Good Morning Everyone,
I am a high school senior who has applied for the class of 2023 at the USMMA. I am from Connecticut and I received a congressional nomination on my first interview (I signed up for 3), to which I am also a 'hold' candidate. With that being said I also do not have an LOA. I do have a hefty offering to the Merchant Marine Academy, achieving high academic grades (all IB courses), being a varsity sports captain, heavily involved in band, Eagle Scout, Jr. Firefighter, etc. One concern I have is my SAT and ACT scores. I achieved a 1220 on my SAT (600 reading, 620 math), being on the lower side of average, and on my ACT I scored a 21 for English and 26 for Math... I did not do well on my ACT (despite high academic achievement and being top 10 in my class), and I did somewhat alright on my SAT. I would like to know if the admissions department takes one test over the other (depending on which test you did better in), or do they consider both with taking the common denominator of the combined scores shown up in your portal (under 'Status'). Thank you.
I am a high school senior who has applied for the class of 2023 at the USMMA. I am from Connecticut and I received a congressional nomination on my first interview (I signed up for 3), to which I am also a 'hold' candidate. With that being said I also do not have an LOA. I do have a hefty offering to the Merchant Marine Academy, achieving high academic grades (all IB courses), being a varsity sports captain, heavily involved in band, Eagle Scout, Jr. Firefighter, etc. One concern I have is my SAT and ACT scores. I achieved a 1220 on my SAT (600 reading, 620 math), being on the lower side of average, and on my ACT I scored a 21 for English and 26 for Math... I did not do well on my ACT (despite high academic achievement and being top 10 in my class), and I did somewhat alright on my SAT. I would like to know if the admissions department takes one test over the other (depending on which test you did better in), or do they consider both with taking the common denominator of the combined scores shown up in your portal (under 'Status'). Thank you.