Potential Sophmore Applicant

Colleges and Universities A-Z Naval Academy - Annapolis
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<p>-GPA- 3.8</p>

<p>-I've taken 12 Honors classes( two were half year classes) and three electives. </p>

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<li><p>Haven't taken SAT's</p></li>
<li><p>Varsity soccer as freshman, 1st singles for tennis as freshman, Varsity Indoor track</p></li>
<li><p>I ran a 5:19 mile time as a freshman</p></li>
<li><p>Top 10 % in my class </p></li>
<li><p>Running for V.P of my class for junior and senior year, not being cocky, but will win.</p></li>
<li><p>Going to be a National Honor Society member this year</p></li>
<li><p>Would eventually like to go into politics when I'm older.</p></li>
</ul>

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<p>Study. Pickup on leadership. Do well on the SAT. Get some volunteer hours. Study, study, and study.</p>

<p>Make sure you are applying because you want to be in the military and not for prestige. Your interviewers (MoC and BGO) will see right through you if you are there for prestige. I’m assuming you’ll be applying to NROTC as well?</p>

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<p>Get the book, “The Naval Academy Candidate Book,” read it, and pursue its counsel. This will expose much of what you need to do. </p>

<p>Ditto on adam’s counsel …pursue a SA education only if you consider military service to your country a high, worthy calling. In the end, if otherwise, it could be the most expensive education you could possibly imagine.</p>

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<p>Take the highest level math and laboratory science classes your school offers - and excell in them. Ace the SAT/ACT. Make a positive impression on your 11 grade math and english teachers – they will be writing your required recommendations. Does the class VP actually do anything? If not, then look for other leadership opportunities. </p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>Please learn to spell sophomore before you apply.
Also, doing some volunteer work would help your case.</p>

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<p>lol I usually don’t misspell that word.</p>

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<p>Go to summer seminar at the end of your junior year. It helps you get a feel for what to expect and also you can get selected for early application. I went to summer seminar in early June, got an early application letter by July, and got accepted by September. Made for a nice senior year.</p>

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<p>bumpachino</p>

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<p>I ran a 5:19 mile time as a freshman?? Are you crazy!!</p>

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<p>lol I fractured my shin playing soccer so im missing a lot of track this year so i dont know if i can get it lower :(</p>

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<p>Any lower and you’ll get a ticket.</p>

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<p>well that was freshman year so i should be able to lower it by like 45 seconds by senior year and be running around 4:45 to 4:30 lol hopefully.</p>

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<p>Roger Banister, look out! Wow! The discussion part is done. Now you must do it. Go get 'em. :cool:</p>

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<p>lol i’ll try.</p>

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<p>You may be good at running but can you do pushups and situps too? Dont overlook that when you’re preparing for USNA.</p>

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<p>Ya I can do like 75 push ups in a minute and like 80 sit ups in a minute had to do them for soccer tryouts.</p>

<p>I can bench my weight also.</p>

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<p>That’s good. You’ll be fine on the physical admissions requirements.</p>