Presumably no prepatory school?

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2028usma???!!

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I heard that prep school is offered for candidates that fall short on the academic side. Does this mean that I, with a 3.9 uw gpa and 1230 sat have no chance for prep school? I still have not received my 3q letter, and my region has already confirmed that they do send those letters out. The only realistic possibility I can think of, is sending me to prep because of my sat.
 
It's true that the prep school won't take people who are academically qualified for USMA. But just because you haven't heard anything yet doesn't mean anything. The acceptance season is just getting started
 
2028usma???!! said:
I heard that prep school is offered for candidates that fall short on the academic side. Does this mean that I, with a 3.9 uw gpa and 1230 sat have no chance for prep school? I still have not received my 3q letter, and my region has already confirmed that they do send those letters out. The only realistic possibility I can think of, is sending me to prep because of my sat.
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It depends as well on what courses you have taken and your scores on the individual parts of the SAT. If you have a low math or English scores prep school might be an option.
 
2028usma???!! said:
I heard that prep school is offered for candidates that fall short on the academic side. Does this mean that I, with a 3.9 uw gpa and 1230 sat have no chance for prep school? I still have not received my 3q letter, and my region has already confirmed that they do send those letters out. The only realistic possibility I can think of, is sending me to prep because of my sat.
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You migjt also be offered prep school if you are missing some of USMA’s required classwork (Physics with lab, Chemistry, etc) even if your gpa and SAT are up to par
 
There are plenty of reasons for going to the prep school. If you are worried about whether or not you can attend, I would just speak with your admissions officer directly. I was very open with mine and she helped me get accepted.
 
2028usma???!! said:
I heard that prep school is offered for candidates that fall short on the academic side. Does this mean that I, with a 3.9 uw gpa and 1230 sat have no chance for prep school? I still have not received my 3q letter, and my region has already confirmed that they do send those letters out. The only realistic possibility I can think of, is sending me to prep because of my sat.
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DS had the same unweighted GPA but with a better SAT score, received an AOG scholarship to the prep. He performed well on his CFA. We believe he didn't earn his appointment because our region is highly competitive and he lacked in leadership. Academics are easy for him at the prep, but some others struggle.
 
There is a difference between USMAPS and a civilian prep school. USMAPS admission is primarily for promising candidates found academically unqualified and consists largely of recruited athletes, soldiers, and minority candidates. There are no AOG scholarships for USMAPS. It is government funded, similar to USMA.

There are AOG scholarships for civilian prep schools designed to prepare students for admission to an SA. These schools have their own admissions standards and may take applicants from a variety of USMA candidate statuses, or candidates that have never applied to an SA.
 
2028usma???!! said:
I heard that prep school is offered for candidates that fall short on the academic side. Does this mean that I, with a 3.9 uw gpa and 1230 sat have no chance for prep school? I still have not received my 3q letter, and my region has already confirmed that they do send those letters out. The only realistic possibility I can think of, is sending me to prep because of my sat.
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Not necessarily. There are a lot of factors for why you may be sent to a prep school; low GPA, high ACT/SAT; high ACT/SAT, low GPA; lack of required coursework, etc. Do you have strong extracurriculars? I believe that was one of the main reasons why I received a prep school offer in the first place. I believe one of the reasons why I didn't receive a full appointment to USMA was because my ACT wasn't up to par. My test scores and GPA were close enough to yours; my ACT was a 27 composite and my GPA was a 3.8 uw. I had good letters of recommendation and a good CFA score.
 
Ender's2ndInCommand said:
Not necessarily. There are a lot of factors for why you may be sent to a prep school; low GPA, high ACT/SAT; high ACT/SAT, low GPA; lack of required coursework, etc. Do you have strong extracurriculars? I believe that was one of the main reasons why I received a prep school offer in the first place. I believe one of the reasons why I didn't receive a full appointment to USMA was because my ACT wasn't up to par. My test scores and GPA were close enough to yours; my ACT was a 27 composite and my GPA was a 3.8 uw. I had good letters of recommendation and a good CFA score.
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My main extracurriculars were JROTC. I was the equivalent of a BC in afjrotc.
 
Just received my rejection from the USMA this morning. I contacted my Regional Commander about the possibility of the Prep School as I had a low ACT score for math. Besides my ACT scores(composite 27), I did well on my CFA, had a nomination, high GPA(3.94), and captain of two HS varsity sports teams. Unfortunately, my RC said that the Prep School space was very limited and that there was not much I could do.
 
M1ke Hammer said:
Just received my rejection from the USMA this morning. I contacted my Regional Commander about the possibility of the Prep School as I had a low ACT score for math. Besides my ACT scores(composite 27), I did well on my CFA, had a nomination, high GPA(3.94), and captain of two HS varsity sports teams. Unfortunately, my RC said that the Prep School space was very limited and that there was not much I could do.
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Except take a year, knock out those plebe like classes, join an ROTC unit and reapply next year.

A significant part of each class are reapplicants!
 
When if comes to expressing your desire to attend an academy, there is nothing you can say in an essay that comes close to reapplying. Put in the work at your college to get the grades that show your high school GPA meant more than the test scores. Improve your app and show up for 2029 if this is still what you want.
 
M1ke Hammer said:
Just received my rejection from the USMA this morning. I contacted my Regional Commander about the possibility of the Prep School as I had a low ACT score for math. Besides my ACT scores(composite 27), I did well on my CFA, had a nomination, high GPA(3.94), and captain of two HS varsity sports teams. Unfortunately, my RC said that the Prep School space was very limited and that there was not much I could do.
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Did it show up in your portal, email or a phone call?
 
M1ke Hammer said:
Just received my rejection from the USMA this morning. I contacted my Regional Commander about the possibility of the Prep School as I had a low ACT score for math. Besides my ACT scores(composite 27), I did well on my CFA, had a nomination, high GPA(3.94), and captain of two HS varsity sports teams. Unfortunately, my RC said that the Prep School space was very limited and that there was not much I could do.
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Can anyone with knowledge comment on this? I thought admissions did not meet this week as this is their spring break.
 
BearDog567 said:
Can anyone with knowledge comment on this? I thought admissions did not meet this week as this is their spring break.
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As I have said on a number of threads, spring break is for the CADETS. Staff is a different story. What's more, Admissions might have notified an MOC last Friday (for instance) and the portal delays updating the candidate for a few days to allow the MOC to notify so you might see a portal change based on an input from last week.
 
OldRetSWO said:
As I have said on a number of threads, spring break is for the CADETS. Staff is a different story. What's more, Admissions might have notified an MOC last Friday (for instance) and the portal delays updating the candidate for a few days to allow the MOC to notify so you might see a portal change based on an input from last week.
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I’ve read other people have said that they do not work during spring break. I mean like if they don’t get a spring break, when will admissions team get one anyways?
 
2028usma???!! said:
I mean like if they don’t get a spring break, when will admissions team get one anyways?
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Outside of cadets and mids, just about nobody in the military gets a "Spring Break". My fathers civilian career never shut down for "Spring Break" and neither did any of the companies that I worked for in my career.
The Admissions team LIKE ALL MILITARY MEMBERS earn 30 days of leave per year and they can request leave when they want it. Their Organization can grant or NOT grant leave based on the situation in terms of tasking plus how many people are needed in the office during the period requested.
I would expect that admissions folks would not be getting much leave approved during this season and instead would tend to take leave after the new class is in place. This is the same as a Naval Officer not taking leave in the weeks before a major inspection or exercise/deployment.
 
2028usma???!! said:
I’ve read other people have said that they do not work during spring break.
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I've read a lot of things that "other people" say on here and elsewhere that are beyond fantasy.
Much of it is what might be called "rumors and speculation" or "bad gouge" but I compare it to the "kid rumors" that tend to
sweep through schools.
 
2028usma???!! said:
I’ve read other people have said that they do not work during spring break. I mean like if they don’t get a spring break, when will admissions team get one anyways?
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I find this hard to believe considering they've been approving my appointee documents as late as yesterday (March 26th)!
 
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