First let me make one thing clear: Despite being born in London and growing up here, I AM a US Citizen, that is not the issue. Both of my parents are US Citizens, and I have a US pass port, a US certificate of birth abroad and a mile long paper trail in the US Embassy in London to back it up. (sorry to be so touchy on the subject, but the online recruiters keep on telling me I'll need a green card, deaf people that they can be).
Now that that matter is cleared up (hopefully beyond all discussion), I'll explain a bit about my self, in the hope that you wonderful and helpful people out there can give me some input on what my chances are at the moment, and what I can do to improve them.
For the basics, I am a 16 year old girl in the English equivilant of my Junior year in High school, thinking of doing an Engineering Major, aming to become an officer involved in either the nuclear program, cryptology or general maintanence (what ever I seem best at). I know that it is a bit early to be working very hard on Academy applications, but concidering the extracomplications I thought it wise to get the ball rolling early.
Academically, I like to think that I have what it takes (I know that it is arrogant, but just humor me). I have not had the chance to take SATs or PSATs yet (I still have to organise that), however my grades in the English national exams are enough to make my school confident that I have a very good shot at Cabridge, which has an exchange program with MIT, to put this in an American prospective. They do not really go in for ranking you against your class in the English system, so that is a bit hard to translate, however I am definately in the top 5th in a school with an entrance exam that aims to select people from the top 25% percent of the country (with sometimes aruguable success).
For sport, I row with my school (I think you call it 'crew'), and have done so sense I was about 11. I am currently Joint captain of the boats, and I have coxed or bowseered every type of rowing or sculling boat on the river , my favorite being Bowsteering coxles quads or fours (they FLY!). At the moment, I bowsteer a Pair on the Thames Tideway (if that means anything to you) 3 times a week, plus two land training sessions. Will this get me points with the USNA sports people?
For other Extra curicular activities, I sing in the Choir, I play the Double bass in the school Jazz band, I serve the cominity for 2-3 hours every Saturday morining doing volutary work in a Charity shop, and I am working towards a Duke of Edinbourgher Gold award, which invlolved three 4 day trecks (two practice and one examined), proof of doing a sport, service and skill for at least a year each (all menioned above) and a residentiat project, where you go a live for two weeks with complete strangers and do a community project. I also tutor two younger girls in Math during what is left of my spare time.
I'm sorry to have writted such an essay, but I thought it best to give you as much information as I could in the hopes that that would mean that you could give me the most helpful advide.
I am BEGGING you to put your two cents in!
ANY AND ALL ADIVCE IS VERY MUCH APPRICIATED!
Now that that matter is cleared up (hopefully beyond all discussion), I'll explain a bit about my self, in the hope that you wonderful and helpful people out there can give me some input on what my chances are at the moment, and what I can do to improve them.
For the basics, I am a 16 year old girl in the English equivilant of my Junior year in High school, thinking of doing an Engineering Major, aming to become an officer involved in either the nuclear program, cryptology or general maintanence (what ever I seem best at). I know that it is a bit early to be working very hard on Academy applications, but concidering the extracomplications I thought it wise to get the ball rolling early.
Academically, I like to think that I have what it takes (I know that it is arrogant, but just humor me). I have not had the chance to take SATs or PSATs yet (I still have to organise that), however my grades in the English national exams are enough to make my school confident that I have a very good shot at Cabridge, which has an exchange program with MIT, to put this in an American prospective. They do not really go in for ranking you against your class in the English system, so that is a bit hard to translate, however I am definately in the top 5th in a school with an entrance exam that aims to select people from the top 25% percent of the country (with sometimes aruguable success).
For sport, I row with my school (I think you call it 'crew'), and have done so sense I was about 11. I am currently Joint captain of the boats, and I have coxed or bowseered every type of rowing or sculling boat on the river , my favorite being Bowsteering coxles quads or fours (they FLY!). At the moment, I bowsteer a Pair on the Thames Tideway (if that means anything to you) 3 times a week, plus two land training sessions. Will this get me points with the USNA sports people?
For other Extra curicular activities, I sing in the Choir, I play the Double bass in the school Jazz band, I serve the cominity for 2-3 hours every Saturday morining doing volutary work in a Charity shop, and I am working towards a Duke of Edinbourgher Gold award, which invlolved three 4 day trecks (two practice and one examined), proof of doing a sport, service and skill for at least a year each (all menioned above) and a residentiat project, where you go a live for two weeks with complete strangers and do a community project. I also tutor two younger girls in Math during what is left of my spare time.
I'm sorry to have writted such an essay, but I thought it best to give you as much information as I could in the hopes that that would mean that you could give me the most helpful advide.
I am BEGGING you to put your two cents in!
ANY AND ALL ADIVCE IS VERY MUCH APPRICIATED!