mightyeighth1944
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Hey all,
I’m a junior in high school and I really want to go to the academy. I was curious though as to how influential it is to participate in activities such as Civil Air Patrol, Boys State, JROTC, Eagle Scouting, and other military-related extracurriculars. Does admissions like these military style EC’s a lot more than other extracirriculars (excluding sports)?
I’ve been focused on USAFA for the last 6 months now. I had never heard of Civil Air Patrol until recently, my school doesn’t have a JROTC troop, and I stopped scouting in 6th grade. But I do plan on applying to New York Boys State.
My other extracirriculars include -
Tennis (4 years varsity, going to be captain senior year)
Wrestling (3 years, 1 varsity)
Member of my town’s volunteer youth ambulance corps
DECA 3x state qualifier
2 year member of my schools Turning Point USA chapter
Tennis coach full time during the summer
Avid Spartan race runner (but I doubt I would include that on the application)
Plan on obtaining at least 50 community service hours for my local VFW, already have a lot of hours from doing youth EMS/ambulance corps.
The academic side of my application is looking pretty good- I can elaborate on that further but 4.0 gpa and currently studying for SAT and ACT. Many AP classes. My main concern is just if my extracurriculars need work. Anyone please let me know- I would appreciate it a lot. Thanks
I’m a junior in high school and I really want to go to the academy. I was curious though as to how influential it is to participate in activities such as Civil Air Patrol, Boys State, JROTC, Eagle Scouting, and other military-related extracurriculars. Does admissions like these military style EC’s a lot more than other extracirriculars (excluding sports)?
I’ve been focused on USAFA for the last 6 months now. I had never heard of Civil Air Patrol until recently, my school doesn’t have a JROTC troop, and I stopped scouting in 6th grade. But I do plan on applying to New York Boys State.
My other extracirriculars include -
Tennis (4 years varsity, going to be captain senior year)
Wrestling (3 years, 1 varsity)
Member of my town’s volunteer youth ambulance corps
DECA 3x state qualifier
2 year member of my schools Turning Point USA chapter
Tennis coach full time during the summer
Avid Spartan race runner (but I doubt I would include that on the application)
Plan on obtaining at least 50 community service hours for my local VFW, already have a lot of hours from doing youth EMS/ambulance corps.
The academic side of my application is looking pretty good- I can elaborate on that further but 4.0 gpa and currently studying for SAT and ACT. Many AP classes. My main concern is just if my extracurriculars need work. Anyone please let me know- I would appreciate it a lot. Thanks