Hello, I need help!
I was accepted to West Point with SAT of 2100 and GPA of 4.4. I played Tennis, Track, and CC in high school, while my activities involved bunch of community services and an officer in a Interact club.
Completing basic training and finally starting my first year in West Point, I was very motivated to work as hard as I could in the first semester. However, at the end of the semester, I was disappointed with ending up having a couple of C's in my transcript. That's where it all fell apart. starting next semester I felt less motivated to do works, and I became distracted by games. Slowly my gpa dropped down to around 2.3 at the end of second semester of second year, and the academy expelled me for receiving an F on a class. Their decision was that looking at the grades from my high school and now, maybe West Point environment does not suite me.
I know that this isn't the case because truthfully, I believe the reason for failing is that I got caught up in a video game, playing 6-8 hours a weekday and all day during weekend. If I was given another chance, I promised myself that I wouldn't play that game again.
West Point, thankfully, actually gave me a chance. They call it "separation with the right to reexamination", which is that if I pass the final exam of the class I failed after 2 months of studying, West Point will consider accepting me if I reapply. So, I took the offer, passed the test, and got accepted to the academy the following year.
One of the requirement I had to fulfill after coming back is that I had to pass APFT (army physical fitness test). However, coming back to West Point, I failed the running portion of it. I never expected it because running was my forte.
Now here I am at home, depressed like I have never before. I know I was given chances, and I know I blew it all away. I really wish I could somehow turn back time, but you just can't.
However, I do not want to give up. I want to study at the university and make something out of my life. The problem is that I don't know my chance on getting to the universities around me. I live in California, so I was thinking of UC's, but would they accept me if I tell them what happened? Am I shooting for the stars?
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