<p>I am an 18 year old High School Senior and a Candidate for the USNA Class of 2012.</p>
<p>When I was 13, I had no idea what I wanted to do. In Middle School I got good grades and was involved in a lot of ECs, but this was sort of by accident and I was in no means thinking about colleges yet. Back then I think I went from wanting to be a teacher to wanting to be a doctor to wanting to be a DEA Agent. I sort of had no direction. I continued the same way in High School. It was not until the spring of my Junior year that I even thought about applying to a Service Academy.</p>