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From an ALO (State Deputy Director)
Hi!
Okay...for a "college student applicant"...
USAFA will look at you VERY differently from a high school applicant. You are now in college. This is the VERY thing that they were trying to predict your performance with the SAT, etc.
The way to impress the admissions folks is to:
a. Take a full academic load; 12 sem hrs min
b. DO VERY WELL
c. The classes you take...no wimpy ones: math, english comp, chem/physics/biology would be good ones (3 of these) and then ROTC and perhaps a "nice grade builder" for a total of 5 if you can
d. RETAKE the SAT/ACT: both tests, as often as you can afford them. You can NEVER NEVER NEVER hurt yourself there! We always take the highest score of any/all tests!!!
e. NAIL the CFA...I was miserable with pushups and I was a 3-sport "jock" in HS. So...every time I walked into my bedroom, I dropped for pushups. Did that for a semester...went from 25 to 60. Pullups...went to the gym bar twice a day...pulled until I thought I'd die. Went from 4 to 16. (Oh yeah, did I mention: I didn't get in the first time I applied...took two tries!)
What "we" want to see from the college applicant is that you can handle the academics of the college environment, and that you haven't "gotten into the party mode" and given up on hard work. Because frankly, USAFA (in truth ANY of the academies) will likely be the hardest thing you've EVER done up to now).
More questions? Holler...I'll answer anything I can!
Steve
DLOD, AZ
Hi!
Okay...for a "college student applicant"...
USAFA will look at you VERY differently from a high school applicant. You are now in college. This is the VERY thing that they were trying to predict your performance with the SAT, etc.
The way to impress the admissions folks is to:
a. Take a full academic load; 12 sem hrs min
b. DO VERY WELL
c. The classes you take...no wimpy ones: math, english comp, chem/physics/biology would be good ones (3 of these) and then ROTC and perhaps a "nice grade builder" for a total of 5 if you can
d. RETAKE the SAT/ACT: both tests, as often as you can afford them. You can NEVER NEVER NEVER hurt yourself there! We always take the highest score of any/all tests!!!
e. NAIL the CFA...I was miserable with pushups and I was a 3-sport "jock" in HS. So...every time I walked into my bedroom, I dropped for pushups. Did that for a semester...went from 25 to 60. Pullups...went to the gym bar twice a day...pulled until I thought I'd die. Went from 4 to 16. (Oh yeah, did I mention: I didn't get in the first time I applied...took two tries!)
What "we" want to see from the college applicant is that you can handle the academics of the college environment, and that you haven't "gotten into the party mode" and given up on hard work. Because frankly, USAFA (in truth ANY of the academies) will likely be the hardest thing you've EVER done up to now).
More questions? Holler...I'll answer anything I can!
Steve
DLOD, AZ