What are my chances of getting into the Air Force Academy?

Around half of summer seminar participants become Usafa Cadets.... http://i55.tinypic.com/21341f5.gif .... and not all participants offered an appointment accept, so better than 50%. It would help to know Psat or Plan scores since you don't have Sat or Act scores and at least Psat or Plan scores are required to apply for summer seminar. It does not sound like you are recruit caliber for swimming since that usually requires going to states and winning or placing fairly high. Diversity attributes are not mentioned and besides applicants who exhibit outstanding academic and athletic attributes, that is the other attribute sought in pre candidates admitted to summer seminar. The Air Force Academy website offers outstanding advice to students prepping for a service academy, rotc scholarship or any highly selective university. Open all links to the left of the dialog box. Be sure to open the "Leadership Preparation" link and read it carefully." http://www.academyadmissions.com/#Page/Preparation Page 19 of Chapter 2 of the Naval Academy Catalog indicates classes for a high school student to take to make himself competitive for admission. The classes are arranged in a hierarchy: http://www.usna.edu/Catalog/ Helpful to read the advice on prepping for college offered on Harvard's website: http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/apply/preparing/index.html The selection process is nearly identical at the Naval Academy, West Point, and the Air Force Academy, so, whatever is stated on one service academy website or in its catalog with regard to admissions, course selection etc generally holds for the others. If you read the following answer and open the links it should help to explain the selection process and the path to an appointment: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Akhc017ydUhl4cmaSh5LBsHty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20101109140847AAZvjcJ The application cycle for the service academies begins December 1 of junior year when the Air Force Academy begins accepting pre candidate questionnaires from juniors applying to attend the Air Force Academy Summer Seminar. West Point SLS begins accepting pre candidate questionnaires in mid December. The Naval Academy Summer Seminar begins accepting preliminary applications on February 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao1hC8StUWw Uscga AIM also begins accepting applications in February. It is best to apply to all since they are similar and going to one indicates to the Admissions Boards at all that a Candidate is well aware of the regimented lifestyle of an academy Cadet/Midshipman. An applicant needs Psat, Sat or Act scores to be considered for the Summer Seminars. The Psat Math section tests Algebra 1 and Geometry and should be taken the first time the Fall after completing these classes. The Psat is only offered once each October. The Sat Math section tests Algebra 1 and 2 and Geometry and should be taken the first time the Spring of the year taking Algebra 2. The Act Math section tests these subjects and Trigonometry. An extracurricular reading program looking up unknown words in a dictionary helps with the Cr and Writing sections of the Sat: http://reading.berkeley.edu/ Colonel Batchelder indicates the attributes SLS seeks in applicants: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRWc9GiSMCA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpNFCPJwJAc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jiaxwjt6vuo All the summer programs seek pre-candidates with essentially the same attributes. Usna's is the largest accepting 2250, Usafa Summer Seminar accepts 1125 and West Point SLS 1,000. As for other schools, I would not recommend Embry Riddle or senior military colleges for aeronautical engineering but the best schools in that field with Afrotc: Stanford, MIT, Georgia Tech, Michigan, Purdue(cannot recommend due to the lack of grade inflation which impacts chances at a pilot slot.), Illinois, U of Texas, Cornell, U of Minn etc Also, an undergrad degree in Mechanical Engineering is probably better for doing grad work in Aero Eng than an undergrad degree in Aero. Often Aero and Mechanical are in the same department. Good Luck!

I'll use The Naval Academy's class of 2015 as a example. 19,145 Applicants Offers of appointment? 1,4261 Those in the Class? Men. . . 993 Women. 236 Total= 1,229 52% were in the top 10% of their HS Class. SAT's ? Middle 50th percentile* •Verbal 590-720 •Math 610-730 *50% of the class achieved SAT scores within the range between the 25th and 75th percentile Almost all are varsity level athletes & have as many honors as you. In other words??? The best of the best from all 50 states. As for AFROTC? and your major? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerospace_engineering#Aerospace_engineering_degrees http://afrotc.com/

It would be a good idea to compose a letter to your state senator and to your congressional representative. Don't make it as long as your post. Just hit the highlights and most importantly your grades and extra cirriculars. It certainly sounds like you have all your bases covered in terms of qualifying for admisson. Then you can mail them to the local offices of your representatives. It would be a good idea to copy them to your city commissioner so that he's aware of your actions. And good luck!