United States Military Academy for class of 2012, any chance?

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<p>United States Military Academy for class of 2012, any chance? </p>

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<p>Hi, my name is Daniel, and I am currently thinking about applying USMA for my college.
Before I move on, here is my brief profile:</p>

<p>I was adopted by American family approximately 4 years ago, before I come to US, I wasn't able to understand English at all, and currently attending high school as a junior.
Class rank is, I guess, #1 or #2 out of 80( not a big deal, huh? )
GPA 4.0 out of 4.0
Taking AP English, Calculus, Biology, History.
Ex-activities: Class president, officer in student council, XC captain, Golf, and so on..... all the miscellaneous clubs..</p>

<p>and,,, finally, I received 700 on Math, 460 on CR, and 480 on writing.
and 800 on SAT II Korean List. Writ.
I have been dwelling in America for less than 4 years, and I don't think that is counted as an excuse, but I am sweating my butt out to raise my English scores.</p>

<p>Anyway, those scores are from May 5, 2007 SAT-I.
Total of 1640. I am planing to retake SAT I in Oct. 2007.
Do you guys think that I can raise at least 150 points on each English sections and get into USMA???</p>

<p>Oh, by the way, I have been accepted at USMA Summer Leaders Seminar. I heard it is very honor to just be selected, and Boys' State also for this year.</p>

<p>I really want to become an officer of the ARMY. I have been dreaming about becoming an officer for my entire life. </p>

<p>So, please help me, I'll be waiting on your responses, thank you.</p>

<p>WHAT ARE MY CHANCES TO BE SELECTED AT UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY???? any chance? or JUST VAIN THOUGHS?????</p>

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<p>I'm sure you would not have been invited to the SLS if you were not considered a competitive candidate. Continue to work on the verbal portion of the SAT. Your math score is already excellent. West Point will take the highest subscore to create a new composite, so focus on the CR and Writing portions. You can likely improve significantly over the summer. Take a look at this thread from the SAT Prep boards. <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=68210%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=68210&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Thank you for your wish to serve your adopted country. Let us know what you think after SLS. Please keep us updated on your progress in the admissions process. And best of luck to you, Daniel.</p>

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<p>I was just wondering, not to sound mean or anything, but are you a U.S. citizen? You need to be a U.S. citizen to attend West Point (there's an exception to this which I'll explain later) You mentioned that you were adopted by your American family 4 years ago and immediately after that you said "before I come to U.S." so I assumed you came to the U.S. 4 years ago. I know for my family and I, though we came to America from the Philippines in 1993, we didn't become U.S. citizens until 2001 and I'm not sure if it was because my parent's were lazy in applying for citizenship or because the process is slow. </p>

<p>But on to being a non-U.S. citizen and attending West Point: when I went to SLS, there was this one cadet who wore a Taiwanese flag on his uniform instead of the usual American flag (other than that, they wore exactly the same uniform). My SLS squad leader informed me that he was attending West Point as a sort of exchange student and that upon graduation, he would be commissioned as an officer in the Taiwanese Army, not the U.S. Army. So if you don't happen to be a U.S. citizen, you can still attend West Point as a Korean citizen, it's just that you'd be commissioned as an officer in the Korean Army. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how this whole process (entering West Point as a Korean citizen) works. It'll be a worthwhile question to ask at SLS though.</p>

<p>Hope that helps!</p>

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<p>If Daniel has American parents, he is an American citizen. Quite a different case from those who move here with foreign parents and need to go through the long and slow immigration naturalisation process. However, even in this case, the minor children of naturalised parents become citizens by vitue of their naturalised parents.
The international cadet program is not offered to US resident aliens. These cadets are usually chosen by their foreign governments (highly selective process) and return to their country to serve in their military after graduating from WP.</p>

<p>Daniel, Kaplan and the Army have a free SAT prep site for candidates: <a href="https://www.march2success.com/index.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://www.march2success.com/index.htm&lt;/a> </p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>Daniel,</p>

<p>I am very impressed by your courage to even consider applying to the Academy. A lot of people would not even think about it, assuming that being in your situation they wouldn't even get a first look. That shows potential for determination and perseverance.</p>

<p>Your SAT CR and Writing need to improve considerably, IMO. You seem to have a good understanding of the language; am I right in assuming that your difficulty is in the area of speedy reading and writing?</p>

<p>Of course, there is no magic formula that will get you in. Each person's admissions experience is unique, as is their whole-person record. On a general level, though, the Academy looks for people who show leadership potential through their proactive involvement in community, school, church, etc., strong academics, and who are in excellent physical condition. The three qualifications one must pass officially are academic, medical, and physical standards, though again, there are people who have had problems in one or more of those areas who have still made it in.</p>

<p>One thing I would stress is DON'T GIVE UP!!! Many candidates do not receive appointments until well into March, April and May; a lot are wait-listed and hear well after most would assume time is up that they have received an appointment. Take an active approach to staying in touch with the Academy through your local MALO, regional director, etc.; admissions is there to help you get in. Show them that you REALLY want to get in.</p>

<p>In my case, I submitted my PFT, then took two more and submitted them as well. Even though the second and third were past the deadline, my MALO was very helpful in getting the PFT's into my file and my file back in front of the admissions board as many times as he could. While you should try to get your application completed well before the deadlines, adding to it afterward can sometimes help. Just remember, the least they can say is No.</p>

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<p>get your English up and I'd say you're looking good! ballin' academics, good leadership and sports.
I went through "the long and slow immigration naturalisation process" and I'm doing all right!</p>

<p>FewAndProud16 has some great advice, but the one thing I would stress (if you're a cross country pansy like me) is DO PUSHUPS!</p>

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<p>I really appreciate your awesome advices. That encourages me like working out at the gym. I will not give up, and continue to pursue my dream.
Fortuitously, I have just received American citizenship 5 months ago and thank GOD for that incident.</p>

<p>lol. Harri-San, I am doing both XC and pushups also :) I was not able to do 20 pushups in 2 min about 2 months ago, but now I can do roughly, depends on conditions, 55 ~ 60 pushups. So, anyway, I do believe impossible is nothing...
P.S. we've lost 102 U.S. soldiers in MAY. Cross your fingers to end tragic wars.</p>