My son applied for both West Point and the Naval Academy. We are currently waiting to see if he will get an appointment. He was accepted and went went to both academy's Summer Leadership Experience the summer between his Junior and Senior year. He has received all 3 nominations for both academy's that our state has. Basically this how he stacks up:
ACT score 27
Ranked 9th in his class of some 400 something students, he's in the top 2%.
Boys State
Student council Vice President.
Has taken and is taking a lot of AP classes (Chem, Calc, Government, etc)
His GPA is higher then a 4.0 because of the AP classes.
National Honor Society
Junior Leadership Rapid City
Varsity Cross Country
Black belt in Jujitsu
Highest ranking JROTC cadet, Battalion Commander.
PT Commander and founded and commanded the Raider Team.
Pretty sure he has the most medals and ribbons of his JROTC class.
Varsity debate.
At the Canidate Fitness Assessment test he maxed everything but the run, missed that by 10 seconds. Knows he did good on the basketball throw.
DOBMER physical exam was a 100%
I'm sure I'm leaving some stuff out. West Point's Admissions has stated they have sent out 500 appointments and more going out every week. Naval Academy hasn't announced anything yet on their website or Facebook page.
He has stayed in contact with a lot of his squad members from SLE, some that have received appointments already that don't have as high of qualifications as he does (ACT score etc).
Truthfully it is driving all of us crazy. He checks the mail everyday and has that look of disappointment when nothing has come. He does have back up plans but has heart is set on attending. The wait truly sucks. I was prior service Army (82nd Airborne Infantry Sergeant) and have no experience with this stuff at all.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.