Summer Seminar acceptance thread

Accepted// CA // 1200 SAT (at that time) // 3.92 UW GPA, 4.57 W (all A's except 1 B+), No Rank // Civil Air Patrol, Animal Shelter volunteer (3 years), Job (10 months), Dual Enrollment, Varsity Basketball (Freshman and Sophomore year), Interact club participant, Junior class Vice President (was not on application)

*my GPA is cumulative for all my HS years, so it wasn't my term GPA
 
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Accepted//ACT 34//Wisconsin//GPA 4.0 unweighted// 3 out of 370// class president, badger boys state, varsity soccer, track, cross country, lots of volunteer work and a job.
 
USAFA10s said:
Just a note for you SS hopefuls- SS is more of a recruiting tool than anything else, so stats like ACT/SAT, GPA, etc may not be super relevant. You can have an awesome package, but if USAFA is pretty sure you'll be interested no matter what and you are in a majority demographic, you may not get in. This has NO bearing on your eventual USAFA application.
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This is very true. I did not submit any ACT/SAT scores (haven’t taken them yet) on my application for SS and got accepted. Although I have a good GPA, am a Sea Cadet, play varsity sport, volunteer work and am a female and a minority.
 
kmac said:
Accepted//SAT 1440/ACT 35//Virginia//3.99 unweighted GPA (4.5 weighted with a bunch of APs with all As)//Top 5% out of 388//Varsity swimmer and state champion for two years in one event and state runner up in another plus a bunch of volunteer coaching experience

*note I am being recruited by their swim team so my swimming accomplishments probably had a verified value if they were checking
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Keep your head on straight, and you’ll be on your way! Congratulations!
 
We have not heard anything yet. Will we get an email saying you did not get in?
 
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DD Accepted // PA // 1490 SAT (15 writing) // 3.97 unweighted/ 4.54 weighted / top 10 of 256 students// CAP NCO, a couple big CAP awards, MMA, BJJ, Crossfit, action pistol competitor
 
DS Accepted/NE/35ACT/3.95GPA UW/Robotics captain, plus service related to that, State medalist swimming 9/10, Rowing 11, Congressional App Challenge winner. I don’t know. most ECs are STEM-related or swimming/rowing.
 
My DS was not accepted. We did not get an email but checked the portal. SAT/ 1300-GPA/4.0 Captain of Tennis team and Robotics Team/ CAP Squadron leader and Earhart/Various other volunteer and leadership experience
 
2021USAFA said:
My DS was not accepted. We did not get an email but checked the portal. SAT/ 1300-GPA/4.0 Captain of Tennis team and Robotics Team/ CAP Squadron leader and Earhart/Various other volunteer and leadership experience
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Wow! That is crazy. Did he apply to any other SAs?
 
Navy09mom said:
Wow! That is crazy. Did he apply to any other SAs?
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NO- He did get accepted to Boys State and CAP Cadet Officer School at the Maxwell Air Force Base. Hopefully, these activities will look good on his application.
 
2021USAFA said:
NO- He did get accepted to Boys State and CAP Cadet Officer School at the Maxwell Air Force Base. Hopefully, these activities will look good on his application.
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I’m sure you and your son are disappointed, but please don’t let it get either of you down. It truly means next to nothing towards a USAFA appointment. It sounds like your son has an amazing, (and more rewarding) summer coming his way.

My DS was selected last year, but if he couldn’t get the session which didn’t conflict with Boys State, he wasn’t going to SS. In the end it worked out for him. Here is how he ranked his summer:
1a. Boys State- fun and learned a lot!
1b. CAP Encampment- not as fun, but what an amazing experience for any young person thinking about going to a Service Academy!

3. (a distant 3 at that). USAFA SS- Fun! He enjoyed meeting the other likeminded kids, and being on campus. But more like just summer camp than the other two. Definitely didn’t add anything to his application, other than a couple references about it in an essay.

If you haven’t been to USAFA, visit! They have some pretty good tours.
 
2021USAFA said:
My DS was not accepted. We did not get an email but checked the portal. SAT/ 1300-GPA/4.0 Captain of Tennis team and Robotics Team/ CAP Squadron leader and Earhart/Various other volunteer and leadership experience
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very similar stats, also not selected
 
Delta Romeo said:
I’m sure you and your son are disappointed, but please don’t let it get either of you down. It truly means next to nothing towards a USAFA appointment. It sounds like your son has an amazing, (and more rewarding) summer coming his way.

My DS was selected last year, but if he couldn’t get the session which didn’t conflict with Boys State, he wasn’t going to SS. In the end it worked out for him. Here is how he ranked his summer:
1a. Boys State- fun and learned a lot!
1b. CAP Encampment- not as fun, but what an amazing experience for any young person thinking about going to a Service Academy!

3. (a distant 3 at that). USAFA SS- Fun! He enjoyed meeting the other likeminded kids, and being on campus. But more like just summer camp than the other two. Definitely didn’t add anything to his application, other than a couple references about it in an essay.

If you haven’t been to USAFA, visit! They have some pretty good tours.
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Thanks so much for your words of encouragement. We just went for the visit in Feb. He loved it. Although, I am having him also tour the USNA to see the differences.
 
(USAFA Wannabe) (Accepted - Attended) (Louisiana) (Not taken yet) (3.3 - Cum, 3.1 Core 106 out of 204) (Track and Field, JROTC, Soccer, Boy Scouts - at the time) ------> Note this was at the time. Still praying for that appointment
 
(Militarygirl55) // (Waitlisted but now accepted) // (CT) // (ACT: 33) // (3.8 UW and 15 out of 181) // (CAP Officer, CAP Communications officer, CAP CAC officer, CAP Logistics officer, CAP Flight Commander, Varsity Cross Country, Varsity Indoor Track, Varsity Outdoor Track, Relay For Life, Columnist in Local paper, etc.)
 
So what do you all think about the likelihood of this going forward, postponed or cancelled? Son is in the first session.
 
At this point I told my DD that even if they're cancelled at least get your stuff in so you're on file as applied and interested, same with Girls State.
 
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