner, swimmer on my own. I play every IM sport there is. I just took my Candidate Fitness Assessment Test and maxed out nearly the entire test. I will be trying to play basketball at the Academy.</p>
<p>In regards to other leadership positios, I will be looking into other clubs that our outside of the Fraternity this upcoming fall.</p>
<p>Would be good to join an organized sport team, even on a club level. While it is good you are doing something, even on an individual level, the academy looks for team participation for many reasons, the most important of which is that there are many lessons that are learned being in a team environment. What I might suggest is if you enjoy basketball, and if there is opportunity, see if there is an intramural team you can join, or even a weightlifting group you can train with. Better yet, organize your own group to weight lift with and kill 2 birds with one stone- team participation and leadership through organization.</p>