<p>ok so i want to go to the naval academy as my first choice, but i will probably apply for all 5 service academies.
1. annapolis
2. airforce academy
3. west point
4. coast guard academy
5. merchant marine academy</p>
<p>I am an upcoming junior. My freshmen year, i did in guam. then moved to hawaii and did sophomore year. now i am moving to tennesee for junior year and hopefully senior year.
I did varsity baseball 9th grade
Track and Field for 10th grade but got out because of injuries so im not sure if that counts. Junior year i am going into the Track team. Im not a track star though.I have not taken the SAT's yet.
I volunteer at the USO.
altar server at my church.
I did drill team and color guard freshman year at njrotc.
I have received top ribbons such as outstanding cadet, exemplary conduct, non commisioned officers associated award for leadership.
Summer going to sophomore year i received a full paid scholarship to the US Space Academy. Ive done community service such as help out at a special olympics in guam, VFW help, etc. But i still need alot more community service and volunteer work. If anyone could help me out and give me ideas that would be great. I would like to know my chances at recieving an appointment to any of the service academies. I would love feedback on how to improve anything for admissions. Anyone that has been selected or attended any of the academies it would help if i had a better idea of what i need to improve on. below is my classes so far and what i got in them. In the navy i would like to be a surface warfare officer. </p>
<p>i recieved the "Presidents Award for Educational Achievement (2005).
Cumulitive GPA for 9th and 10th grade- 3.339 </p>
<p>9th GPA- 3.428 1st 2nd semester
Honors History B B
Biology B B
NJROTC A A
Honors Lit B B
Algebra 1 B B
PE A A
Lifetime Sports A A </p>
<p>10th GPA- 3.245 1st 2nd semester
Democracy B
Hawaiian History B
Chemistry B B
AFJROTC B A
English 2 B B
Geometry A A
Health A
Drivers Ed C</p>
<p>i think cross commissioning to another service is pretty competitive... only around 3 or 4 people do it each year - you'll have to be at the very top of your class. not saying that you can't do that, just warning.</p>
<p>Yeah inter-servicing transferring from one academy to another is very rare from what I hear. I think it only happens when both academy's agree to "trade" cadets/midshipmen. </p>
<p>i.e West Point will trade one of their cadets who wants to be in the Marines for one of Annapolis's Midshipmen who wants to be in the Army. </p>
<p>I only applied to 1 academy-Naval Academy. I wrote that in my personal statement. I said something along the lines of "I want to be at the Naval Academy-only the Naval Academy. This is why I never applied to the other academies..."</p>
<p>Something around those lines. I got accepted for prep school, and ultimately c/o 2013. </p>
<p>I'm not sure if it could have helped me out when I said that, but I personally believe that it did :P</p>
<p>oh im sorry when i said interservice transfer i meant after graduation and in active duty. longc90. me too, i only want to go to usna but i have to have some backup plans. i dont think my resume is that good to be confident of going thats y i ask if i have a chance. freshman year my honors arnt weighted if they are weighted my GPA is a 3.7. unweighted. 3.4</p>
<p>Just try to do advanced courses like AP/IB if you can and take time studying for PSAT and SAT. Getting a score you want is well worth the price of some free time (if you have some) and a good test prep book (I like Barrons personally).</p>
<p>Due to the strains put on the service by the GWOT, transfering to a different service while active duty in another service is quite difficult. I know many soldiers in the Army National Guard that are having tough times transfering to other services. I wouldn't count on being able to transfer if I were you.</p>
<p>personally, my advice would be to pick 2 or 3 specialties and try to stick with them. if you know you want ships then stick with usna, uscga, and usmma. if you want to fly jets then maybe usna and usafa. if you want to go ground then usna and usma. for me i was focused on helicopters so i applied to army and navy as well as nrotc.
additionally, you should go to as many of the summer seminars as you can. they'll probably help you narrow your choices. and looking at the majors programs that each academy offers is an important part (uscga and usmma are pretty limited compared to the other 3).</p>
<p>mdsu,
It sounds like you are headed in the right direction to become a service academy candidate. Successful candidates share these attributes:</p>
<p>-Over 90 percent are varsity athletes
-Met or exceeded threshold SAT/ACT math and English scores informally set by service academies
-successfully completed college prep classes in high school, with a respectable class ranking; demonstrated leadership in one or more activities such as /church/music/scouting/community service/work/sports/clubs, etc.
-demonstrated an aptitude for military leadership
-passed DODMERB physical</p>
<p>You also have an advantage over candidates coming from non-military families in that you probably have a more pragmatic view of military life. At this point, I would encourage you to visit the websites of the service academies and look at the profiles of the recent classes to see what it takes to be competitive. Check out ROTC scholarships as well. Be strategic and make the most of your prep experience.</p>
<p>do any of you know if there is a waiting list on usna because you know how around 85% of the applicants actually accept the offer. well the 15% who decide not to take the offer of appointment. well do they have a waiting list so they can fill those spots?</p>
<p>mdsu: Like any college, USNA also offers more appointment than are accepted. Usually about 1500 offers go out, and 1200 (80%) or so are accepted.</p>
<p>what do you mean? usna offers 1500 appointments but they only accept 1200? why would they say "ok were going to accept 1500 but then only accept 80%?</p>
<p>It depends on how much open space there is. If less than (around) 1200 accept, they will go to the waitlist to fill the remaining spots. On the other hand, if 1300 accept their offer, then the waitlisters are out of luck</p>