Serve.USA,
There is no such thing as an overqualified candidate. Despite your belief that you may have all the right boxes checked in terms of grades, test scores, extracurricular activities, these factors are ultimately not what causes Admissions to accept or decline someone.
Let me clue you in on something that you will learn within the first few moments of entering Swab Summer should you be lucky enough to be accepted.
The Coast Guard, like all services, has a set of Core Values. They are Honor, Respect, and Devotion to Duty. As a cadet, an officer, and a Coast Guardsman, you have a responsibility to uphold these Core Values at all times, whether you are in uniform or not. Respect means treating someone in the right manner despite disagreements, hurt feelings, or blows to your ego. Respect means that you refrain from using foul language when addressing anyone, especially an adult who has more than an idea of what they're talking about. These 3 principles will be the first thing you memorize over the summer, something you will repeat over and over at the top of your lungs, something that will be spoken about at great length by your cadre, instructors, Company Chiefs and Officers, the Superintendent, Commandant of Cadets, and many others. If you cannot internalize these values, a candidate is in no way close to being qualified let alone overqualified.
You are in no way superior your peers. How do you know their parents have done everything for them? You don't. A parent's presence on a forum in no way indicates a lack of effort by the candidate themselves. Several parents on this forum have even mentioned that their child does not know they have an account on SAF.
Humility can be a formidable ally. It is the character trait that will see you through many difficult times in your career as a cadet and as a junior officer. Some of the most important lessons I have learned have come from checking my own ego and being willing to shut up and listen.
Your question, in the logical sense, is a valid one. If you only look at a candidate on paper, perhaps they may appear overqualified. But, at the end of the day, USCGA is looking for Leaders of Character, a factor that is in no way quantifiable. At some point in your potential Academy career, you will fail. Trust me when I say that, in my opinion, I'd rather fail at academics or athletics than ever be in a position where my character is questioned.
I wish you the best of luck in your endeavor to attend a service academy.