I have my interview next week Saturday in the Mcbath Office. I will do my best to implement your tips and show them I am a good potential cadet candidate.
This is difficult. Regular civilian colleges prefer "pointy" students that thrust themselves into 1-2 areas and excel in them. Well-rounded is the kiss of death usually; jack of all trades but master of none. The university creates a well rounded student body with a poet, engineer, harpist, Olympic medal winner, etc. basically, think of it as a dinner party: if everyone is the same (well-rounded) it could be dull party. I'm just shedding light on this (as you said all your kids went to service academies). I'm not sure how to balance well-rounded for service academy application and pointy for regular college application. Ideas?
@@drticktock4011 You’re exactly right. I can’t use my kids as an example because they expressed an interest before high school so my wife ( also an academy) and I were able to guide them. Let me think about this some more. I love the “dinner party” analogy it’s spot on.
I am currently in the process of applying to all 5 service academies (and regular competitive civilian colleges) and have been trying to interact with diverse clubs and having leadership in all my 4 years of high school. These are my extracurriculars that I think are pretty diverse: -Varsity Football Captain (and football all 4 years) -Intern at the Office of US Representative Dutch Ruppersberger -Marketing Manager of Yearbook -Student Body Vice-President (1 year) -Student Council Vice President (1 year) -National Honor Society Vice President -National Social Studies Treasurer -National Science Honor Society Member Hope this gives you a gauge of an applicant to the service academies who is also trying to balance extracurriculars to be tailored to both service academies and regular colleges.
@@Andrewcaoooo I see. But time is finite: each of those takes time and takes away time devoted to another. There is a reason why Katie Ledecky wins gold and went to Stanford. Of course a ton of natural talent, but hours and hours of devotion to swimming. Using the information provided in this video, she would not get in...ridiculous.
@drticktock4011 Exactly right. The service academies are probably missing out on the best candidates because of their misguided philosophy. The universities understand that excellence takes full commitment. "Well rounded" takes a full lack of commitment to any one thing. Extracurriculars like scouting, 4H, church, take minimal commitment. As a former scout, I can say with full confidence that the work it takes to become eagle scout is absolutely trivial compared to work it take to become a D1 level athlete in any sport.
@ ...not just D1 athlete. Top vocalist/musician, state champion coding expert, etc. My son is pursuing his private pilots license...soooo much time involved...studying, making calcs, fight checks, learning the TCA lingo, flying the plane, and navigating. Afterall, you are responsible for your life, passengers lives, and others in the air and on the ground. To do these things "right" precludes well-roundness. Welcome comments.
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I have my interview next week Saturday in the Mcbath Office. I will do my best to implement your tips and show them I am a good potential cadet candidate.
@@ChristsBeloved777 Be yourself, be prepared, be calm , be confident. Good luck!
At what point does confidence exceed into overconfidence? Do you have any examples?
This is difficult. Regular civilian colleges prefer "pointy" students that thrust themselves into 1-2 areas and excel in them. Well-rounded is the kiss of death usually; jack of all trades but master of none. The university creates a well rounded student body with a poet, engineer, harpist, Olympic medal winner, etc. basically, think of it as a dinner party: if everyone is the same (well-rounded) it could be dull party. I'm just shedding light on this (as you said all your kids went to service academies). I'm not sure how to balance well-rounded for service academy application and pointy for regular college application. Ideas?
@@drticktock4011 You’re exactly right. I can’t use my kids as an example because they expressed an interest before high school so my wife ( also an academy) and I were able to guide them. Let me think about this some more. I love the “dinner party” analogy it’s spot on.
I am currently in the process of applying to all 5 service academies (and regular competitive civilian colleges) and have been trying to interact with diverse clubs and having leadership in all my 4 years of high school. These are my extracurriculars that I think are pretty diverse:
-Varsity Football Captain (and football all 4 years)
-Intern at the Office of US Representative Dutch Ruppersberger
-Marketing Manager of Yearbook
-Student Body Vice-President (1 year)
-Student Council Vice President (1 year)
-National Honor Society Vice President
-National Social Studies Treasurer
-National Science Honor Society Member
Hope this gives you a gauge of an applicant to the service academies who is also trying to balance extracurriculars to be tailored to both service academies and regular colleges.
@@Andrewcaoooo I see. But time is finite: each of those takes time and takes away time devoted to another. There is a reason why Katie Ledecky wins gold and went to Stanford. Of course a ton of natural talent, but hours and hours of devotion to swimming. Using the information provided in this video, she would not get in...ridiculous.
@drticktock4011 Exactly right. The service academies are probably missing out on the best candidates because of their misguided philosophy. The universities understand that excellence takes full commitment. "Well rounded" takes a full lack of commitment to any one thing. Extracurriculars like scouting, 4H, church, take minimal commitment. As a former scout, I can say with full confidence that the work it takes to become eagle scout is absolutely trivial compared to work it take to become a D1 level athlete in any sport.
@ ...not just D1 athlete. Top vocalist/musician, state champion coding expert, etc. My son is pursuing his private pilots license...soooo much time involved...studying, making calcs, fight checks, learning the TCA lingo, flying the plane, and navigating. Afterall, you are responsible for your life, passengers lives, and others in the air and on the ground. To do these things "right" precludes well-roundness. Welcome comments.