National Service/Military Academies?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How important are ACT/SAT scores for admission?

Anyone with views on this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How important are ACT/SAT scores for admission?

Anyone with views on this?

They're as important as any other college of similar selectivity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How important are ACT/SAT scores for admission?

Anyone with views on this?

They're as important as any other college of similar selectivity.

Or maybe more. Think about many of the colleges in the Northeast. At some, perhaps 300 high schools total will regularly account for a surprising % of each freshman class. Service academies are forced to recruit nationally, because of the nomination system. Service academies regularly get applicants from totally unfamiliar high schools, and they need to pay attention to standardized tests because the meaning and value of a particular high school might be entirely unknown.

[Anonymous]

Can a B student with an otherwise strong package gain entry to these places?

[Anonymous]

Which one of the academies is the "easiest" to get into?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We toured the USNA and even tho we loved the curriculum, discipline, and spirit, we were turned us off by the service commitment and hours per week physical athletic requirement and uniforms and traditions and other stringent rules. For one, we don't have family members who have served and honestly Dh and I agreed that our kid is too "spoiled" and would likely get kicked out.

okay. So you expect to go to a service academy for FREE and you're upset about the service commitment? The uniforms? The traditions? The stringent rules? Seriously? Do you not understand what service academies are for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We toured the USNA and even tho we loved the curriculum, discipline, and spirit, we were turned us off by the service commitment and hours per week physical athletic requirement and uniforms and traditions and other stringent rules. For one, we don't have family members who have served and honestly Dh and I agreed that our kid is too "spoiled" and would likely get kicked out.

okay. So you expect to go to a service academy for FREE and you're upset about the service commitment? The uniforms? The traditions? The stringent rules? Seriously? Do you not understand what service academies are for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We toured the USNA and even tho we loved the curriculum, discipline, and spirit, we were turned us off by the service commitment and hours per week physical athletic requirement and uniforms and traditions and other stringent rules. For one, we don't have family members who have served and honestly Dh and I agreed that our kid is too "spoiled" and would likely get kicked out.

okay. So you expect to go to a service academy for FREE and you're upset about the service commitment? The uniforms? The traditions? The stringent rules? Seriously? Do you not understand what service academies are for?

well the PP was just being honest about her kid. The service academies aren't for everyone, I think you'll agree with that,

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We toured the USNA and even tho we loved the curriculum, discipline, and spirit, we were turned us off by the service commitment and hours per week physical athletic requirement and uniforms and traditions and other stringent rules. For one, we don't have family members who have served and honestly Dh and I agreed that our kid is too "spoiled" and would likely get kicked out.

okay. So you expect to go to a service academy for FREE and you're upset about the service commitment? The uniforms? The traditions? The stringent rules? Seriously? Do you not understand what service academies are for?

well the PP was just being honest about her kid. The service academies aren't for everyone, I think you'll agree with that,

I agree that service academies are not for everyone. I'm surprised that someone would bother touring the USNA without knowing about the service commitment, uniforms, traditions, physical requirements and stringent rules. These are not exactly unknown facts about service academies.

[Anonymous]

How do the "personalities" of the military academies differ from one another?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can a B student with an otherwise strong package gain entry to these places?

I don’t know if they all have this, but the USAFA has a prep school onsite for students who need additional academic preparation for admission. Not sure if a “B” student would need this but it’s there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We toured the USNA and even tho we loved the curriculum, discipline, and spirit, we were turned us off by the service commitment and hours per week physical athletic requirement and uniforms and traditions and other stringent rules. For one, we don't have family members who have served and honestly Dh and I agreed that our kid is too "spoiled" and would likely get kicked out.

okay. So you expect to go to a service academy for FREE and you're upset about the service commitment? The uniforms? The traditions? The stringent rules? Seriously? Do you not understand what service academies are for?

Poster didn't say they expected to, just that it wasn't a good fit for their kid. Reading about the service commitment and rules is different than seeing the campus in person, which is why people do tours. Your post was unnecessarily harsh.

[Anonymous]

If you get a nomination, what are the odds you then get admitted?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We toured the USNA and even tho we loved the curriculum, discipline, and spirit, we were turned us off by the service commitment and hours per week physical athletic requirement and uniforms and traditions and other stringent rules. For one, we don't have family members who have served and honestly Dh and I agreed that our kid is too "spoiled" and would likely get kicked out.

All the more reason he should go

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can a B student with an otherwise strong package gain entry to these places?

I don’t know if they all have this, but the USAFA has a prep school onsite for students who need additional academic preparation for admission. Not sure if a “B” student would need this but it’s there.

Naval Academy has a prep school too...NAPS.