Expert guidance for every step of your journey to the Academies.
It is a fact that Academies are obsessed with leadership. They love talking about it, practicing it, and seeing it on your resumes. The problem is, how do you demonstrate that you are a leader to admissions?
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With Academy admissions, your district could be your destiny. If you live near Fort Bragg, NC, then it could be very competitive to get a West Point appointment, given the amount of Army children likely to apply. However, if you live in the middle of Nebraska, where there are no military bases, in a blue collar area, then there are likely few Academy applicants. It’s an inequitable process, but that’s the reality of it.
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When your application opens, you are assigned a Liaison Officer. Your Liaison Officer’s job is to be the “eyes and ears” of admissions on the ground. They will interview you and send a report to admissions. This interview score matters a ton. So, the key is relationship building. You want to build rapport before the interview happens.
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Academy admissions highly value getting selected for Boys/Girls State. So much so, that we believe there is not a single thing you can do that would score more points for your Academy application than Boys/Girls State. We call it a “hack” because there are many activities (i.e. Eagle Scout/Gold Award) that take years of effort to obtain, but with this one, you can score likely the equivalent amount of points with only one week’s worth of investment.
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Attention Juniors. If this is your dream, your ideal summer should include Summer Seminars and Boys/Girls State. The month of June will be one of the ages!
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