I wish you the best, I mean that, but BEST might not be the USNA... might be also. Understand that being good at Math isn't a "nice to have" at USNA, it is a critically important tool as a foundation for Calculus, and then Calculus-based Physics, and Chemistry. There are no B.A. degrees awarded at the USNA, it is a Bachelor of Science degree, by mandate.haven't heard about scholastically though I assume I am? I also have mediocre act scores ... math at 24 .
I wish you the best, I mean that, but BEST might not be the USNA... might be also. Understand that being good at Math isn't a "nice to have" at USNA, it is a critically important tool as a foundation for Calculus, and then Calculus-based Physics, and Chemistry. There are no B.A. degrees awarded at the USNA, it is a Bachelor of Science degree, by mandate.
OK, so you weren't great at math in 8th grade, and so you couldn't take Algebra I in 8th, which set you back a year compared to those who were good at math. Now, four years later, you haven't taken Calculus, but still want to get into a Service Academy where not being good at math isn't an option.
Again, I hope you get in, but if you do, not being good at math, if you don't fix that, has the possibility of eating you alive... and what good would that do you or the Academy? These are things the admissions committee has to weigh at every selective, competitive college, for every B.S. major. My advice, should you get in, is to not wait for summer, but RIGHT NOW get tutoring for Calculus and get yourself up to speed.
I think I read your post right ... you weren't good at math IN 8th GRADE, and you got a 24 on the ACT Math portion. OK, let me rephrase that...you weren't good at math in 8th grade, and per the ACT you are above average (74%), but not great not great at math now, and you will be behind the 90% of USMA freshman students who have already taken Calculus... that's a tough spot to be in. I also hope they view your math preparation with "an open mind", as you stated. But still understand most of the people at USMA will have taken Calculus in HS, and are in the top 10% (28 or above) in math capablility as measured by the ACT.Ok I dont know if you read my posts right, but I never said I wasnt good at math... I said that I wasnt good at math IN 8th GRADE so I got set back. Right now I am taking trigonometry and am sitting at a 98%. Im not bad at math. I was just explaining how my school works and why I havent taken Calculus.
I think I read your post right ... you weren't good at math IN 8th GRADE, and you got a 24 on the ACT Math portion. OK, let me rephrase that...you weren't good at math in 8th grade, and per the ACT you are above average (74%), but not great not great at math now, and you will be behind the 90% of USMA freshman students who have already taken Calculus... that's a tough spot to be in. I also hope they view your math preparation with "an open mind", as you stated. But still understand most of the people at USMA will have taken Calculus in HS, and are in the top 10% (28 or above) in math capablility as measured by the ACT.
So I still think if you are Appointed, and I hope you are, that you need to come up to speed in math with your classmates or the first year at USMA will be pretty rough.