<p>I am currently a Junior in High school and am curious if I stand a good chance for admission into West Point (USMA).
Should graduate with a 4.75 GPA (weighted) 3.968 (unweighted)
AP European History Sophomore year
AP Calculus AB and BC, AP US History, AP English Language/ Composition, in Junior year
AP Government, AP Stats, AP Human Geography, AP English Literature/ Composition, AP Chemistry in Senior year
Member of the year in Mu Alpha Theta (National Mathematics Honors Society) Sophomore year
President of Mu Alpha Theta Junior and Senior year
Member of NHS Junior and Senior year
Member of Key Club (Community Service Club) Senior year
All A's since freshman year
All 5's (hopefully, maybe one or two 4's) on AP Exams
JV Wrestling in Junior year
Varsity Wrestling in Senior year
2090 composite SAT score (retaking in a week), 720 in Math, 700 in Writing, 670 in Verbal
(Should raise all my scores, I was sleep deprived the first time around)
Attending SLS in June
Attending Virginia's Governor's School for Mathematics, Science, and Technology (Only one in my school to make it this year)
Should graduate in top 10 people in my class out of 518 (top 1.93%)
5:25 mile, 22 pullups, unknown pushups and situps as well as basketball throw (should be pretty high)
100+ hours community service (mainly tutoring in mathematics for Mu Alpha Theta)
Applying for Boys State (Mock Government program in VA (only one boy in my school will attend))
I want to major in Physics and hopefully go for a double major in Mathematical Sciences due to number of courses I can potentially validate if accepted.
How good are my chances of acceptance into West Point?</p>
<p>academically, you’re in the ball park. Motivation and leadership are still question marks however. Why do you want to go to West Point?</p>
<p>You should frequent this forum too</p>
<p>[Military</a> Academy - West Point - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/military-academy-west-point/]Military”>Military Academy - West Point - College Confidential Forums)</p>
<p>I’ve looked through just about everything I could find on West Point, watched countless videos, read copious numbers of posts and threads and comments (including all those you referenced), scoured USMA’s web site, and have been preparing myself for over a year for it.</p>
<p>Why do I want to go? I come from a military family first of all, and I’ve been endowed with a strong sense of loyalty and commitment for my country, and I would be extremely honored to join in our military and help in any way I can. Im motivated and do have leadership potential, although it doesn’t shine through on paper. I’m the one on the wrestling team who got done first and made sure I stayed to motivate everyone else on the team, doing extra laps and more reps beside someone who had less motivation. I spend the majority of my free time helping friends with some class or another, very little of it for any compensation whatsoever. I recently started “teaching” my chemistry class as we have a permanent sub who knows nothing on the subject. I learn the lessons on my own a week early and spend the majority of the class teaching the class at the board. Almost all of my teachers have pointed me out as an exemplary student and use my works and actions as models for others. Other than in teacher recommendations and possibly in an essay, where do I put this on a college app?</p>
<p>Basically, West Point is the pinnacle of everything I want in and from my life.</p>
<p>West Point (or any Service Academy) is a fine goal, but it is not the ultimate one. If you go to West Point, realize that serving as an officer the the real goal. A West Point education is the means to achieve it.</p>
<p>On paper, you look pretty competative.</p>
<p>Raimius, if you had read the entire reply, you would’ve read the bit regarding “I would be extremely honored to join in our military and help in anyway I can.” In context, the last statement is including the implied message that I understand exactly what it is that West Point is preparing me for. By stating West Point is the pinnacle, it can be assumed that becoming an officer in the Army is a continuation of my aspirations.
And thank you for your last comment :)</p>