What are my chances of acceptance?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Naval Academy - Annapolis
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<p>1.Basic Info:
Gender: Male
School Type: Semi-Competitive and Class of 300
Religion: Jewish (I'm hoping this helps....how many jews go to USNA? lol)</p>

<p>Academics/GPA/SAT:
GPA: 3.5 UW
SAT: 2150 (Math: 680, CR:730, W: 740)
AP/IB: AP World History (4), AP US History (4), AP US Government and Politics (5), AP Comp. Government (5), IB English, AP Enviromental Science (4), AP Language and Composition (5)</p>

<p>EC's:
1. Debate: Started in 9th grade as novice. Was JV by the end of 9th grade. Captain of the JV team in 10th grade. Captain of the whole entire debate team in 11th grade. Was a top 10 speaker at 90% of the tournaments. Went to Emory National Debate Institute over a summer. Took on extra leadership responsibilities because school is unable to pay for a full time coach. So I coached JV, Novice, and some of Varsity along with dealing with the administrative roles.</p>

<p>2. Cycing: Started cycling in 8th grade. Became competitive in 10th grade. I'm on a semi-pro team (which is a feeder team to a domestic pro team). Won numerous races, competed regionally. Had the option to go to some national races.</p>

<p>3. Community Service: Volunteered for an organization that helps african refugees start life in America (worked as an advisor for career and financial guidance, 50 hours). Second, I designed a website for a non-profit homeless childrens shelter. Third, I voluteered at a legal aid society as a case management intern.</p>

<p>*4. Navy League U.S. * Attend meetings and assist with legislative affairs.</p>

<p>5. Civilian Air Patrol Unit 2 hours a week, and 1 saturday a month. I've covered half my flight hours for flight certification. Will be certified by this summer after I obtain more ground school hours, and solo.</p>

<p>6. Internships Each summer since 8th grade I've been doing different types of internships focused on law/government. 8th grade summer I worked at a real estate law firm, 9th grade summer I worked at a civil litigation law firm focusing on insurance subrogation, 10th-11th grade summer I worked as an intern for Senator Saxby Chambliss. During 9th grade year I worked as intern for the International Debate Education Association and Debatepedia doing research and edited articles.</p>

<p>7. Guitar Have been taking guitar lessons since 8th grade.</p>

<p>8. Publication and Quotes I have a published essay on the death penalty and I have been quoted by the New York Times on the foreclosure crisis.</p>

<p>9. FBLA Future Business Leaders of America. Competed in Business Law regionally.</p>

<p>10. Religion I wouldn't consider myself a strong jew, but I do a lot with my synagogue.</p>

<p>11. Taekwondo I no longer take lessons because of my schedule, but I still teach myself. I am a certified junior instructor.</p>

<p>Recommendations:
My recommendations are pretty solid and I can pick from a couple. From teachers, I have my social studies teacher, english teacher, business law teacher, two math teachers, and two science teachers. All my past employers have offered a recommendation. In addition to these, I can get a recommendation from a 3 star general in the army, a colonel in the army, an officer in spec ops from the army, as well as a couple of navy vets that I work with in the Navy League.</p>

<p><em>Note</em> If this means anything...The only family connection to the military that I have is my grandfather who was an officer (Army) for two years as a translator. So all of the military connections I've made have been on my own, with the exception of the three star general.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>Check out the USNA C/O 2012 profile. It'll give you an idea of what they're looking for.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.usna.edu/Admissions/documents/2008_PlebeProfile_ClassOf2012_0725.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usna.edu/Admissions/documents/2008_PlebeProfile_ClassOf2012_0725.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>USNA never asked me about my religious affiliation, so I'd assume they don't consider it. (They do look at your community service though.)</p>

<p>Heh, what made you think that not many Jews go to Annapolis? I'd understand if you said Budhists, but Jews?</p>

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<p>they dont ask about religion but yes not many Jews got to the academy, and its just a few people more then Buddhists, and Muslims and other minority religions at the academy</p>

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<p>I did a quick search and there are 120 in the whole school. In my search, I found someone wrote a thesis on judaic life at the academy. lol</p>

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<p>tom ...one thing you did not list or I failed to note ...your class rank. Carries more weight than many other factors. Any idea where you are?</p>

<p>RE: the judaic component of your packet ...and I don't know the answer to this, but it may be notable under your ethnicity vs. religion. I cannot recall if the app had a box to check for such. I do know there's a very nice, new Jewish worship/community center contingent to Bancroft. </p>

<p>Good luck. You look very respectable as a candidate, imo. But alas, no matter what I might think, my opinion, like those of others on this cyber-campus ...are merely that. Like belly buttons, I'm afraid.</p>

<p>P.S. Where from? A Jew from Utah might be a real novelty @ the Yard, lending to the call for diversity. From NYC? Eh maybe not so much. Oy vay, anchors aweigh. :confused:</p>

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<p>This is from a few years back, thus may be dated,from a presentation by the dean, I believe. These are ranked in order of weighting/import:</p>

<p>Weighted Predictors</p>

<p>Rank In Secondary School Class
SAT-I Math or ACT-Math
SAT-I Verbal or ACT-English
Teacher Recommendations
Extracurricular Activities
* Athletic
* Non-Athletic</p>

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<p>Class ranking: School doesn't rank by position but by percentage. I fall in betwen 15%-20%. I looked at the 2012 profile, and found this to be where the bulk of the midshipmen sat.</p>

<p>From georgia. Where would I find a statistic about how many people apply from georgia? I'm curious on how competitive my state is.</p>

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<p>Not sure of Georgia, altho I believe it's pretty competitive "thanks" to Atlanta, Kings Bay, being close to Huntsvill... and some other anomalies like not being Alabama. ( jk ALabammy mammy ;) )</p>

<p>But it'd still be to your advantage to be from Utah. </p>

<p>I think you'll definitely be competitive. GO get 'em! And if you could coerce GA Tech's Paul J. to return to the Yard, you're IN! What a coach! What a job in year #1 @ Hotlanta! We're hoping Coach Ken will prove to be a worthy protege and long-term successor.</p>