Ok so what was the magic that got you into CGA scholars? sports? SAT scores, Community service? leadership experience? Under-represented minority? Is there a glimmer of hope for us out here?
I got decent grades. Sophomore and Junior year I averaged a 3.5 weighted. My total academic record is 3.0 unweighted and 3.2 weighted. My SAT scores were not that great... CR:520 WR:550 MATH:640. I was not the strongest at my academics, but my leadership played an immense role into my acceptance into the CGA Scholars Program.
-Eagle Scout (Senior Patrol Leader, Quartermaster, and Patrol Leader)
-(even though I didn't list this in my application) Order of the Arrow (National Honor Society for Boy Scouts)
-United States Naval Sea Cadets (Leading Petty Officer, Assistant Leading Petty Officer, and Petty Officer 3rd class)
-Marching band and wind ensemble section leader for the tuba section
-Swim team captain of my school for two years (I didn't quite make the Coast Guard Academy swim team times...)
-Volunteered at the US Navy recruiting office regularly
-Was a camp counselor at a Boy Scout camp for 4 weeks
I also got recommendations from my commanding officer of my Sea Cadet Unit (he's a Lieutenant Commander in the Coast Guard and USPHS), Coast Guard Lieutenant (he's in charge of engineering down in Long Beach, CA), my scoutmaster, and from a person from the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
I've also been on patrols with the Coast Guard on the 87 foot cutters.
Plus, I attended AIM and I believe that the cadre that I were with wrote a good report about me, and plus our division basically won the engineering competition. Also, we were the honor company for week 1.
I don't know if this really matters, but I'm Asian and can speak both Japanese and Korean fluently.
So to sum it up, I believe that my extra curricular activities really demonstrated my leadership and time management. When the United States Coast Guard Academy says appointments are holistic, they really mean it. I am not as smart as Einstein or as athletic as Kobe Bryant, but they looked at me as a whole.
Well, since I messed up this semester very badly, I need to make it up next semester, and hopefully they will look past it because I have never done this horribly in my life.