Chance at West Point

MarvinRidge
Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:15:53 +0000

I’m currently a Junior at a top ranked public school in NC. I have been accepted into the summer programs at USMA, USNA, and USAFA. I was just wanting to get alittle insight on how my application stacks up compared to others, and see my chances at admissions to the academies.

Academics-
-Full IB Program- If school ended today I would have 6 A’s and 2 B’s in the program, I’m taking the equivalent of 7 AP’s. My GPA is about 4.9 weighted and 3.97 unweighted, and class rank is unknown until the end of the year, but last year it was top 6%. This should increase due to the weighted classes in the IB program.
-Academic All-American athlete/ Academic bar and letter winner- all semesters of high school.
-SAT- Retaking- May 7th
1960 Composite
650-Math
650-Reading
660-Writing
-ACT- Get scores back Monday
-All A’s first two years of high school
-Have teachers that are ready to give recs.- Can a BIOLOGY teacher be used for science?

Extracurriculars-
-National Honor Society- 1 of 30 from the Junior Class( about 340 students)- Ran for President, probably will find out soon
-Future Business Leaders of America- Interviewing for VP
-First Priority(Christian Club)- Vice President
-Key Club- Starting it with a group of IB students- Treasurer
-Jr. Counsoler at my church- Help with the younger Youth Groups
-Chosen to be head of the Youth Group- I attend meetings with the adult leaders to provide input and advice from the younger group.
-Currently on Sue Myrick’s Youth Advisory Council- Local MOC
-Invited and Attended National Youth Leadership Forum on National Security in Washington, DC
-Invited to the Global Leadership Conference
-Invited to join the National Society of High School Scholars

Community Service-
-Fundrasiers
-Acolyte
-Usher
-Operation Christmas Child
-Vacation Bible School
-Special Olympics
-Jr. Counsoler

Church Maintanence
-Worked at Homeless Shelters
-Soup Kitchens
-Mission trips
-Youth Director is keeping track of hours probably close to 300 will be about 400 by the end of the summer.

Work Experience-
Providence Country Club- 25-30 hrs. a week
Obtained a Summer Internship in Sue Myrick’s office

Athletics-


JV/AAU Baseball Freshmen year- stopped- didn’t feel my arm could take the pitching much longer
-JV Football Freshmen Year- Went both ways
-Captain JV Football Sophmore Year- Dressed Varsity as well, and did special teams, apparently I may have lettered from what I’ve been told, doubt it
-Varisty Golf-Lettered- Sophmore Year- Rising Maverick Award
-Travel Golf Tournaments- 1 Victory
-Varsity Golf- Lettered- Junior Year
-Will letter and play Senior year
-Did not play football Junior year due to the rigger of the IB program, probably would have jumped off a bridge


Physically-
-Run 4 Miles in about 28:30-29 minutes- Have done this time in boots
-Typically run every day- about 25-30 miles a week
-Max Pushups for West Point
-Same goes for Sit-Ups
-15 Dead Hang Cadence Pull-Ups
-Working towards ultimate goal of Special Forces, almost impossible but it gives me alittle extra drive to hit the gym.

This has been my dream forever and want it more than anything, any suggestions on where to improve, and anybody that wants to show what they got accepted with would be great(so I can see where I stand).