NASS Awards Impact?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Naval Academy - Annapolis
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<p>Hi, I just got back from Session I of NASS and it was an incredible experience. I had been called the Wednesday of the week it started saying there was an opening (I had previously been denied due to a low SAT math score which I raised), and I got everything in order and went down to Annapolis. I was given an award for Most Outstanding Candidate in my company at the closing ceremony. I'm curious as to how that award will impact my admissions chances, here are my stats.</p>

<p>SAT: 2000/2400, 1300/1600 (730 CR, 700 W, 570 M)
GPA: 91/100 UW (school does not inflate or supply W GPA)
Rank: Will be from 60-100 of 800 kids in graduating class (almost 4000 kids in my NJ high school).
Will take summer courses at Georgetown this summer, enrolled in dual-enrollment program at local university my senior year, counted as AP courses</p>

<p>National Honor Society
Boys State delegate
President of Keystone Club
Swim Team Captain, All-League and All-County selection</p>

<p>I did well on my CFA- above average on everything and maxed my situps.
I have no problems medically and should get through DoDMERB.</p>

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<p>Nice going! It likely won’t sweep you into 3Qedness, but sure won’t hurt. I’ve never heard of these awards, but it’s a given that the competition was, well, competitive. Keep working on your math.</p>

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<p>I have not heard of awards being given but things always change. This is a good thing that you can reference somewhere in your application and nomination essays or packets. Also, your squad leader should be giveing you a very good evaluation in the writeup he/she has to do for everyone in the squad. In theory this should help bump up your whole person score to some extent.</p>

<p>Now it’s up to you to put together the best application that you can. That means writing an excellent personal statement and chasing the nomination sources. Lastly WP is correct your math SAT needs a lot of improvement. Quite honestly 570 sucks and pulls your whole application into question. The admissions process weighs the math SAT score much more heavily that the verbal score. Your math target score should be 700 or as close as you can get to it.</p>

<p>Best of luck</p>