Suggestions on helping my odds?

k314sig09
Wed, 17 Jan 2007 15:59:30 +0000

A. First off, it is LCDR, not LTC.
B. Sounds decent, although you may want to list more of these “many leadership qualities, speaking engagements and a couple PT jobs” those are more important than most of the other stuff.
C. Do you play a sport?
D. Do your best not to use connections to get in, it doesn’t help your crediblity. Even if you have (very good) connections, don’t use them.
E. Don’t give admissions more than they need, they have enough crap already and don’t need your “look, I got into a better school” crap.
F. Don’t worry about your state’s ranks, focus more on your district’s, that is where the nomination comes from.
G. Make sure you go to the academy because you want to serve your country, not because it is free and will look good on your resume later in life; i.e. are you applying to all of the academies or just this one?

Oh, and out of curiosity, what’s a Blue Ribbon School? Never heard of one of those, I’m assuming though, it is nothing like the D.C. Public School I went to.