National Service/Military Academies?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

Anyone with views on this?

Extremely important. But so is the number of pushups and situps you can do, believe it or not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why don't more DC suburban kids look at the academies? With the Pentagon, Walter Reed, etc. around here, I'd expect much more interest in the academies. A rep from one academy was scheduled to visit virtually the other day at the HS where I teach and not one kid signed up. Not one. What has the word come to?

With this Commander in Chief?

No, thank you.

What about the Commander in Chief come Jan 21st?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why don't more DC suburban kids look at the academies? With the Pentagon, Walter Reed, etc. around here, I'd expect much more interest in the academies. A rep from one academy was scheduled to visit virtually the other day at the HS where I teach and not one kid signed up. Not one. What has the word come to?

With this Commander in Chief?

No, thank you.

What about the Commander in Chief come Jan 21st?

What about him? He's a military genius and a stellar human. Both of his kids served, one even made it to his first drug test after daddy pulled strings...the rest is well, history.

[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.

In the pandemic era, I think the academies are being more flexible with standardized testing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone heard from any of the academies for 2013-14?

The academies don't have an early decision/action program. Acceptances are typically sent later in the spring.

What about a Letter of Assurance? Isn't that the same thing as ED?

[Anonymous]

If you don't go on to become a general or whatever, what sort of civilian career path is there for an academy graduate?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you go to the naval academy website, it has the answers to many of these questions.

+1

[Anonymous]

Do affluent people attend the academies or is it mainly for the kids on the other side of the tracks?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do affluent people attend the academies or is it mainly for the kids on the other side of the tracks?

I can't answer on a large scale, but my friend's kid is applying and he is a first-gen Chinese-American and they are wealthy and he's attending the equivalent of a Big 3 school out west.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do affluent people attend the academies or is it mainly for the kids on the other side of the tracks?

Mostly UMC, some affluent.
Kids from the other side of the tracks enlist in the military. Getting into the service academies is extremely difficult.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you don't go on to become a general or whatever, what sort of civilian career path is there for an academy graduate?

Most graduate from the Academy is with the bachelors of science in an engineering field. Although there are other majors. As an officer in the military, you have a specific career field. It could be communications, could be a logistics, could be supply, could be infantry. After serving the required four year pay back, officers typically can get a career in management almost anywhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why don't more DC suburban kids look at the academies? With the Pentagon, Walter Reed, etc. around here, I'd expect much more interest in the academies. A rep from one academy was scheduled to visit virtually the other day at the HS where I teach and not one kid signed up. Not one. What has the word come to?

With this Commander in Chief?

No, thank you.

What about the Commander in Chief come Jan 21st?

What about him? He's a military genius and a stellar human. Both of his kids served, one even made it to his first drug test after daddy pulled strings...the rest is well, history.

He was a military genius until the bone spurs... or was it the asthma? Oh yes, it was asthma... but the bone spurs of the other guy gets much more attention because he is a terrible human being (as opposed to stellar).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you don't go on to become a general or whatever, what sort of civilian career path is there for an academy graduate?

Most graduate from the Academy is with the bachelors of science in an engineering field. Although there are other majors. As an officer in the military, you have a specific career field. It could be communications, could be a logistics, could be supply, could be infantry. After serving the required four year pay back, officers typically can get a career in management almost anywhere.

Five year service obligation, not four years. Eight if you receive aviation quals or are sent to a two year or longer graduate degree program. Some career fields offer direct access and military skills will translate. Others definitely will not do so. Remember also that between O1 (ensign or 2d lieutenant) and the absolute minimum retirement-eligible grade of O4 or O5 (lieutenant commander, commander, major or lieutenant colonel), a good solid 40% of officers will have been removed under DOPMA. If you do not complete a full 20 on active duty without time reduction, your total pension is exactly zero, period. A military career is far from a promising assurance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you don't go on to become a general or whatever, what sort of civilian career path is there for an academy graduate?

Most graduate from the Academy is with the bachelors of science in an engineering field. Although there are other majors. As an officer in the military, you have a specific career field. It could be communications, could be a logistics, could be supply, could be infantry. After serving the required four year pay back, officers typically can get a career in management almost anywhere.

Five year service obligation, not four years. Eight if you receive aviation quals or are sent to a two year or longer graduate degree program. Some career fields offer direct access and military skills will translate. Others definitely will not do so. Remember also that between O1 (ensign or 2d lieutenant) and the absolute minimum retirement-eligible grade of O4 or O5 (lieutenant commander, commander, major or lieutenant colonel), a good solid 40% of officers will have been removed under DOPMA. If you do not complete a full 20 on active duty without time reduction, your total pension is exactly zero, period. A military career is far from a promising assurance.

What is DOPMA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

Anyone with views on this?

Extremely important. But so is the number of pushups and situps you can do, believe it or not.

You don't sound like you have a clue.


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