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nymrine

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Here are my stats so far before i upload my application for the 2021 scholarship, if you got it or know someone else who has gotten it any helpful tips would be appreciated- i am currently a junior
Pros:
SAT: 1440
GPA: 3.4
2 4's on APUSH and World history
Low 90's in all regents exams
Graduating with 4 credits in math and science
Varsity football (2 years junior and senior)
- Several leadership positions in clubs and after school activities, 4-H county leadership award, 3 presentations before my schools BOE, High honor roll all 4 years of HS, Several nomination based leadership awards, National Technical Honor Society, chances are i will be an SLCDA recipient this year
-Will handle myself extremely well in an interview and the essay
Cons:
-I am a lineman in football so my PFT is garbage, 3 pull ups, 87 sit ups, and a 21:20 3 mile. I am working extremely hard to get these numbers up
- No family military service but all of family is in civil service, example my dad and 2 uncles are in law enforcement
- From Upstate NY, pretty competitive scholarship region
Please let me know what you think about my chances
 
Buy a pullup bar if you dont already have one. Do pullups every time you walk by it. Pullups are the big scorer.
 
+1 to the above. The PFT is a very important part of the application. You have plenty of time to work on it. Don't rush submitting your application. Take some time and read the threads in this forum about the process. Take time on your essays, they are also very important. Good luck.
 
You can and should do more in all aspects of the application. You will be competing with others who have.
Don't assume you will do well in the essays or the interview.
You should not submit your application before your PFT is in the 225-300 range. You will be given a PFT as part of the interview.
 
USMCGrunt said:
You can and should do more in all aspects of the application. You will be competing with others who have.
Don't assume you will do well in the essays or the interview.
You should not submit your application before your PFT is in the 225-300 range. You will be given a PFT as part of the interview.
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@USMCGrunt makes a good point on the timing of submitting the application. My DS submitted his application when he was in the 260 range on his PFT He should have waited) He continued to work and got his score up to 295. Don't rush it, your PFT will be administered by active duty staff and you don't want to waste their time until you have a competitive score. Based on the last few years - 260-270 seems to be the average of those selected.

Another piece of advice that helped my DS - Go find your local RSS and start working out with the poolees. This will accomplish 2 things, help you on your pft and start building a relationship with the staff that you will be working on during your application process. These are the types of things that you can mention in your essay to differentiate yourself from others. You are starting at the right time.
 
EEBTTF said:
Another piece of advice that helped my DS - Go find your local RSS and start working out with the poolees.
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Agreed. Just take care they don't enlist you unless you want to serve enlisted if you don't get a scholarship.
I'd also recommend losing a few pounds. It might tick off your coach but there is more to football than weight. There is also strength, speed, stamina, and smarts. (See what I did with that alliteration? :biggrin: )
 
Thanks for the replies everyone, im currently working with my RSS already, and will enlist if I don't get the scholarship. I'm planning on submitting in june/ july which gives me a few months of dropping weight and working on my PFT. My goal for when I submit is a 250 pft and weight to be at 140/150 ( I weigh about 170 currently). I also wasn't trying to come across as cocky when I said that I would be good in the interview and essay, I was just trying to explain that those are more of my strengths than my actual stats ( there a little shy of what they need to be currently)
 
nymrine said:
Thanks for the replies everyone, im currently working with my RSS already, and will enlist if I don't get the scholarship. I'm planning on submitting in june/ july which gives me a few months of dropping weight and working on my PFT. My goal for when I submit is a 250 pft and weight to be at 140/150 ( I weigh about 170 currently). I also wasn't trying to come across as cocky when I said that I would be good in the interview and essay, I was just trying to explain that those are more of my strengths than my actual stats ( there a little shy of what they need to be currently)
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Good luck. Work hard on your PT. Your grades and test scores are avg to good (SAT really good). Focus on leadership activities ( volunteer work, church, school clubs). The PFT is really important. 250 would be minimal. Go to PT at your RSS 2 times a week. Do push ups and sit ups every night before you go to bed. Learn the technic on the pull ups. My DS just went through all of this and we were both clueless at the beginning of this process. This forum was invaluable to him. He was awarded both the MO and a 4-YR AROTC.
 
Sounds like you and I will be working together in the near future. You definitely need to build your PFT score. Not endorsing him, but Stew Smith's website was my gateway into preparing for military fitness, and he has tons of free programs and articles speaking specifically to preparing for fitness tests. Also check out http://www.50pullups.com/. This is the exact program I used to start training pullups, and since day 1 of NROTC I always get a perfect score on that portion.

Why wait until June or July to submit? You can start your application now to give yourself plenty of time to complete it.
 
USMCGrunt said:
You can and should do more in all aspects of the application. You will be competing with others who have.
Don't assume you will do well in the essays or the interview.
You should not submit your application before your PFT is in the 225-300 range. You will be given a PFT as part of the interview.
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^Agreed, if you show up to the interview and test day and know you can't do more than 12 pullups and have never run 3 miles in your life. You will have wasted everyone's time ( especially your parents, who may not appreciate driving 2+ hours just for you to quit on your run). But PFT scores can be updated throughout the process, and I've proctored PFTs up to a week before the board in order to make an applicants package more competitive.
 
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