what are my chances?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Military Academy - West Point
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<p>I have been interested in joining the military since I was a child, and started to look into West Point last year (as a freshman). I was just wondering what my chances at West Point were (hypothetically speaking, of course).</p>

<p>9th grade - 4.0 weighted GPA (two honors classes) psat: in the 1700's
10th grade - 3.9 weighted GPA (three honors classes) psat: 2000</p>

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<li>extra curricular activities... snowboarding, jsa, asb, y&g (youth & government)</li>
<li>leadership positions... sophomore vice-president, y&g secretary</li>
<li>future leadership positions... junior president, y&g president (potentially)</li>
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<p>notes...
1) i am most passionate about asb and snowboarding
2) i have one c on my transcript
3) i attended harvard summer school for a computer science and linguistics course
4) i have taken five community college courses</p>

<p>any help or advice would be very much appreciated</p>

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<p>What does jsa and asb stand for?</p>

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<p>i am just a freshman, so i am no pro, but here are my opiniions-</p>

<p>i have no idea what jsa + asb satand for so for now i am counting those out-
what is the c in? </p>

<p>okay, your weighted GPA's are really really good (if they are on a 4.0 scale, wich i am assuming they are) </p>

<p>your extra curricular activites look good,</p>

<p>and great job on your leadership positions, they are real importaint on the whole person thing,</p>

<p>i would say that you are doing a great job-it is good that you started thinking about it when you were in 9th grade.
but i only have one thing to add, i would try to do some comunity service-ie.-key club, or any other organazation at your school that helps around where you live, other than that i think you are on the right track keep it up, you are doing great!!</p>

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<p>sports? (...besides snowboarding)</p>

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<p>asb is basically student council, stated in a 'better-sounding' name :)
and csf is a community service club. im going to join key club next year
i was in it freshman year but chose not to be part of the club this
year. and the c is in chemistry honors :[</p>

<p>i did sports freshman year. no sports this year due to student council
i do realize that sports are huge. i'll try to add a sport to my schedule</p>

<p>thanks so much for the replies</p>

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<p>hey, that is great!! okay, then the only thing you could do more is sports! Good Job!!</p>

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<p>I suggest Cross Country and maybe swimming. If you go into the military, you'll be running a lot, and swimming is a great all-over body strengthener. Also, review your chemistry. From what my cadet tells me, Chemistry was one of the subjects that some cadets had problems with this past year.</p>

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<p>yah, and another reason to go along with cross country and swimning, they help build your endurance</p>

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<p>cross country and swimming are the best endurance sports ever. deffinately give them a try.</p>

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<p>But mostly CROSS COUNTRY!!! ;)</p>

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<p>thank you all for your replies. im pretty sure that i should join the team at my school, but what if i cant because of my schedule? would it be okay to run/swim on my own simply for training?</p>

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<p>well, it's good for you, but i am not sure if it would count on your resume.</p>