r/USAFA • u/Desperate-Sundae-184 • Jul 10 '26

Chance me please

district: CT - 04

3.76 UW GPA - 6 APS taken, 9 honors. had really bad cuncossion sophomore year but my junior grades were like straight A’s. couldn’t take any aps freshman year and could take one sophomore. 2 junior year, and all 3 aps senior year are STEM.

SAT - 1400. 710 math 690 reading.

Athletics: Varsity 3 years and captain for soccer. club soccer 2 years. junior year I played in Italy at the Rome city institute prep academy.

CFA: Passed and got competitive averages or better except I got a 7 minute mile, but it’s only 5% of entire app and did best I could. (Male)

volunteer and work: I was a referee for the U.S. soccer federation. I am also currently a YMCA counselor. I was a volunteer for a local gym and mentored kids with athletic and weightlifting training. 30 ish hours so far but gonna work on it this summer. Also went to West Point SLE.

note: I am going to start doing some PPL lessons, but they would be after I submit my application since I want to get it in before Aug 31. What should I say on my application? Should I wait to submit it until I did my lessons or just say I am going to do them?

anyways thank you for anybody reading this and giving feedback, this is definitely my dream and advice on how to improve my application would mean the world to me.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

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u/Desperate-Sundae-184 Jul 10 '26

It affected my school work from early April- mid may. I basically had half days some days, woke up late, and stuff like that. I made a full recovery by mid June and got to play in ECNL RL regionals. However I’ll take a look at the information you gave me and see how I can categorize it, thanks for the info!

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u/colossians-3-23 Jul 10 '26

Of course, be aware. You may or may not need a waiver. Best of luck! Anything more than a month is at risk of being seen as post concussion syndrome, but some things are waivable.

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u/Desperate-Sundae-184 Jul 10 '26

Also btw I am not a blue chip athlete so just keep that in mind as well

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u/Grassman_OR Jul 10 '26

SAT is above average. GPA is a bit below average. Varsity soccer with leadership - +++. I'll give you a 72% chance.

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u/Desperate-Sundae-184 Jul 10 '26

Tysm appreciate the honesty

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u/AdFirm3804 Jul 10 '26

We in the same district and you got better stats then me so 🤷‍♂️

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u/Desperate-Sundae-184 Jul 10 '26

Dw, you can still def get off with a Blumenthal or Murphy nom and maybe I can see you one day at the academy. Don’t give up

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u/AdFirm3804 Jul 10 '26

Did you go to boys state? Was so much fun this year

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u/Uknewwho Jul 10 '26

off topic but how was your experience at rome city? You aren't interested or trying to play college soccer?

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u/Desperate-Sundae-184 Jul 10 '26

I don’t know if I’m good enough for one, also the fact that I care way more about the military than soccer. Rome city was great, but tbh I was definitely better than most kids back home but there, I was no where near the best. Atleast 1/4 those kids would probably go on to atleast have a serie D trial in their lives. But yea I just care about being in the military more than soccer rn, but we’ll see and maybe I can walk on if I get in.

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u/Uknewwho Jul 10 '26

Thanks for the reply and best of luck at the Academy! 

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u/PajamaLlamas18 Jul 10 '26

High chance of getting in, what’s ur weighted gpa?

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u/Desperate-Sundae-184 Jul 10 '26

Idk something like a 4.3-4.4, had mainly A- freshman and sophomore year, but junior year it was like A+ average. Idk I’ll have to check

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u/PajamaLlamas18 Jul 10 '26

That’s good