Do I have a good chance?

-Bull-

Marist and Clarkson are Army, not Navy. I understand why you stated that because Blake discussed AROTC, but the OP is only interested in the Navy.

Robbie,

The only chance any one should give you is that you have 100% chance of not getting one if you do not apply.

IMPO, your stats are too low for USNA, especially the SAT, but you may be the perfect candidate for NAPS. (Prep). SA cadets usually enter with high 600's on each section. USNA is for all purposes a university that is math/science oriented and that is why they have such high SAT scores.

NROTC is considered among the 3 as the most competitive, but the unique quality that it has compared to AFROTC is the recipient is tied to the school. In other words the mid at NCST will have different stats than the mid at TAMU and the mid at UPenn. The school matters in the decision making process. This is why it is important to select the right schools for your list. If you place all Ivies, chances are you will not get a scholarship, based on the fact that academically you are not a match.

Good luck. Submit your paperwork regardless of what anyone says. I have been here for 4 yrs. I have seen posters ask chances with amazing resumes, and everyone saying they were a lock, to only get the "at this time" letter. I have seen others where posters felt they had no chance to get "Congrats, we would like" letter.

Woops, missed that part.
 
Robbie, you are definitely driven and doing everything in your power to achieve your goals. You have the right attitude and have plan A, B, and C ready to go. All good stuff. Just to clarify, yes the Naval Academy does issue Bachelor of Science Degrees to all graduates. The majors range from various engineering degrees to Arabic and other humanities (there are 22 total majors currently), but regardless of major you will graduate with a BS. Just to be clear, there is not Psychology major in at USNA. I think it was sometime in the late 60s or 70s that the Academy went away from the one curriculum/one degree path. Back in the day all Midshipmen took the same courses and graduated with a BS in Naval Engineering. Although it has changed the core curriculum still revolves around a very engineering centric course load. I was a history major and took a load of engineering, thermodynamics, chemistry, calculus, differential equations, physics. Today I work as a systems engineer and can hang with best of them without an issue, even with a history degree! If you are this driven, trust me you can make it through Naval Academy math. The faculty to student ratio is extremely low and the faculty is truly there to ensure you succeed. You will have more access to assistance directly from your profs (not TAs, they don't exist at Navy) than probably any school in America besides other SA. Prep school is a great option and if you apply and are offered, but all means take it!

I was also a Marine commission from Annapolis, trust me, no one cares what your commissioning source was in the Marine Corps. Regardless of how you earn your EGA, it doesn't matter, every Marine respects it. It sounds like you are making huge strides on the PT front. The Marines value PT alot. How you look in uniform is also a huge thing. It sounds like the pounds are falling off (congrats that is awesome), but just be advised USMC height and weight standards are tough. Getting there can sometimes be the easy part, maintaining it really be the challenge. You mentioned (I think) somewhere that you wanted to major in Psychology to help as an Intel Officer. You will not get your MOS (unless a flight option) until you are ready to graduate from TBS. Consideration of your degree when they select your MOS is somewhere between zero and nearly zero. Intel is very small in numbers and competitive to get. Every company is different as the needs of the USMC vary, but I think my company had a total of about 10 Intel billets between aviation, ground and human intel billets. The Marine Corps is downsizing and the standards are getting tighter as re-enlistment boat spaces get smaller and commissioning spots are smaller. Right now even on the Active Duty officer side selection rates for career retention (formerly called augmentation) is around the 65-70% mark. This means at around the 4 year mark there is a board held and officers are selected to remain on active duty or moved to the reserves. Not trying to scare you as you are still early in the process, but just want you to be informed about the path you are trying to achieve. It is a great one and a ton of fun! Best of luck to you.
 
Not sure about NROTC marine option, but if anything that is going on in other branches, the bar will be higher this years than ever before due to the reduced scholarship budget.

Academic part plays a very important role.

Your SAT (reading/math) is actually pretty low - combine with your GPA that is not stellar, this paints a very much an uphill battle. In this competitive environment, I think meeting the minimum (SAT 1000) is NO WHERE near where any viably competitive applicant should be. It does not matter how many APs you took: they all seem to use a pretty formulaic yard stick: your GPA entered into the system is going to be compared with other applicants GPA even if they only two 1 AP. The AP will count as a binary factor: did s/he or didn't s/he take any AP or not. At least, that's the case with AROTC evaluation.

There is still something you can do: do you think you can do "intense" preparation to increase your SAT score? Sometimes good tutoring and/or intense studying results in a couple of hundred points upswing in SAT. I have seen those cases.

Sorry to be negative, but I wanted to give you an honest assessment. While you are doing your best to present yourself as a competitive applicant for the NROTC scholarship and what not, you need to have Plan B, Plan C, etc.

Not saying you should just forget about applying to all these. You should, since you never know, but I am saying you should consider several backup plans.

Good luck.
 
^^^^ I agree with educate me. Hope I didn't leave the impression that exceeding the min would be good enough. I meant to convey it was still worth a shot. I certainly believe that with dedication and hard work via one of plans A - Z, the OP can commission and serve. I don't know how important gov $ are though for OP to get through college.
 
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