Hello, I am a junior in high school and am currently applying to the Naval Academy. I would greatly appreciate some suggestions for rounding out my application, and insight on what needs to be worked on.
For academics, I am currently taking Dual Enrollment courses at a state four-year university, and in the past semester I have earned A's in History to 1500, Micro Econ, Chem Lab, and a Study Skills class I took for personal benefit, as well as an A- in Chem 1. In previous years, I was able to take courses equivalent to Calc 1 (B+), Calc 2 (A-), Differential EQs (A-), Linear Algebra (A), and two semesters of Multivariable Calc and Related Topics (A, A) through the same university. Please note that I said "equivalent to" just because the program I was in gave the classes different names, and the topics in each semester weren't cleanly separated by topic. For classes at my high school, I have received all A's, although my high school isn't competitive by any means. It's a basic public school, and due to the limited amount of advanced classes available to underclassmen, the only advanced course I took was the first year of IB Bio SL. I have taken the ACT, and I got a composite 34 (30 math, 35 sci, 34 eng, 35 read, 7 writ). I plan to take the SAT primarily focused on math for a good super score, as I did better on the math PSAT (750), although this could just be because of the easier content. The writing score also isn't great, but as I understand it a low score is not a detractor from an application.
For athletics, I have participated in three years of varsity cross country, as well as two years of wrestling. I did often wrestle in varsity duals and tournaments, but I never received a letter. I am not wrestling this year, and I intend to join track this spring. I'm not exceptional in cc by any means, as I placed in the top 20 of my section meet, but did not qualify for state. I just missed the all-city title, which would have been nice, but I'll have to get it next year. I also rowed last summer for a club.
For leadership, my most solid position is as co-captain of the cc team. This has been a great and meaningful position for me, but I'm worried that it may be seen as less valuable given the individual nature of the sport. Otherwise, I have been a teaching assistant in a culinary class for a semester. I also worked as a lifeguard last summer, which certainly required teamwork, but I'm not sure it shows much leadership, as I was not a supervisor of of other lifeguards. I will apply to boys state, but it is quite selective, so I can't count on it.
In conclusion, if anyone could provide constructive criticism, I would be very grateful. I understand that because of the importance of essays and interviews, a "rate my chances" isn't really possible. However, as the application season gets here, I just want to make sure that I've done everything I can, and I hope that others might be able to see any glaring issues in my application that I've missed. Thank you!
For academics, I am currently taking Dual Enrollment courses at a state four-year university, and in the past semester I have earned A's in History to 1500, Micro Econ, Chem Lab, and a Study Skills class I took for personal benefit, as well as an A- in Chem 1. In previous years, I was able to take courses equivalent to Calc 1 (B+), Calc 2 (A-), Differential EQs (A-), Linear Algebra (A), and two semesters of Multivariable Calc and Related Topics (A, A) through the same university. Please note that I said "equivalent to" just because the program I was in gave the classes different names, and the topics in each semester weren't cleanly separated by topic. For classes at my high school, I have received all A's, although my high school isn't competitive by any means. It's a basic public school, and due to the limited amount of advanced classes available to underclassmen, the only advanced course I took was the first year of IB Bio SL. I have taken the ACT, and I got a composite 34 (30 math, 35 sci, 34 eng, 35 read, 7 writ). I plan to take the SAT primarily focused on math for a good super score, as I did better on the math PSAT (750), although this could just be because of the easier content. The writing score also isn't great, but as I understand it a low score is not a detractor from an application.
For athletics, I have participated in three years of varsity cross country, as well as two years of wrestling. I did often wrestle in varsity duals and tournaments, but I never received a letter. I am not wrestling this year, and I intend to join track this spring. I'm not exceptional in cc by any means, as I placed in the top 20 of my section meet, but did not qualify for state. I just missed the all-city title, which would have been nice, but I'll have to get it next year. I also rowed last summer for a club.
For leadership, my most solid position is as co-captain of the cc team. This has been a great and meaningful position for me, but I'm worried that it may be seen as less valuable given the individual nature of the sport. Otherwise, I have been a teaching assistant in a culinary class for a semester. I also worked as a lifeguard last summer, which certainly required teamwork, but I'm not sure it shows much leadership, as I was not a supervisor of of other lifeguards. I will apply to boys state, but it is quite selective, so I can't count on it.
In conclusion, if anyone could provide constructive criticism, I would be very grateful. I understand that because of the importance of essays and interviews, a "rate my chances" isn't really possible. However, as the application season gets here, I just want to make sure that I've done everything I can, and I hope that others might be able to see any glaring issues in my application that I've missed. Thank you!
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