<p>Also, back up your USNA application with applications to civilian colleges that offer NROTC. Also apply for a NROTC scholarship. If it is truly your dream to be at USNA, what are you willing to do to make it happen? Will you accept NAPS/Foundation? Will you go to a civilian college for a year or two to prove you can hack the math, then transfer to USNA (getting another nomination, of course), and begin in a class a couple of years behind your age level?<br>
Display your commitment to being a Naval Officer in whatever way it takes to get there. Being enamored with USNA doesn’t equate to serving in the Navy for 5 or 10 or 30 years.<br>
Raise the math scores. Being female probably will work to your benefit, but, as it’s been said, math is still a very critical part of academics at USNA. All who graduate have taken calc and chem…lots of it, and come out with a Bach of Science degree. Service Academies rely on a strong math/science foundation.
Use the College Board site to do a question a day as part of your SAT prep. Get a couple of the study guides from a bookstore (some have CDs/DVDs with them), and make it a daily requirement to do 15-20 minutes each/every day. Depending on the SAT prep course, you are sure to raise your score (sometimes 20-30 points. It does make a difference in knowing <em>how</em> to take the test, as well as deriving the correct answers.)
Keep your goal/dream out there. It’s worth working for!! Go for it!</p>