Let me start there. What’s the average successful applicant look like, and is that my daughter. From the USNA website, 
out of 11,259 applicants in 2009 (roughly 10% were admitted. Roughly 25% became qualified), I get:
Combined SAT & American College Testing (ACT) Program Scores
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Score Ranges
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SAT (ACT)
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Verbal | Math |
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>700(31-36)
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28% | 34% |
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600-699(26-30)
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45% | 53% |
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<600(<26)
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27% | 13% |
Don’t know yet. Zoe’s taken PSAT’s. This looks like a wide range. Doable.
Rank in High School Class
| First fifth | 81.5% |
| Second fifth | 13% |
| Third fifth | 4% |
| Fourth fifth | 1.3% |
| Fifth fifth | 0.2% |
She’s in Honors classes and knows she has to take the AP ones.
School Honors and Activities
| Student body/council/government president or vice president | 9% |
| Class president or vice president | 9% |
| School club president or vice president | 25% |
| School publication staff | 24% |
| National Honor Society | 59% |
| Varsity athletics | 91% |
| Varsity letter winner | 85% |
| Dramatics, public speaking, debating | 85% |
| Leader of musical group | 9% |
| Eagle Scout/Gold Award | 13% |
| Boys/Girls State or Nation | 14% |
| Reserve Officer Training Programs | 10% |
| Sea Cadets | 2% |
Zoe’s not into school politics, but does music and sports. She’s on the journalism staff, but other than that she’s kinda shy.
The Class of 2009 includes 22.3% (272) minority midshipmen with ethnic backgrounds as follows: African Americans (69), Hispanics (115), Asian Americans (40), Native Americans (29), and Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders (19).
We got that one–Asian.
The Class of 2009 includes 19.3% (235) women.
The Class of 2009 includes 53 sons and 16 daughters of Naval Academy alumni (5.6%).
…and female, but not a son or daughter of a USNA alumni.
It’s a start.
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