<p>hey everyone! i just wanted to know if anyone can explain to me the admissions process…i know the basics but its all pretty elaborate and confusing. i know that the first step is the PCQ…and that determines if you’re even eligible for consideration. what kind of things do i need to have handy for the PCQ? obviously my PSAT scores and my GPA, but anything out of the ordinary that i may forget? and i also want to send an email to my BGO, but im not really sure how i should adress him. in your opinion, what kinds of things would be deemed inappropriate and appropriate? should i start with Dear…or what? thanks in advance! feel free to add any miscelaneous tips or pointers that you may have!</p>
<p>Everything you wanted to know about admissions but were afraid to ask is available at:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.usna.edu/Catalog/2005-2006admissionsbb.pdf[/url]”>http://www.usna.edu/Catalog/2005-2006admissionsbb.pdf</a></p>
<p>balogna GA!</p>
<p>this poor girl needs to read the last 100 or so threads … only to know, no one knows! :eek:</p>
<p>Like coal mining without a headlamp … you know the general direction, you can feel it even if you can’t see it, liable to cave in at anytime, when you hit the motherlode … well it’s the best. And at the end of the day, you’ll need a bath with a bar of Lava. But all’s well as long as that USNA canary keeps singing.</p>
<p>Good luck. Here’s hoping you’re looking for about 2014 or beyond. It’ll take that long to figure it out. Then just when you think you have it, poof … “Well, we decided to change the process … cause someone almost figured out the last one.” Signed, Admiral Oz, Superintendent, USNA :(</p>
<p>Back to Kansas you go Dorothy. Keep them patent leather red pumps handy.</p>
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<p>On the other hand, Kansas might be a very good place to be appying from, indeed. Beats VA, MD, PA, CA, FL, NY, and the great state of Texas. Yea, KS might be a good bet.</p>
<p>is New Jersey considered a competitive state?</p>
<p>one more question that i forgot…give me your honest opinion about my sports “record”…</p>
<p>freshman year- junior varsity cheerleading
sophmore year- varsity winter cheerleading
junior year- varsity winter track and first year of competitive all star cheerleading at an outside gym</p>
<p>does it put up a red flag that i changed sports halfway through high school from cheer to track? even though i took up a cheer team outside of school…does that show a lack of commitment? </p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>is cheerleading a sport? :rolleyes:</p>
<p>wouldn’t worry too much about the switch… track seems like a good option if you ask me, considering all the running you’ll be doing! </p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
<p>well…i dont consider school cheerleading to be a sport, but i do competitive cheerleading and i consider that to be…however i highly doubt that USNA will consider it to be. lol</p>
<p>im just really worried that i seem too… “jumpy”…i havent stuck with anything all through my three years of high school…except for cheer. other than that, i keep changing clubs and community service things and sports.</p>
<p>yea I do Marching band, and although it’s athletic, it’s definately not a sport. I did track as a freshman, no sports as a soph, Varsity Diving as a Jr. now im a sr on varsity diving again. I think (I dont know how accurate this is, but) the USNA is looking for evidence of teamwork, physical training, leadership, and committment. Physical training can be displayed in the CFA, so any participation that shows the other qualities is probably fine. Again, I’m not an admissions rep, this is just my theory.</p>
<p>Another source of admissions information:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33213_20051229.pdf[/url]”>http://www.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33213_20051229.pdf</a></p>
<p>Are you a junior in high school? I’m guessing you are. Yes, go to the web page, start your PCQ, apply for Naval Academy Summer Seminar, and start looking over the things you may be lacking on the PCQ. For example, do you perform community service? For whom? How many hours per week? Coaching a younger girls cheer team shows responsibility and leadership. Do you have a part time job? Honor societies? Girls State? That sort of thing.</p>
<p>When you look at the website and the class of 2010 statistics, look at how many have varsity letters as well as other items. Now is the perfect time to start working on your questionnaires, resumes, increasing your gpa, SATs (take them early; take them as many times as it takes you to get into the comp. range). Begin working on physical requirements for your CFA (Candidate Fitness Assessment). As a female, you will need to demonstrate upper body strength (push-ups, pull-ups, bent arm hang).</p>
<p>They will look for committment. Pick a couple of favorites and stick with them.</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>