Help with the AROTC Essays & understanding my competitiveness.

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I am writing my AROTC essays, and I am unsure how to format my answer to the question below. Should I write in terse sentences with lots of numbers that get my point across quickly and efficiently? Should I be more descriptive and paint a picture of a week in my life? I know what I want to say, I just don't know the best way to say it.

"State below in the space provided how you spend your time in a typical week during the school year. For Example, how many extra hours do you spend: at school, doing homework, engaged in athletic activities, engaged in extracurricular activities (i.e. clubs), engaged in volunteer work, or other (explain)."


I was also wondering about my competitiveness for a four year scholarship. My SAT score is 1470 (I'm retaking it after the first selection board; I can definitely do better), my ACT is 32, and my unweighted GPA is 3.19. I'm in mainly honors and AP courses, and am the captain of the school fencing and cross country teams. I led the fencing team to victory last winter, and have been a starting member of both teams since freshman year. I am also the president of our school's latin club, I regularly volunteer at my church, and am the leader of two church-oriented youth groups. I haven't taken the PFA yet, but I read it over and expect to do well.

Thank you all for taking the time to read this!
 
DS wrote in narrative style. You may want to write a draft and let one of your teachers review and make suggestions for readability. Test scores are very good. DS upgraded to a 4 year AROTC scholarship after 3rd board with a 1300 SAT, but had an unweighted GPA of 3.9. I definitely think you are competitive.
 
yes I exist said:
I am writing my AROTC essays, and I am unsure how to format my answer to the question below. Should I write in terse sentences with lots of numbers that get my point across quickly and efficiently? Should I be more descriptive and paint a picture of a week in my life? I know what I want to say, I just don't know the best way to say it.

"State below in the space provided how you spend your time in a typical week during the school year. For Example, how many extra hours do you spend: at school, doing homework, engaged in athletic activities, engaged in extracurricular activities (i.e. clubs), engaged in volunteer work, or other (explain)."


I was also wondering about my competitiveness for a four year scholarship. My SAT score is 1470 (I'm retaking it after the first selection board; I can definitely do better), my ACT is 32, and my unweighted GPA is 3.19. I'm in mainly honors and AP courses, and am the captain of the school fencing and cross country teams. I led the fencing team to victory last winter, and have been a starting member of both teams since freshman year. I am also the president of our school's latin club, I regularly volunteer at my church, and am the leader of two church-oriented youth groups. I haven't taken the PFA yet, but I read it over and expect to do well.

Thank you all for taking the time to read this!
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Why such a gap in your higher SAT and ACT vs unweighted GPA? Recommend you articulate the impacts you made as a scholar athlete leader in your classroom, community, on the athletic pitch, and with your civic organizations. Also recommend you apply to all branches of your goal is to serve. Does Army still have a cavalry? Or bayonets for ground charges? Put those foil skills to good use. Ah I kid.
You should go for it and just polish your applications and fitness scores/ package. Good luck.
 
Herman_Snerd said:
Why such a gap in your higher SAT and ACT vs unweighted GPA? Recommend you articulate the impacts you made as a scholar athlete leader in your classroom, community, on the athletic pitch, and with your civic organizations. Also recommend you apply to all branches of your goal is to serve. Does Army still have a cavalry? Or bayonets for ground charges? Put those foil skills to good use. Ah I kid.
You should go for it and just polish your applications and fitness scores/ package. Good luck.
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I don't often do my homework. Homework in my school is 15-25% of my grade. I do very well on tests (as you can see); tests don't make up all of my grade.
 
yes I exist said:
I don't often do my homework. Homework in my school is 15-25% of my grade. I do very well on tests (as you can see); tests don't make up all of my grade.
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Do your homework. You're leaving points on the table, and hampering your competitiveness.
 
kinnem said:
Do your homework. You're leaving points on the table, and hampering your competitiveness.
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Yeah, I know. I didn't realize how badly not doing my homework was affecting my college stuff until the tail end of junior year, and now, even if I get As in all my classes, the highest I can raise my GPA is to around 3.22. I definitely will; I just wish my common-sense brain had kicked in earlier.
 
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