jiller59
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Navyfb52,
Congratulations on your accomplishments so far. My son had similar stats a year ago and did get a scholarship. Everyone here will tell you that you can't compare year-to-year. Each year the money available and the pool of candidates are different. The school choices can make a difference too.
One other point I would like to caution you on - there are many, many bright, talented and motivated young people out there. Don't be too certain that you are better than most other candidates. I thought my DS was a shoe-in to get NROTC scholarship and admission to his 1st choice school. Both of these things did happen fortunately, however I began to get nervous when I read the stats of other candidates. It turns out that my son is just above AVERAGE at the engineering school he was accepted to! I was shocked to discover this.
His good friend who was #1 in the class applied to Ivies and wasn't accepted. (They both got A's in dual enrollment calc and physics at a local 4 year college.)
I don't mean to be discouraging, but would suggest that you view "the competition" realistically.
Please listen to the advice on this forum and put some other plans into place, then you won't feel so worried if the scholarship doesn't happen or isn't offered for a couple of months.
Kinnem is a good one to listen to since his DS plan B involved still going to his college of choice and attending NROTC as a college programmer. He received a scholarship starting this semester!
My most sincere best wishes to you!
For what they are worth, here are DS stats:
gpa: 3.96 unweighted/4.375 weighted
Class rank 2 of 240
8 AP courses completed (6 5's, 2 4's)
Dual enrollment Calc 2 and Physics I
5 honors classes
SAT 1520 (760 math, 760 reading)
ACT 34
National Honor Society President
National Merit Scholarship semi-finalist
4 years varsity cross country, 3 year team captain
4 years track - 2 varsity, 2 jv
marketing chairperson on our city's Youth Advisory Council
Quiz Bowl team leader- team went to state three years, took 2nd place senior year
Forensics Extemporaneous speaking - two years, went to state and nationals
math tutor at high school
4 year NROTC @ University Of Michigan, tier I (Nuclear Engineering)
Congratulations on your accomplishments so far. My son had similar stats a year ago and did get a scholarship. Everyone here will tell you that you can't compare year-to-year. Each year the money available and the pool of candidates are different. The school choices can make a difference too.
One other point I would like to caution you on - there are many, many bright, talented and motivated young people out there. Don't be too certain that you are better than most other candidates. I thought my DS was a shoe-in to get NROTC scholarship and admission to his 1st choice school. Both of these things did happen fortunately, however I began to get nervous when I read the stats of other candidates. It turns out that my son is just above AVERAGE at the engineering school he was accepted to! I was shocked to discover this.
His good friend who was #1 in the class applied to Ivies and wasn't accepted. (They both got A's in dual enrollment calc and physics at a local 4 year college.)
I don't mean to be discouraging, but would suggest that you view "the competition" realistically.
Please listen to the advice on this forum and put some other plans into place, then you won't feel so worried if the scholarship doesn't happen or isn't offered for a couple of months.
Kinnem is a good one to listen to since his DS plan B involved still going to his college of choice and attending NROTC as a college programmer. He received a scholarship starting this semester!
My most sincere best wishes to you!
For what they are worth, here are DS stats:
gpa: 3.96 unweighted/4.375 weighted
Class rank 2 of 240
8 AP courses completed (6 5's, 2 4's)
Dual enrollment Calc 2 and Physics I
5 honors classes
SAT 1520 (760 math, 760 reading)
ACT 34
National Honor Society President
National Merit Scholarship semi-finalist
4 years varsity cross country, 3 year team captain
4 years track - 2 varsity, 2 jv
marketing chairperson on our city's Youth Advisory Council
Quiz Bowl team leader- team went to state three years, took 2nd place senior year
Forensics Extemporaneous speaking - two years, went to state and nationals
math tutor at high school
4 year NROTC @ University Of Michigan, tier I (Nuclear Engineering)