USAFA10s is exactly right. There are so many factors that it is impossible to gage yourself against your competition (or for anyone to do so). Your scores look pretty competitive. Many people can tell you that a lot of individuals with your scores got an appointment and some with higher scores than yours did not. You can look up the median scores from years past. That is the best any of us can do. You will compete against those in your congressional district first, if you do not get the appointment there, you will then compete nationally for an appointment (you also need a nomination for that of course). That is why you should take and re-take the ACT (or SAT) as many times as possible, unless you get a 36. You need good CFA score, good letters of recommendation, good teacher recommendations, good ALO recommendation, DodMerb, good interviews and a nomination, etc., etc. Attain your very best. Put your all into this and make yourself as competitive as YOU can possibly be. Even if my son had not received an appointment, I knew he would gain so much from the experience of applying and giving it his all, that it would make him a better student and stronger moving forward with whatever plan. If you put your ALL into it and apply to the best of your ability, you should be proud of those efforts. John Ruskin said, "The biggest reward for a person's effort is not what they get for it, but what they become by it."
