<p>Academic:
GPA: 3.4 UW
SAT: 2060 projected but I’m aiming around a 2150
ACT: 32 projected
AP:Ap Statistics
AP Environmental
AP Calculus BC
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
All my courses have been Honors</p>
<p>Athletic:
3 Years Varsity Swimming
1 Year county football league</p>
<p>EC:
400+ Hours Community Service at Nursing Home
Tutored Kids
Model UN Vice President
Yearbook Committee
Organized Neighborhood Block Party
Won honorable Mention from City for CityWide Conference
Press Corps for World Wide UN conference
Schoolwide Chorus Member for 3 years</p>
<p>Work Experience:
6 Months Camp
Lifeguarding</p>
<p>Diversity: I am an immigrant Indian so I think that might help plus I’ve had a lot of family issues which greatly affected my GPA</p>
<p>Your vice president position and varsity swimming are excellent. USAFA doesn’t really take racial diversity into consideration, so the fact that you are Indian will most likely have very little effect. Are you a united states citizen? If not then you will be hard pressed to receive an appointment without a nomination from an individual of prominence in India. Your application looks good, but try to bring that gpa up! :)</p>
<p>yea I am a citizen and yea I’m trying to bring it up to atleast a 3.5</p>
<p>I concur the SA’s are not like colleges, URM is not a factor.</p>
<p>The only thing anyone can say is you have 100% chance of not getting in if your don’t apply.</p>
<p>What matters now is not the AFA, but the MOC. 3.4 uw in one state where the MOC’s don’t talk could be deemed competitive, but in another state where they do talk, it could be seen as low.</p>
<p>You cannot get an appointment without a nom.</p>
<p>Well I’m in New York so I think it’ll be pretty competitive for a nomination but thanks for the input</p>
<p>ConnorQuinn,</p>
<p>Where would you get the idea that anyone in India, no matter how prominent, could provide an nomination to USAFA?</p>
<p>And, yes, USAFA does take diversity into account.</p>
<p>Stealth_81</p>
<p>Stealth
Foreign nationals can sometimes attend USNA, not normally for the full 4 years, if they are appointed by a high ranking member of their government. I assumed the same was true of USAFA.
From the Wikipedia page about USNA:
“A small number of international students, usually from smaller allied or friendly countries, are admitted into each class. (International students from larger allies, such as France and the United Kingdom, typically come as shorter-term exchange students from their national naval colleges or academies.) For the class of 2009, 11 international students were admitted from 10 different countries—two from Guyana and one each from Honduras, Ireland, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand.”</p>
<p>ConnorQuinn,</p>
<p>Yes, I understand how the program works. The point is, the international cadets are not nominated or appointed. They are sent as representatives of their home country’s government. No individuals are involved.</p>
<p>Stealth_81</p>