1/80 in college or HS?
Stats of people who have been appointed...
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1/80 in college or HS?
doubleappointee
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the truth
the truth is that it doesnt matter if your grades are better, your athletics better, or your leadership is better. what matters is what they see within all of that.
my son was appointed to the class of 2013 with a gpa of 4.2 when the valedictorian was around 4.5. he was somewhere around 30 in his class of 400. he scored well on the act (35) and decent on the sat (2100). he was an incredibly lazy student, but very bright. he got 5s on about 8 AP tests. he was captain of his football team and played baseball and basketball (only about three years).
he was in all the NHS and SADD and school clubs but not very involved. his only real extracurricular involvement came in sports.
i'm telling you all this not to brag but to emphasize the fact that yes, my son was strong in some areas, but weak in some, and definitely not as strong all around as many other applicants.
the point is that west point wanted him very badly. he was set on going to Air Force and hadnt even finished his application to WP when they gave him an LOA and then bothered him constantly to finish his app. as soon as he did he received his appointment.
basically, from all of this verboseness and pointless verbage, i'm trying to say that west point did not really care that other applicants had better stats. they saw whatever they saw in my son and wanted him. so don't really put too much stock in stats. i mean, try your hardest, do your best. but it's really all up to admissions.
the truth is that it doesnt matter if your grades are better, your athletics better, or your leadership is better. what matters is what they see within all of that.
my son was appointed to the class of 2013 with a gpa of 4.2 when the valedictorian was around 4.5. he was somewhere around 30 in his class of 400. he scored well on the act (35) and decent on the sat (2100). he was an incredibly lazy student, but very bright. he got 5s on about 8 AP tests. he was captain of his football team and played baseball and basketball (only about three years).
he was in all the NHS and SADD and school clubs but not very involved. his only real extracurricular involvement came in sports.
i'm telling you all this not to brag but to emphasize the fact that yes, my son was strong in some areas, but weak in some, and definitely not as strong all around as many other applicants.
the point is that west point wanted him very badly. he was set on going to Air Force and hadnt even finished his application to WP when they gave him an LOA and then bothered him constantly to finish his app. as soon as he did he received his appointment.
basically, from all of this verboseness and pointless verbage, i'm trying to say that west point did not really care that other applicants had better stats. they saw whatever they saw in my son and wanted him. so don't really put too much stock in stats. i mean, try your hardest, do your best. but it's really all up to admissions.
Thanks for the input. Interesting.
