Sunday, January 8, 2012
What could help me have a greater chance to be accepted into the Air Force Academy?
I am currently a sopre in high school, at 15 years of age. My freshman year in high school was a rough start for me; I ended up with a 3.5 ulative GPA. Currently though, I am maintaining a high A in all my cles for this semester, mainly due to a changed outlook in my life. I am following the right path to completing the cles the academy recommends, as I have already completed half of the math, English, language and social studies cles recommended. My teachers look to me to help out fellow students as I am usually done with ignments well before their due dates, and they generally have a great level of respect for me as a student. My Western Civilization teacher has taught for 38 years at my school, and he invites students to join him and about 30 other students on a 2 week trip to Europe during the summer every other year. Out of the blue he invited me this year, which makes me the first underclman male to ever be invited. I hold a varsity letter in Cross Country, with another in Track soon to come. I am about four months away from achieving the rank of Eagle Scout in boy scouts, and am also starting a Venture Patrol within my troop. I volunteer about 4 hours a week at the local Veterans Resource Center, and am starting honor society in a month. This summer, I am taking pilots training, to work towards getting my solo license at age 17. Also, I am volunteering at NYLT (National Youth Leadership Training) as a troop guide the summer, and am also working at another scout camp later in the summer. In addition, I am taking a foreign language cl in Madrid, Spain, at the very end of the summer. I'm thinking of starting Civil Air Patrol if I have the time, so that will give me a broader background of military tradition/customs. After the next school year starts, I am starting Fire/EMT training at my local Fire Dept., so I can become an active volunteer firefighter by the end of the first school quarter. My father has a plane that we have flown cross country, so I already have a basic understanding of avionics and flying. He was a Lt. Col. in the Air Force, and piloted the A-10 and F-15E throughout his 23 year career. I've lived in many places, including Germany. I scuba dive, love the outdoors, and am going to try out skydiving as soon as I turn 16. I love flying, and always put "service before self". I’ve talked to my ALO while at school, and am going to start emailing him shortly. I am informed of the admissions process, including the Nominations aspect of it. I also can score a “Perfect” score of the CFA, as I am in good physical fitness. Overall, I think I've made a good basis to be a competitive applicant, but I would appreciate your honest opinion of how I'm doing and what I could improve on. Thank you!
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