<p>What are my chances to get in the naval academy? I'm a junior currently.
4.0 unweighted GPA
Class rank 1-2
2 APs sophmore year, 5 junior year, not sure yet for senior year
800 math SAT
740 reading SAT
Math honor society, Spanish honor society, National honor society, math team, math league, chinese club, 3 years of calculus, SGA cochair, Academic team</p>
<p>Maryland resident =/ </p>
<p>Excellent physical conditioning, but no sport</p>
<p>Do you have any other activities after school? The Academies definitely want to see candidates with the 9hour+ school day and still get good grades.</p>
<p>no sport could hurt, but try to do amazing on your CFA.
if you're considering the academy it might help to join a team your this year (are you a rising senior?) just for conditioning, unless you think your personal work out program is sufficient.
do you have any more leadership positions besides SGA cochair? any community service? those are big.</p>
<p>I have all those activites, and jazz+classical piano for 5 years. </p>
<p>Leadership... SGA cochair ,webmaster, Maryland Student Legislation Delegate... I might try and run for some leadership positions next year in my honor societies.</p>
<p>I don't have any huge community service things. I've never really had good oppurtunites... some minor volunteer stuff. I'm kinda hoping my academics will carry the slack here.</p>
<p>For the CFAs, I can easily do the 18 pullups. I can also do 50 pushups, 75 situps or more (hopefully 95 by the summer seminar, if I get accepted). I am working on improving all of these and will be checking my mile time soon.</p>
<p>There's another young man who posts on here who had amazing grades and SAT's...but no sport. He did not get an appointment. You are in a very competitive state: you need to join a sports team, letter, and try to get elected captain!!</p>
<p>Our stats are somewhat similar and I got an appointment:</p>
<p>3.5 GPA
IB Program
1 AP Sophomore year, 6 APs Junior Year
720 M, 730 R, 780 W
Volunteered w/ Habitat for Humanity and a local soup kitchen
20+ hour/week job since Dec. of Sophomore year</p>
<p>I had no sports, and I live in a decently competitive state.</p>
<p>Too late to become a captain. I could do track or cross country next year, but there are people who have been in it for years and are def. in line to be captain.</p>
<p>Soylent, you did both AP and IB classes? I am at a hs school which offers both and am trying to decide between the two. Were you able to get credit for both programs at the academy?</p>
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<p>if you are partial to running, and if your grades can handle it, you might consider cross-country AND track. cross-country is fall, indoor track is winter, and outdoor track is spring. you'd never be doing more than one at a time and have a chance to get 3 letters (if you practice running).</p>
<p>(most important thing though is to build your base in the summer for the cross-country season. i was co-captain of our cross-country team. send me a PM if you want some running/letter-getting advice.)</p>
<p>I just ran 1.1 miles... I think it was 6:10. (Mighta been 7:10, I was using an analog watch, but it felt very fast)
Pretty solid considering I haven't ran for time in 4 years.</p>
<p>Would doing a sport next year be the best thing I could do with my time to get into the academy? </p>
<p>The problem is, I usually lift 4 times a week. I don't want to give that up.</p>
<p>powerhawk, problem is that you can't get a letter in lifting. now if you were doing some lifting tournaments, it might be different. don't know.</p>
<p>with your time, if you haven't run in 4yrs, you could get very respectable on the highschool teams, if you go after it. high school cross-country distance is 5km though (3.1mi).</p>
<p>Maybe if I tell them I can deadlift 405 pounds at 170 they will be impressed (lol).</p>
<p>Are you a competitive weight lifter? maybe you can include that info.</p>
<p>Yes, I compete with myself.</p>
<p>You seem pretty strong, have you thought about football.</p>
<p>Obviously your SAT scores, GPA, and class rank are up to par. However I would strongly advise taking a varsity sport. In th class of 2010 profile it was something like 85% if the plebes were varsity letters. Also community service really helps, other than that if your good at interviews you are extremely competitive for the USNA. However you should realize it is a whole person account and also that they cannot admit everyone even those who are qualified. Find some way to stand out from all the other candidates.</p>
<p>If I were you, I wouldn't give up something I truly enjoy to do (lifting) just to pad my resume. According to the 2011 class profile, 90% participated in varsity sports, but 10% did not. It seems like you have a busy schedule, and as long as you can account for the time that would have been spent participating in a sport, you shouldn't worry about it.</p>
<p>Now I know a lot less about Academy admissions than many people on this board and I may catch some flak for my advice, but I find it rather meaningless to participate in an activity just to impress someone (or something).</p>
<p>What part of Maryland are you from? That also could help or hurt.</p>
<p>Soylent is right - don't give up something you love. you need to apply to the academy as yourself and not your academy-seeking-modified self. </p>
<p>assuming that your run was 6:10 (you use an analog watch for running? maybe you should invest $8 in a good watch w/chronometer since you'll need to start running to get ready for the CFA/plebe summer), you're in decent cardiovascular shape. and your passion for weightlifting suggests you're definitely good with strength.</p>
<p>one thing i would suggest if you really don't want to join a sport would be to explain the reason that you're not on a sports team (your passion for lifting/your personal workout plan) in either the comments section of the candidate activities record or in your essay.</p>