<p>If a person has good leadership, extra curricular actvities, and grades, about how high must his SAT scores be to get a LOA?</p>
<p>honestly? they need to be as high as you can get them!</p>
<p>yea but what would be the bear minimum. 1200 range? Or higher?</p>
<p>You may want to consider that LOAs are not issued based solely on SATs. In fact, I might venture a guess that SATs are one of the least considered factors, albeit an important one.</p>
<p>I know of at least one mid w/ an excellent background and a SAT score of 1550 [old SAT] that did not receive an LOA.</p>
<p>In any event, as for a BEAR minimum, if you can find a bear with that kind of score, then he/she would be an excellent candidate for the USNA. </p>
<p>As for a BARE minimum SAT score, the best advice has already been given: Do the best that you can do. That's all you can do.</p>
<p>armyboy: not trying to be evasive in answering your question, but the reality is "no one really knows"....which brings me back to "do the best you can do." Keep taking them- as often as you can if you think you can continue to improve...(just don't sacrifice other studies in the process!) ...the academies accept SAT scores up through December of senior year (maybe even january scores- but check on that first!)....take several practice tests...there is a pattern to the tests, and the more you take them chances are the better you will do....it doesn't matter what the minimum score is....you should be aiming at your maximum....and who knows what that is? If you can, have the test answers sent to you following the tests (they do that with certain months)....look at the type of questions you missed...if you are weak in a particular area, concentrate on that...do practice questions....set aside time on a weekend where you focus on SAT practice....and concentrate on those areas where you can improve...if you find you are weak in geometry, lets say, then find someone that can work with you....or get a geometry math review workbook and tackle that....even if your math scores only go up by 10 points, the review of the math won't go to waste when you are facing those killer calc classes!</p>
<p>just do the best you can do, and who knows where that will take you! thus, keep trying!</p>