Monochromebird
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- Feb 10, 2016
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I'm a hopeful applicant to USAFA class of 2021. I'm going to do the obligatory statistics on me paragraph and then I have some questions for those of you with more experience here than me. Thanks for reading.
Academics- I go to an extremely competitive college preparatory school. I am a junior. My class rank is 112/186. I have a 3.5 GPA and participate in Concurrent Credit classes. I am in my third of four years of Arabic and I will graduate with an Associate's degree from my local state university. I took the PSAT and scored in the 95th percentile overall. I also took and destroyed the ASVAB, obtaining a composite score of 92. This test supposedly has no bearing on admissions, but I thought I'd include the score.
Athletics- Freshman year I played football, and beginning June 2014 I have trained Tae Kwon Do. I am currently a brown belt, with plans to earn my black belt before I start college. I also lift weights for fun. I need to lose weight- 220 at 5'9". Dead/bench/squat- 290/205/275. I'm pretty bad at running, which I am working on right now, and I can barely do 4 pull ups in a row.
Community Involvement- This is my weakest section of admission criteria. I am a member of my school's Leo club (community service). I am going to apply to Boys' state this summer. I also participate in professional education during school for firefighting. I was a battalion chief (in charge of a class of 30 during drills) for a few months. I've applied for summer seminar at USAFA and SLE at USMA.
My questions for you- I'm looking for some ways to improve my leadership criteria. I also need to work on physical fitness for the CFA. In particular, pull ups, running, and shuttle run. How can I best improve my leadership? Any tips for pull-ups? Thank you for taking the time to get through this wall of text.
Academics- I go to an extremely competitive college preparatory school. I am a junior. My class rank is 112/186. I have a 3.5 GPA and participate in Concurrent Credit classes. I am in my third of four years of Arabic and I will graduate with an Associate's degree from my local state university. I took the PSAT and scored in the 95th percentile overall. I also took and destroyed the ASVAB, obtaining a composite score of 92. This test supposedly has no bearing on admissions, but I thought I'd include the score.
Athletics- Freshman year I played football, and beginning June 2014 I have trained Tae Kwon Do. I am currently a brown belt, with plans to earn my black belt before I start college. I also lift weights for fun. I need to lose weight- 220 at 5'9". Dead/bench/squat- 290/205/275. I'm pretty bad at running, which I am working on right now, and I can barely do 4 pull ups in a row.
Community Involvement- This is my weakest section of admission criteria. I am a member of my school's Leo club (community service). I am going to apply to Boys' state this summer. I also participate in professional education during school for firefighting. I was a battalion chief (in charge of a class of 30 during drills) for a few months. I've applied for summer seminar at USAFA and SLE at USMA.
My questions for you- I'm looking for some ways to improve my leadership criteria. I also need to work on physical fitness for the CFA. In particular, pull ups, running, and shuttle run. How can I best improve my leadership? Any tips for pull-ups? Thank you for taking the time to get through this wall of text.