3.72 UW GPA
4.0 W GPA (hopefully rising heavily next year b/c I am taking 8 weighted courses)
Wrestling both years high school, continuing all 4
Lacrosse this year, will finish with three years
Starting cross country next year, will finish with 2 years
First Sergeant in AFJROTC, hopefully will be officer next year
Civil Air Patrol cadet, should earn Billy Mitchell Award sometime next year
Don't remember PSAT scores. Roughly 1200 estimate for 2 part. Not great but did part of it incorrectly, long story
Plan on taking SAT at minimum 4 times and ACT 2-3 times (maybe more). May take SAT this june as well
Going to two summer leadership camps with my JROTC group this summer. One is at the Citadel.
Will be working hard to be getting good PT scores.
Currently in search of job. Will have one this summer.
Will be trying to get around 200 hours of community service over the summer.
Two years advanced in math, taking 1 AP class now, taking 5 AP/IB courses next year and other 3 are advanced courses.
That's all I could really think of off the top of my head
You will find old posters like me will not ask about academic stats because there are over 2000 HSs in the nation.
~ ROTC scholarships are national. SAs are at 1st geocentric (MOCs)
~~ Your cgpa, ranking doesn't matter the way you think. For AFROTC they will ask for a school profile. IE you can have a 3.72 and top 25%, but if 0% go Ivy, 15% go 4 year private, 25% go 4 year public, 35% go to CC and 25% work force, you might not be seen as competitive compared to a candidate with a 3.58 top 25%, and 20% go Ivy, 35% go private, 25% go CC and 15% go into the work force.
~~~~ One school says A's are not handing out like candy on Halloween. That the majority 55% compared to 40% go to 4 year colleges.
CAP and Billy Mitchell will help for AFROTC ECs. I don't know about A/NROTC
Finally, you are a sophomore. Study for the PSAT. Reason why is the way to become a National Merit Semi Finalist you need to be in the 95% for the PSAT as a junior to become an NMSF.
~ It is an award to place on your resume for the SAs and MOCs
~ Many colleges boast on their websites and brochures how many are NMSFs.
~~ They tend to give nice merit packages to those applicants.
~~~ ROTC, any branch will not pay the full bill. AFROTC only pays tuition, and depending on your college choice the cap not pay for the entire tuition. A/NROTC allows either tuition or Room and Board, but not both.
~~~~~ Want a free ride, than you will need merit.
Again, good on you for being proactive, and now welcome to the world that just because in your pool you are strong, it doesn't mean you are nationally. Many candidates do not get ROTC scholarships, but do get appointments. Many get ROTC scholarships, but no appointment.
kinnem also didn't tell you the pittfall for NROTC. If not on scholarship, like AFROTC sophomores, they will meet a board. Not picked up and they can be disenrolled.
Every branch has their own negatives. AROTC won't guarantee AD. AF/NROTC will. Problem is there is no true guarantee until your sophomore year in college at the earliest for many.
~ Kinnem can probably tell you the stats for NROTC. I will tell you for AFROTC statistically the chance of getting a scholarship is the same as getting an appointment to USAFA. 16-18%. USAFA and HQ AFROTC do not talk when it comes to selection. There are candidates that got both, one and none.
I am not trying to be negative, mean or unkind. Just trying to reiterate that be it an SA or ROTC scholarship this path is not easy. The more you go to sites like
www.goarmy.com or
www.usafa.org you will feel more comfortable about how to proceed as a junior.