Hey everyone, I just received a call from my congressman that I received an appointment for West Point's class of 2028! I wanted to share this news as the forums have been so helpful to me and I wanted to give back everything I learned from this process and if anyone had any tips for me coming into R-day that would also be greatly appreciated!
If anyone is interested my stats were the following:
* 1340 SAT (690 Math and a 650 Reading/Writing) - I took the SAT 3 times and the ACT once, really give these tests all you can!
* 4.0 Unweighted G.P.A and I took Dual Enrollment classes at my Community College during the fall of my senior year.
* Student Body Treasurer my Sophomore year and Student Body President my Junior and Senior year.
* National Honor Society Attendee my Senior year
* Tri-Sport athlete for Sophomore - Senior year. (Men's Volleyball, Soccer/Basketball, and Track)
* In my opinion, a subpar CFA, but was approved by West Point (may not be the case for everyone!): 70 ft basketball throw, 11 pull ups, forgot the shuttle run time but I maxed this, 61 sit ups, 65 push ups, 7:50 mile.
My final reflection and biggest piece of advice from this experience to anyone who is interested in the service academies is ALWAYS BET ON YOURSELF! I literally found out about West Point at around the end of April of my Junior year at a random college and career fair! But there I met my RC and FFR and I ended up spending the entire time at the West Point booth and I knew USMA was where I needed to be. When I went home that day I immediately reached out to RC and FFR, opened my candidate file, and signed up for the last available SAT. I'm sort of rambling right now because I just received my call like an hour ago so I'm still a little in shock lol but if anyone has any questions, I try to upload a couple more posts so I can unlock private messages.
I'm so grateful for this opportunity and thank you again to everyone on this forum who helped me!! And again, any advice for WP is greatly appreciated, going to go celebrate now!!!!
If anyone is interested my stats were the following:
* 1340 SAT (690 Math and a 650 Reading/Writing) - I took the SAT 3 times and the ACT once, really give these tests all you can!
* 4.0 Unweighted G.P.A and I took Dual Enrollment classes at my Community College during the fall of my senior year.
* Student Body Treasurer my Sophomore year and Student Body President my Junior and Senior year.
* National Honor Society Attendee my Senior year
* Tri-Sport athlete for Sophomore - Senior year. (Men's Volleyball, Soccer/Basketball, and Track)
* In my opinion, a subpar CFA, but was approved by West Point (may not be the case for everyone!): 70 ft basketball throw, 11 pull ups, forgot the shuttle run time but I maxed this, 61 sit ups, 65 push ups, 7:50 mile.
My final reflection and biggest piece of advice from this experience to anyone who is interested in the service academies is ALWAYS BET ON YOURSELF! I literally found out about West Point at around the end of April of my Junior year at a random college and career fair! But there I met my RC and FFR and I ended up spending the entire time at the West Point booth and I knew USMA was where I needed to be. When I went home that day I immediately reached out to RC and FFR, opened my candidate file, and signed up for the last available SAT. I'm sort of rambling right now because I just received my call like an hour ago so I'm still a little in shock lol but if anyone has any questions, I try to upload a couple more posts so I can unlock private messages.
I'm so grateful for this opportunity and thank you again to everyone on this forum who helped me!! And again, any advice for WP is greatly appreciated, going to go celebrate now!!!!