Besides my crime insidence, what do you find wronv with my application? Am i that screwed up for you to call the academies flawed?
Remember I did recieve a nomination in my first year of college and that was during my crime incident. I spend countless hours progressing myself daily.
My grades are not up to par and my crime issue is an issue. Besides those, which are major, my character is definitely up to par with candidates.
Highschool students go to school and write very generic "i love usa" essays and provide no value because they have no real world experience. Do you think my real world experience can be a benefactor? And by real world experience i mean building actual businesses.
With all due respect, your
criminal record is a reflection of your character. That is why the academies look at criminal records, and why employers do, and why fathers of girlfriends hope their daughter isn't dating a criminal. And you not only
committed multiple serious crimes, and were
convicted, but it also appears you were given a break with probation, and then
wasted that opportunity leading to your
probation violation for possession of marijuana. And you were
convicted of MIP. That is three separate criminal offenses.
Not exactly an isolated incident of poor judgement, but rather a
pattern of criminal conduct. Moreover, you categorized your act as, "ending up in
jail for 8 months due to me wandering upstairs in a frat house party". The article describing your conduct makes clear that this wasn't the case at all, and that there was far more to it that what you concede. Thus,
honesty is still an issue.
You have also, for some reason, jumped from one college to another. If I was on an admission panel that would raise a question mark.
Character is one of the key hallmarks at West Point. Army officers need to be honest, selfless, and trustworthy. The Honor Code is something that Cadets VALUE. And therefore, the Academy selects candidates who they believe have the type of character that they wont need to explain
why character is so important. Indeed, many of the best Cadets chose West Point because they wanted to attend a school where the other students share those same values. I know with my son that was very important.
That criminal record will follow you for the rest of your life, and while you may feel that is unfair, because in your mind you may have changed, the reality is that you have only yourself to blame for your conduct, and the record you have. It will likely effect your job prospects, and many other things, including your application to West Point. I hate to sound too callous, but I would be disappointed in USMA if they admitted anyone with your record.
Keep in mind; 15-20,000 candidates apply each year, and a very high percentage of those will have great grades (higher than yours by a long shot), excellent ACT/SAT scores, great athletics and leadership resumes, solid CFA scores, tremendous teacher evaluations, and good interviews. And almost all of them wont have your criminal history. Put yourself in the shoes of the admissions people.
Sorry, but this ain't a close call.