Willing to do anything to help my chances. What else can I do?

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army2021

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Quick Bio:

Academics:
Top 20% Class, competitive school
4.2/5.0, 3.7/4.0 GPA
1300 SAT - 680 Math, 620 CR
Hard schedule with a lot of AP/IB courses
Received national scholastic achievement medal from the American Legion

Leadership:
JROTC - third in chain of command, lot of responsibilities, high involvement
Student Body President, former VP
Beta President
President of JROTC honor society, Officer in another school club, school ambassador, emerging leaders program
Youth group leadership team, church group officer
National Honor Society member
Military summer leadership courses (one week indoctrination courses)
Team Captain for wrestling
Wrestling, Lacrosse, XC - will finish with I believe 8 varsity letters
Didn't put it in my Activities Record but going to contact someone and try and get it in but roughly 800 hours of community service, over 400 at state War Memorial working with/for Veterans
Have had a job but quit to volunteer full time in the summer

Physical: CFA
BB Throw - 74'11"
Pull ups - 15 reps
Shuttle - 7.2 seconds
Sit ups - 90 reps
Push ups - 75 reps
Mile - 6:21

Also, I have good recommendations. Probably forgetting a few things in the list but that's a good summary for the WCS. Willing to do anything to get into the Academy and truly only care about becoming the best Army Officer I can become (which is why I want to go there). What else can I do? I know no one knows how it'll work out and won't know unless you apply and such, but would really appreciate any feedback/criticism. And if it's important, I'm in a pretty competitive district so I'm going to have to fight pretty hard for a nomination (which I believe I will get, hopefully) but I have no idea whether or not I'll win a Principal nom. Fill free to ask questions. Thanks and have a nice day!
 
Just my opinion, but I would have rather seen you stick with your job instead of volunteering so much. I understand that nowadays everyone feels like they have to have hundreds and hundreds of volunteer hours, but colleges also like to see that you can manage the time and responsibility of a job. Again, JMHO, I would cut back on the volunteer hours during the school year and focus on academics. I don't think West Point cares about volunteering as much as you think they do....however, they do care that you do well in chemistry, physics, and calculus.
 
Dixieland said:
Just my opinion, but I would have rather seen you stick with your job instead of volunteering so much. I understand that nowadays everyone feels like they have to have hundreds and hundreds of volunteer hours, but colleges also like to see that you can manage the time and responsibility of a job. Again, JMHO, I would cut back on the volunteer hours during the school year and focus on academics. I don't think West Point cares about volunteering as much as you think they do....however, they do care that you do well in chemistry, physics, and calculus.
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Thanks for the feedback. To add to it, there were other benefits to it than hours alone. Was working with Vets all summer with all different perspectives and backgrounds. Got a lot of good advice and help that I never would've gotten. As well, was able to make connections to help out with the SA process and get letters too, so I believe long run it was worth it. Thanks again for the reply. Also, I'm not doing much volunteering during the year. More was a summer thing. Focusing primarily on academics at the moment for my 7th semester transcript.
 
army2021 said:
Quick Bio:

Academics:
Top 20% Class, competitive school
4.2/5.0, 3.7/4.0 GPA
1300 SAT - 680 Math, 620 CR
Hard schedule with a lot of AP/IB courses
Received national scholastic achievement medal from the American Legion

Leadership:
JROTC - third in chain of command, lot of responsibilities, high involvement
Student Body President, former VP
Beta President
President of JROTC honor society, Officer in another school club, school ambassador, emerging leaders program
Youth group leadership team, church group officer
National Honor Society member
Military summer leadership courses (one week indoctrination courses)
Team Captain for wrestling
Wrestling, Lacrosse, XC - will finish with I believe 8 varsity letters
Didn't put it in my Activities Record but going to contact someone and try and get it in but roughly 800 hours of community service, over 400 at state War Memorial working with/for Veterans
Have had a job but quit to volunteer full time in the summer

Physical: CFA
BB Throw - 74'11"
Pull ups - 15 reps
Shuttle - 7.2 seconds
Sit ups - 90 reps
Push ups - 75 reps
Mile - 6:21

Also, I have good recommendations. Probably forgetting a few things in the list but that's a good summary for the WCS. Willing to do anything to get into the Academy and truly only care about becoming the best Army Officer I can become (which is why I want to go there). What else can I do? I know no one knows how it'll work out and won't know unless you apply and such, but would really appreciate any feedback/criticism. And if it's important, I'm in a pretty competitive district so I'm going to have to fight pretty hard for a nomination (which I believe I will get, hopefully) but I have no idea whether or not I'll win a Principal nom. Fill free to ask questions. Thanks and have a nice day!
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You have a very good package put together. My wife and I thought the same with our DS. He had the grades and the sports...8 varsity letters in 3 sports with two team captaincies. He was also the drum major of very large marching band. Year round part time job and volunteering with physically challenged kids on weekends. The one thing that put him over the top was a late ACT retake where he scored a 36 on the English section. This was called out by the congressional nomination panel specifically. We believe he was awarded a principle nomination as he received his appointment in January soon after the congressman submitted his list.and before the waves in Feb/March.....so my advise is to give the SAT one more shot to get that Math score to 700 and the CR score to 680. It may be the last thing you need to secure a nom.... Good luck...it is an awesome place.
 
Longliverockthewho said:
You have a very good package put together. My wife and I thought the same with our DS. He had the grades and the sports...8 varsity letters in 3 sports with two team captaincies. He was also the drum major of very large marching band. Year round part time job and volunteering with physically challenged kids on weekends. The one thing that put him over the top was a late ACT retake where he scored a 36 on the English section. This was called out by the congressional nomination panel specifically. We believe he was awarded a principle nomination as he received his appointment in January soon after the congressman submitted his list.and before the waves in Feb/March.....so my advise is to give the SAT one more shot to get that Math score to 700 and the CR score to 680. It may be the last thing you need to secure a nom.... Good luck...it is an awesome place.
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Thank you very much for the advice and reply!
 
If you haven't already, apply for the AROTC scholarship & research/visit other schools you may be interested in, including SMCs. Make sure you have a Plan B, C, D....in case you don't get an appointment. Good luck!
 
ca2midwestmom said:
If you haven't already, apply for the AROTC scholarship & research/visit other schools you may be interested in, including SMCs. Make sure you have a Plan B, C, D....in case you don't get an appointment. Good luck!
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Thanks! Applied for AROTC and my file was reviewed by the first board the other day. First choice is VMI outside of the Academy.
 
Nice resume. As LongLiveRock said, take the tests again. I would suggest taking the ACT as well as sometimes students do better on one test versus another. Don't be afraid of taking multiple times as WP superscores and will want to see that you tried your hardest. Sending new and improved scores in late winter/ early spring can be done even if your application is deemed complete, I believe. Someone with more knowledge would need to confirm.
 
When my DS officially toured WP as a sophomore, the admissions rep told him to keep taking the ACT until he either scored perfectly or could no longer take it. DS took it at least 6 times and did prep work in between. He improved a bit each time. I am happy to say that his hard work paid off as he is in his Plebe year.
 
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