<p>Okay so I’m homeschooling my freshman and sophmore year together and my junior and senior year I’ll be going to a very selective state high school! well in these two years i’ll be taking:
American Literature
AP Chem
AP Bio
AP Euro HIs
AP world His
AP U.S. Gov
AP U.S. His
British lit
Geometry(Algebra I was done in 8th grade)
Algebra II/ Trig
Astronomy
Viola
Piano
And i think that’s it!
I’ll be taking my ACT in a week and I’ll give you those scores soon! I’ll also be taking the SAT soon!
IN 7th grade I took the ACT and made comp:20 science: 21 English: 20 Math: 18 and reading:20!
and I am going to get into cross-country and track when I go to the school!
I need to know what I can do at any time between know and my senior years regarding classes and leadership and athletics!</p>
<p>Join clubs that you are passionate about and be the president or VP. Try for girls’ state. Make good grades, get involved in sports, run for captain of the team or winners committee (if they have that). Get involved w/ yearbook or newspaper; edit a section…there are plenty of great things to do; there is no set formula for academy admission to be guaranteed. What you will see is a pattern of good grades w/ hard classes, athletics, leadership, volunteerism…etc. You will see well-rounded students who juggle many things, and still maintain high grades. No one can say to you “if you do X, Y, and Z you will get in.” If someone says that, he/she is lying. We cannot know. Later, when you finish your junior year and are a candidate, you will have to face DoDMERB and the candidate fitness test…all of this is part of the puzzle that determines whether or not you will be selected. Additionally, you have to factor in how competitive your area is for obtaining a nomination.</p>
<p>The only thing I’d add to mom3boys recommendations is that you will also need to bring up your test scores. Take both SATs and ACTs to see which test you score higher on and then practice, practice, practice. It would be advisable to take each test several times.</p>
<p>Refer to [United</a> States Military Academy at West Point](<a href=“http://www.usma.edu/Class/2011/profile.asp]United”>http://www.usma.edu/Class/2011/profile.asp) to give you a general idea of the areas that you can work on.</p>
<p>What is girl’s State?</p>
<p>Suggest you Google it, and then if you don’t understand something, ask specific questions.</p>
<p>Okay i googled it and I sorta understand just curious to how much it costs I haven’t been able to find out anything!
thanx</p>
<p>I suggest you make an appointment w/ the guidance counselor at your school and discuss your ambitions. He/she should know all about girls’ state. Additionally, the counselor should be able to help you navigate the choices you’ll have at your high school. So much of what you want to know “just depends.” Some people plan this whole route out for years, while others apply late in the game, and still manage to get in. I met someone today who decided he wanted to get into an SA in Dec. He got in. Others don’t…it just depends. It’s great you know what you want…I suggest you take a deep breath and focus on what you can do now: prepare for SAT or ACT, get in top physical shape, read your AP summer reading…you have two more years of high school to conquer first. You are not behind because you were home schooled…you were still busy, still a good student. Chill, research, continue on the course you’ve begun. The next major thing you need to really do (other than what has been mentioned) is get info on SLS for next summer…you’ll want to do that…registration is next winter. </p>
<p>Good luck, but slow down and enjoy the ride!</p>
<p>You have’nt been able to find out the price for Girls State because it is free. Your local American Legion Auxilliary post sponsors you. Mom3boys is right, you should set up a meeting with your Guidance Counselor. He/she can help set up an interview for Girls State. You have to be picked for it, so seeing your gc would be your best bet. If you have any other questions let me know. I will be going to Girls State in about 3 weeks. Good Luck with everything!!</p>
<p>OH thanx a lot! well what happens if you don’t have a guidance counselor because your homeschooled?</p>
<p>I thought you said you were going to school next year? If you are, you will have a guidance counselor assigned to you…if not, I do not know if you can go to girls’ state…you’d have to check on alternative routes.</p>
<p>Yes I am I just thought i might get ahead but now I understand Thanx</p>
<p>Actually, our guidance office was absolutely no help when it came to Boys/Girls State information and we have been in the public school system here for 13 years! They knew less than I did - I was a 1978 Iowa Girls’ Stater, so at least I knew where to start in finding out more about it here. </p>
<p>If you do not have a Guidance Counselor because of homeschooling, or even if you are in the public school system and your guidance office doesn’t know what you are talking about (as was our case), you can find out more about attending by contacting your local American Legion Auxiliary (for Girls’ State) or the local American Legion Post (for Boys’ State). Because our local Am. Legion Post here is no longer very active, it took about a year for me to find out who to actually contact for information. I actually looked up the Boys’ State webpage for our state, then called the number listed to find out who our current Post Commander was. This was a bit confusing as the man who had those duties locally had passed away very suddenly and the other men in the post did not have a real good understanding of how that individual had handled the process. There had not been any delegates from our city for several years, so my son was the first in maybe 8 years or so to go from our Post.</p>
<p>Each Post will probably handle the selection process a little differently. Some posts are more competitive and have an interview process for selection, some posts (like ours) have kids who go because they were tenacious enough to let the Post know they were interested in going. My high school and Am. Legion worked cooperatively, no interviews or application process, but selection was based on scholastic record, citizenship, community/youth involvement, and was preferably the son or daughter of one who served in the military. We were notified of our selection by phone call of the Am Legion Auxiliary. I almost turned it down because of a prior selection to a 4-H camp that same week.</p>
<p>Since Am. Legion Aux. Girls’ State delegates will have just finished their junior year of high school, generally delegate selection takes place in the winter to spring of that school year. I would suggest you start making contacts now to find out who you need to speak with concerning your possibility of attending. As I said, it took me nearly a year to make the contacts and they did not always get back to me in a timely manner. Also, Girls’ State groups are generally smaller and selection may be more competitive. When my son went, we let the local Post know that we would sponsor our son financially to give him the opportunity to go, if they would sponsor him in name… however, they were quite happy to fully sponsor him. You can be sponsored financially by other community groups (it was really not very expensive), but the local Auxilary or Post must endorse you as well.</p>
<p>Good luck and feel free to contact me personally if you need additional information. On one of the discussions I posted a pretty detailed account of what to expect at Girls State (maybe to one of friartown’s posts?). If you don’t find it, I’ll see if I can find it and send you the link.</p>
<p>Will girl’s state get in the way of attending the military academy summer program?</p>
<p>I personally would choose a summer program at an academy over boys/girls state. Boys/girls state may be an honor, but it looks good to have been to the programs and actually have a little bit of a peek at life there. I know some people that became more gung ho after going, and some decided that it wasn’t the life for them.</p>
<p>The ideal is to do SLS and Girls State, but if you have to choose USMA admissions would advise you to chose Girls State. You get leadership points for attending Girls State. No points are awarded for attending SLS.</p>
<p>I believe there are two different week-long summer SLS sessions. One would probably not overlap with Girls State even if the other one did. </p>
<p>That said, our son did not go to SLS at all - filled out online form in plenty of time before the deadline, but sessions had already filled up with qualified candidates - ironically, he was waiting on the answer to whether or not he was going to Boys State to know whether or not to check that box, and by the time we knew he was going, the SLS sessions were full!</p>
<p>We found out later from our regional admissions rep. that some who sign up for SLS unfortunately do it as a resume-builder for other prestigious schools, not because they are necessarily truly interested in service academies. That is not to say that there aren’t many potential candidates there with the “right intent”, but some great candidates who later earn a nomination and are offered admission may not get the opportunity to go to the SLS sessions. Lesson learned: when that online form becomes available, sign up as early as possible whether or not you know if a certain box could/should be checked! </p>
<p>And if SLS does not pan out for you, do not be discouraged. Our son was offered admission without it in his file.</p>
<p>Thanx alot this has helped me out alot. just one more question when I went on the website I couldn’t find anyone to contact in my area do you know how to find someone to contact! thanx agian</p>
<p>I would try this: go to the website [The</a> American Legion Auxiliary: Girls Nation](<a href=“http://girlsnation-auxiliary.com/girlsstate.asp]The”>http://girlsnation-auxiliary.com/girlsstate.asp) and scroll down to click on your state’s website. Hopefully you will find a contact number or an email address for a Girls State representative in your state. That person should be able to direct you to the local auxiliary member in your own community who handles the Girls State information for your area. </p>
<p>Or another idea is to look in your local telephone directory for numbers for the American Legion Post or American Legion Auxiliary. The Post will not handle Girls State, only Boys State, but they should still be able to put you in touch with the Auxiliary contact’s number.</p>