My daughter is an athlete- 4 varsity sports, 8 varsity letters as a rising Junior. She also plays club soccer at the highest level. She has a 4.3 GPA on a 4.0 scale. She has all honors and 1 AP so far. Slated to take 4 AP next year as a junior. Several leadership positions in EC's. She is very busy.
My question-
Recently someone mentioned the service academies to her. It is something we never really considered. She certainly had not either. Aside from her grandfathers and those much older who are now deceased, no one has served in the military since. After doing as much research as I could and reading many threads here, I get the feeling that most applicants know early on that this is the life for them. She isn't at the application stage yet, but it seems she should be starting soon, or at least preparing to, if this is something she wants to do.
When we watch the video of who is best suited at the service academies, they are describing my daughter to a T. She is very over scheduled,is great at time management, challenges herself with the most rigorous classes she can and she still succeeds. She loves order and a schedule. Is it reasonable to look into taking this path if she doesn't know if she would want to pursue a military career? (She doesn't know what she doesn't know.) Should we schedule a tour or talk with someone? Should she just pass? Any insight would be helpful.
To be clear, this is not something we are considering to explore for her in order to 'pay' for college. We have saved and planned and she can attend most anywhere with little or no debt. It is more that we would like to show her all the options that may be available to her. Based on her personality type, military life may be a great match for her. On the other hand, she may visit and decide it is not for her.
Thoughts?
My question-
Recently someone mentioned the service academies to her. It is something we never really considered. She certainly had not either. Aside from her grandfathers and those much older who are now deceased, no one has served in the military since. After doing as much research as I could and reading many threads here, I get the feeling that most applicants know early on that this is the life for them. She isn't at the application stage yet, but it seems she should be starting soon, or at least preparing to, if this is something she wants to do.
When we watch the video of who is best suited at the service academies, they are describing my daughter to a T. She is very over scheduled,is great at time management, challenges herself with the most rigorous classes she can and she still succeeds. She loves order and a schedule. Is it reasonable to look into taking this path if she doesn't know if she would want to pursue a military career? (She doesn't know what she doesn't know.) Should we schedule a tour or talk with someone? Should she just pass? Any insight would be helpful.
To be clear, this is not something we are considering to explore for her in order to 'pay' for college. We have saved and planned and she can attend most anywhere with little or no debt. It is more that we would like to show her all the options that may be available to her. Based on her personality type, military life may be a great match for her. On the other hand, she may visit and decide it is not for her.
Thoughts?