Hello SAF!
I'm a junior in high school, and I'm trying to attend Kings Point. My family runs deep in the maritime trade and its one of my goals to get into it. As a sophomore and a freshman, I did not really care too much about grades, mainly because I didnt know what I wanted to do with my life. I visited KP this fall and really liked what I saw, so here we go.
Now that I do know what I want to do, and I'm paying the price by having to retake those classes. My GPA right now is about a 3.0, mainly because of those classes last year and the year before. Last semester however, I had a 4.0 GPA, and this semester will probably be the same maybe even better. So over the summer I'm retaking those classes and I think that will bring my GPA to about 3.5-3.7.
Im a two sport athlete, Football and Track. I really would love to do one of the two in college, I heard that Track is indoors so I think I'd prefer to do Football more. Because of sports and trying to get my grades up I haven't had time for Standardized tests. Im starting my ACTs and SATs now, but on my PSAT I scored a 1200 which translates to an 1800 on the old SAT. Im shooting for a good score on the ACT as well.
Ive also applied for Boys State and a very prestigious leadership camp in my state.
So now I guess my question is, what are my chances of getting in if all goes as planned? And I've faced the possibility that it may be a little too late, but Ive heard that the Academy sometimes sends you to the New Mexico Prep academy, which Im also okay with. Do they do this for everyone?
Thanks guys!
I'm a junior in high school, and I'm trying to attend Kings Point. My family runs deep in the maritime trade and its one of my goals to get into it. As a sophomore and a freshman, I did not really care too much about grades, mainly because I didnt know what I wanted to do with my life. I visited KP this fall and really liked what I saw, so here we go.
Now that I do know what I want to do, and I'm paying the price by having to retake those classes. My GPA right now is about a 3.0, mainly because of those classes last year and the year before. Last semester however, I had a 4.0 GPA, and this semester will probably be the same maybe even better. So over the summer I'm retaking those classes and I think that will bring my GPA to about 3.5-3.7.
Im a two sport athlete, Football and Track. I really would love to do one of the two in college, I heard that Track is indoors so I think I'd prefer to do Football more. Because of sports and trying to get my grades up I haven't had time for Standardized tests. Im starting my ACTs and SATs now, but on my PSAT I scored a 1200 which translates to an 1800 on the old SAT. Im shooting for a good score on the ACT as well.
Ive also applied for Boys State and a very prestigious leadership camp in my state.
So now I guess my question is, what are my chances of getting in if all goes as planned? And I've faced the possibility that it may be a little too late, but Ive heard that the Academy sometimes sends you to the New Mexico Prep academy, which Im also okay with. Do they do this for everyone?
Thanks guys!