<p>Hi, I'm a junior from a High School at Austin, TX.
I'm currently trying to get into USNA...
What are my chances getting into USNA? ^^</p>
<p>1) 4.1 GPA Weighted
Top 5% in the class
2) Did not take SAT yet...ㅡ.ㅡ;; Waiting for my psat result.
3) Tennis Team - JV
4) I have been a secondary teacher in Austin Korean School for 1 year.
5) National Honor Society
6) Mu Alpha Theta
7) Orchestra - First chair cellist, Section Leader
- 2 year consecutive Sweep Stakes in division 1
8) Trustee Award - 9th and 10th, definitely getting one this year.
9) UIL (cello) solo competion- 1 in 1st division (freshman year)
- 2 in 1st division (sophomore year)
10) Austin Independent School District Solo Ensemble
- 1 in 1st division (freshman year)
- 1 in 1st division (sophomore year)
11) Leadership Council (did variety of volunteerings)
12) Key club
13) Austin Youth Orchestra
14) CHAMPS(Chamber Music in Public Schools) Quartet member as a cellist.
15)Physics Club
16) Volunteer at Seton Hospital
17) Volunteer at Jewish Community Center</p>
<p>Do you think I am competitive? Please be candid.
In addition, could you suggest SAT score ranges for me to get in to USNA~~~</p>
<p>Yes, you are competitive, although you need to add more sports.</p>
<p>The question is, do YOU believe you're competitive? ;)</p>
<p>As for SAT scores, I got in with a combined max of 1150, but I ended up taking the long way around through NAPS (which I don't regret for a minute). The higher the better.</p>
<p>Well, Zaphod, 1150 on the "unrecentered" SAT (that's a nice way of saying the OLD SAT ;)) is not analogous to the recently retired 2 part SAT and the new 3 part SAT. As a matter of fact, 1150 would adjust up nicely when compared to the recentered SAT. :) Good on ya!</p>
<p>Unrecentered? Eh? Was that word on the verbal part? :confused:</p>
<p>Wow. I AM getting old! :(</p>
<p>Thanks for the attaboy, though! </p>
<p>I wonder what I'd get if I took it now. That would be good for a laugh!</p>
<p>I agree with Hornetguy. Get the Tennis to Varsity and add one more sport. If you really want to round it off, I'd join a few technical clubs (computers, stage crew, chemistry, etc.)</p>
<p>Do you, per chance, have any foreign travel? Believe it or not, that helps. They were so floored with my list they actually called my house to verify I wasn't pulling their leg. My parents loved to travel and took my sister and me with them.</p>
<p>Thank you all.. ^^ I'm happy to know that I'am competitive~~<br>
But.. is old sat score 1150 enough to get in to USNA? mm....
Any comments? ^^
Thanks~</p>
<p>He said old, Zaphod, not ancient.;) kjh59, are you talking about the 2 part (math and verbal) SAT that was given until last year? If so, those scores are not analogous to Zaphod's score, since Zaphod took it before it was recentered.</p>
<p>"The traditional SAT score reporting scale is a conversion of the raw score to a scale score that was anchored to a 1941 norm, or reference group, and established over fifty years ago. At the time the scale was established, a score of 500 was average. With a range of 200 to 800, scores of 400 to 600 were in the middle of the SAT score range. However, the 1941 population of ten thousand students who took the test consisted of a relatively small group and was an elite segment of the academic system. The original scale was representative of the students taking the test at that time but is not representative of the nation now, particularly the million-plus population applying for college today.</p>
<p>Beginning with 1996 SAT scores, recentering reset the midpoint of the score range at 500, the middle of the 200-to-800 scale based on the 1993 population, the new reference group. As a result, the recentered verbal and math scores can be examined on a comparable scale. On the original scale, a 424 verbal score was comparable to a 478 math score. Recentering eliminated confusion about differences in math and verbal scores. The meaning of "average" performance is now easier to understand. The use of 500 as average is again meaningful. Student scores are interpreted in percentiles that are comparisons of scores with the scores of others taking the test.</p>