Ok, it’s quite possible that I’m completely in the wrong place due to the fact that this appears to be a forum primarily for Navy Pilots and those who wish to become Navy Pilots. So please feel free to point me in the right direction.
First, I have decided that I want to become a SEAL. I also however want to be an officer. I know that I have a long hard road ahead of me, but I am more than willing to put out whatever effort is necessary to attain this goal.
I have been reading around on the forums for a few hours now, trying to figure this all out. I have read in many cases where you guys have told people asking similar questions to talk to an officer recruiter. I am going to do this but i also wanted to get some of your opinions on this.
I don’t really feel that I have a ton to offer as it is right now. I’m going to be a junior in college, I’m still relatively young (I will be turning 20 in September), and I’m in the process of changing my major.
In high school, I didn’t do very well, I really wish I would have applied myself, however I was in all Honors and Advanced Placement Courses. I wrestled for my freshman year, I was on swim team, and Varsity Quiz for my sophmore and Junior years. Between my junior and senior year I attended Nevada Boys State. My Senior year I was a senior officer on the all male dance/drill team (not gay btw, emphasis on hip hop, military, and ballroom styles of dance, we competed in two national competitions, and 4 regionals against top California teams and took many firsts and seconds, and third at nationals in our division). Lol... and I went to homecoming with the homecoming queen... probably not something I would mention though.
Academically, I graduated with High Honors (should have been valedictorian, but like I said, didn’t try very hard.) Nonweighted gpa was 3.411, weighted was 4.111, and I was invited to join the National Society of High School Scholars... for whatever that’s worth.
SAT
CR: 580
M: 620
W: 550
ACT
English 21
Math 23
Reading 26
Science 26
Composite 24
Currently, I’m not involved in any extracurricular activities, and my major is Linguistics. My GPA isn’t great, in the upper 2.0 range, need to fix a math grade and just get straight A's from now on and I’ll be up there in the 3's. There’s no NROTC program at the university I am attending (UNLV), so I am thinking of joining a student leadership club, and maybe doing some Student Body stuff if that will put some fluff on my academic resume. Another possibility is that I am an avid cyclist, and I wanted to start a team at UNLV... that probably would be the best choice, and probably the most difficult. I am also a tri-athlete and I train religiously.
Thanks for any advise that you fine people give!
First, I have decided that I want to become a SEAL. I also however want to be an officer. I know that I have a long hard road ahead of me, but I am more than willing to put out whatever effort is necessary to attain this goal.
I have been reading around on the forums for a few hours now, trying to figure this all out. I have read in many cases where you guys have told people asking similar questions to talk to an officer recruiter. I am going to do this but i also wanted to get some of your opinions on this.
I don’t really feel that I have a ton to offer as it is right now. I’m going to be a junior in college, I’m still relatively young (I will be turning 20 in September), and I’m in the process of changing my major.
In high school, I didn’t do very well, I really wish I would have applied myself, however I was in all Honors and Advanced Placement Courses. I wrestled for my freshman year, I was on swim team, and Varsity Quiz for my sophmore and Junior years. Between my junior and senior year I attended Nevada Boys State. My Senior year I was a senior officer on the all male dance/drill team (not gay btw, emphasis on hip hop, military, and ballroom styles of dance, we competed in two national competitions, and 4 regionals against top California teams and took many firsts and seconds, and third at nationals in our division). Lol... and I went to homecoming with the homecoming queen... probably not something I would mention though.
Academically, I graduated with High Honors (should have been valedictorian, but like I said, didn’t try very hard.) Nonweighted gpa was 3.411, weighted was 4.111, and I was invited to join the National Society of High School Scholars... for whatever that’s worth.
SAT
CR: 580
M: 620
W: 550
ACT
English 21
Math 23
Reading 26
Science 26
Composite 24
Currently, I’m not involved in any extracurricular activities, and my major is Linguistics. My GPA isn’t great, in the upper 2.0 range, need to fix a math grade and just get straight A's from now on and I’ll be up there in the 3's. There’s no NROTC program at the university I am attending (UNLV), so I am thinking of joining a student leadership club, and maybe doing some Student Body stuff if that will put some fluff on my academic resume. Another possibility is that I am an avid cyclist, and I wanted to start a team at UNLV... that probably would be the best choice, and probably the most difficult. I am also a tri-athlete and I train religiously.
Thanks for any advise that you fine people give!