Hello! I'm a Korean female attending a high school in the North East (edit: in a pretty competitive district) with no USMA attendees/acceptances (or if there was/were, it was a really long time ago), so it's been really difficult gathering information. However, I've been in direct contact with my Field Force Representative very frequently and active in the Long Gray Lessons Discord (hi if you're in it and reading this). Also, I posted this on reddit (r/westpoint), and I just came here for some more feedback. Here are my stats:
My GPA is UW = 3.65-3.7/W = 4.1-4.2 which I hope to solidify into a 3.7 by the end of this year. My class rank is 58/230 which puts me on the lower side because I slacked off in freshman year. However, I took many AP classes (we were forced to take them hence my bad AP test scores):
As for my SAT, I got a 1440 (R: 690, M: 750) in March. However, I plan to retake it in May for a higher ELA score (pretty confident in the Grammar section though since I only got 2 wrong on the last test) and the essay along with it. I am aiming for a 1500 or above with superscore (which I can hopefully acquire), but nothing is for certain.
Extracurriculars (this is pretty long, so please bear with me)
My main concerns right now are my lack of community service (due to all of my sources getting cancelled) and academics. I heard doing EMT or being a Firefighter volunteer helps a lot, but I do none of them and only have roughly 60hrs. I'm looking into becoming a Firefighter volunteer over the summer because EMT conflicted with the camps I am attending this summer (plus, all the classes are already full), but I am not certain that I can or if it's too late.
Any advice is extremely appreciated! Thank you so much for reading and your time if you made it this far :,)
My GPA is UW = 3.65-3.7/W = 4.1-4.2 which I hope to solidify into a 3.7 by the end of this year. My class rank is 58/230 which puts me on the lower side because I slacked off in freshman year. However, I took many AP classes (we were forced to take them hence my bad AP test scores):
- 9th: Biology, APUSH 1
- 10th: Chemistry, APUSH 2 (got a 5)
- 11th: Language and Composition, World History, Environmental Science
As for my SAT, I got a 1440 (R: 690, M: 750) in March. However, I plan to retake it in May for a higher ELA score (pretty confident in the Grammar section though since I only got 2 wrong on the last test) and the essay along with it. I am aiming for a 1500 or above with superscore (which I can hopefully acquire), but nothing is for certain.
- Subject Tests (I know that they aren't accepted/considered, but..)
- Biology: 800 (9th grade)
- Math IIC: 780 (10th grade)
Extracurriculars (this is pretty long, so please bear with me)
- Cross Country (3 yrs)
- I received 2 varsity letters and Coaches' Award (10th). I'm certain that I'm going to be Captain next year since I'm going to be the only senior on the team.
- Spring Track (2 yrs)
- I only received 1 varsity letter due to the 2020 season being cancelled, and I'm not sure whether or not I'll receive a Captain position this season since it just started, but we'll see (I am having my doubts though).
- Academy Representative (1yr)
- I'm an active representative and created a welcome video for our incoming freshmen!
- National Honor Society (2yrs)
- Volunteered for them (3 volunteer hours)
- I'm running for Parliamentarian this year, so we'll see how that goes.
- Chinese Honor Society (1yr)
- I helped facilitate and was a part of this year's Chinese New Years Festival (virtual).
- Young Life/Harvesters (3yrs)
- I was a part of our Winter Work Crew in 10th grade (25 volunteer hours) and served homeless shelters x2 (8 volunteer hours). I was planning to attend Capernaum (100 volunteer hours), but it was cancelled last year. Hopefully, I can attend this year.
- Civil Air Patrol (3yrs)
- I am part of the staff and a Flight Sergeant (2yrs). I attended Basic Encampment in 2019 and was a part of the staff (as Stan/Eval) last year (which was also cancelled).
- Korean American Association (1yr)
- I was a volunteer for the local Chuseok Festival (25 volunteer hours), and I set up an assembly in my school representing them and received a Leadership Award.
- Work on the Side (1yr)
- Here, I basically do some basic video editing for a local business who is going online due to COVID-19 every Saturday for the past few weeks, and I earn minimum wage.
- I also help around my dad's business whenever I can (especially during holiday seasons/over every Winter Break which is when it gets extremely busy), but I doubt I'm going to mention this because it's pretty menial.
- Church Group Member
- I used to volunteer under them for a few weeks (8 volunteer hours) before COVID hit.
- Girls State
- ETC/Summer '21
- I'm signing up for Hawk Mountain and BE21 Staff (Stan/Eval) under Civil Air Patrol. In addition, I hope to attend Capernaum (if it isn't cancelled [edit: I believe it most likely is though]) and train for the CFA.
My main concerns right now are my lack of community service (due to all of my sources getting cancelled) and academics. I heard doing EMT or being a Firefighter volunteer helps a lot, but I do none of them and only have roughly 60hrs. I'm looking into becoming a Firefighter volunteer over the summer because EMT conflicted with the camps I am attending this summer (plus, all the classes are already full), but I am not certain that I can or if it's too late.
Any advice is extremely appreciated! Thank you so much for reading and your time if you made it this far :,)
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