USNAcandidate2018
5-Year Member
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- Dec 17, 2013
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I am not the best student. Not like everybody else in my community. Irvine is very academically competitive, most go on to four year universities, like UC's and Ivies mainly. My high school doesn't rank but I believe I'm in the top 25% of my class. I have a 3.4 unweighted GPA and a 3.75 Weighted GPA. I took probably the heaviest workload with all the AP's available for each year, averaging about 2-4 AP's a year. I got a 2020 on my SAT and a 30 on my ACT. I already finished my USNA candidate application and received a congressional nomination. My BGO interview went OUTSTANDING. It was a great, comfortable chat that went, no joke, 3 hours. I have tons of community service hours under my belt (at least a thousand). I am the Lead Petty Officer of my Sea Cadet Unit at Seal Beach. I am a 2nd Degree Black Belt in WTF taekwondo and a 3 time National Champion, and 5 time State Champion for California. I believe my extra curriculars shine and make me different, but I dont know if it's enough to compensate for my low gpa and test scores when everybody at the academy is PERFECT. I know I have the drive and my activities hint at leadership, otherwise the congressional panel would've never nominated me. I'm just waiting to receive word from admissions. If you guys could let me know what you think, and if you need more clarification, comment. Thanks!