<p>Interesting that the sports participation enters into the WCS under leadership! Somehow I had missed that before and thought it would be scored with the CFA. </p>
<p>My son was just offered an appointment with track as his only sport (participated last spring and began practicing already for this spring; varsity letter last spring). However, he has also earned Physical Fitness ribbons in JROTC and CAP and been part of a huge Marching Band program-nearly one quarter of the student body is in the band—we go to football games to watch the halftime, not for the football :). He was a trumpet squad leader his jr. year and a section leader this year among many other leadership activities. Now I wonder how they scored all of that into the WCS, whether it was looked at from an athletic perspective, or just general leadership. </p>
<p>My point is, don’t lose hope: he is living proof that you don’t have to be a super-athlete to gain an appointment.</p>
<p>BTW, anytime he gave his trumpet squad members push-ups for misbehavior or for forgetting/not having proper equipment, he would get down and do them side-by-side with the squad member being reprimanded. I think that is how he managed to max the push-ups on the CFA, as well as being respected among his peers for his leadership style!</p>