Northwoods
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Like most parents looking to help their kid with applying to the CGA I’m wondering about how different factors are weighted in the admissions process.
Eg if the student is less strong in one area but very strong in another how does that play out in the admissions decision? Which areas matter most?
My son is a pretty strong athlete. Varsity cross country and track from his freshman year. Plus swimming (non-varsity) for 2 years, and wrestling this year. His current pole vault PR would be CGA top 10 all time if was already a cadet. He’ll easily score a 100 on the running portion of the PFE (should be sub-8:00 without even going all out). And I think getting PFE honors is very realistic if he trains for the push ups and sit-ups. He’s also team captain for cross country and likely will be a captain for track in the spring.
His academics though are not so strong. He’s not weak academically per se, his GPA is around 3.7 I think. He’s in the dual enrollment program with the local community college. He hasn’t taken the ACT or SAT yet, but most likely he’ll score around 26-28/1250-1300 if I had to guess.
Obviously we’ll work on maximizing test scores and getting him into non-sports leadership opportunities.
But what are the weight factors for academics vs leadership vs athletics/fitness?
Eg if the student is less strong in one area but very strong in another how does that play out in the admissions decision? Which areas matter most?
My son is a pretty strong athlete. Varsity cross country and track from his freshman year. Plus swimming (non-varsity) for 2 years, and wrestling this year. His current pole vault PR would be CGA top 10 all time if was already a cadet. He’ll easily score a 100 on the running portion of the PFE (should be sub-8:00 without even going all out). And I think getting PFE honors is very realistic if he trains for the push ups and sit-ups. He’s also team captain for cross country and likely will be a captain for track in the spring.
His academics though are not so strong. He’s not weak academically per se, his GPA is around 3.7 I think. He’s in the dual enrollment program with the local community college. He hasn’t taken the ACT or SAT yet, but most likely he’ll score around 26-28/1250-1300 if I had to guess.
Obviously we’ll work on maximizing test scores and getting him into non-sports leadership opportunities.
But what are the weight factors for academics vs leadership vs athletics/fitness?