<p>Hello, I am a Californian resident and graduated high school last year in 2008. I would like to know what I can do to increase my chances for getting selected for Fall 2010. </p>
<p>My high school record is extremely bad, and didn’t even bother applying to the UC’s last year. Here are my stats for high school:</p>
<p>GPA: 2.75
SAT: 690 Math, 560 Reading, 600 Writing, 10 on essay
SAT II: Only Math II…like a 550 lol</p>
<p>I haven’t taken the SAT’s in over a year. </p>
<p>EC’s in during high school: (nothing special, very common)</p>
<p>-Varsity Diving
-Gymnastics (out side of school)
-Piano (12 years)
-Guitar (2 years)
-Editor of daily bulletin
-President of Asian student union
-Weight Lifting/Swimming/Running (recreational)
-Lifeguard certified
-Taekwondo/Jujitsu, brown belt
-Interned with my Congressman
-100+ hours of community service, 40 of which I got in Costa Rica helping build houses and teach and stuff like that</p>
<p>Nothing too special</p>
<p>~~~~~But here’s the unique problem I got!~</p>
<p>Last year I applied to the United States Naval Academy. Ironically, I was selected for something called the “Foundation Sponsorship.” Basically, this is a conditional acceptance. They told me “you will do a year at a preparatory school, and if grades are acceptable, (meaning A’s and B’s) you will get into the Academy for the Class of 2013”</p>
<p>So, here I am this year, at a preparatory school for the Naval Academy. The program is at an accredited University (it’s a no name uni). This program is very similar to ROTC, except harder. </p>
<p>I wake up at 5:30AM, workout, go to classes, lunch, do extra-curricular activites (intramurals, community service, etc), have a 4 hour mandatory study hall. It’s a strict military school basically. </p>
<p>Well here are my stats for this preparatory school I am at:</p>
<p>1st Semester:</p>
<p>GPA: 3.94 with 18 credit hours.
Courses include: Calculus I, Chemistry I, US History, English, Political Science, and a mandatory Freshman Seminar class. </p>
<p>Was Director of Athletics, accumulated another 200 hours of community service (300+ now), made President’s List, did intramurals such as football. </p>
<p>Now 2nd Semester has started:
GPA: 4.00 (so far) with 18 hours (3.97 cumulative)
Courses include: Calculus II, Chemistry II, US History (2nd part), English, Political Science, Advanced Piano</p>
<p>Now I am Treasurer/Secretary, probably another 200 hours of community service coming in. I now continue Jujitsu at the school, and do intramurals like soccer. </p>
<p>~~~~~Now here’s the question!</p>
<p>I will be accepted into the US Naval Academy this April. My grades and met expectations. </p>
<p>Here’s the problem-I am somewhat iffy if I still want to go to the Naval Academy. I still want to be in the military, but would much rather join Berkeley’s or UCLA’s ROTC unit to be in the military. There’s some problems within the Academy that I don’t like and make me wary of actually going. On the other hand there’s also good things (pros and cons of every school) </p>
<p>1) Would going to the Naval Academy increase my chances of transferring into Berkeley or UCLA? Or should I go to a regular community college instead?</p>
<p>2)What can I do to make my application stronger? Is decision mainly based on GPA/EC/Essays? </p>
<p>3)Should I even mention (especially in Berkeley’s app!) that one of my goals upon graduation is to be commissioned into the US Marine Corps as an Infantry Platoon Leader OR commission into the US Navy as a SEAL?</p>
<p>Thanks much!</p>