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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH is an Pilot in the Navy (but did not attend the Naval Academy and was an Engineer prior to going to OCS.)  Most of the men and women that attend the NA feel like they had a wonderful college experience though it is not the traditional "party school" kind  of environment.

The one thing I have noticed is that at the NA students are "babysat" a little compared to most colleges/universities.  There is no ability to "skip class" or make other typical college mistakes.  They go from living at home with their parents to be taken care of at school.  I feel that this can be a disadvantage.

As adults, most NA grads that we know are a bit handicapped in that respect.  They are comfortable in the military setting, but suffer once they have to get real "civilian" jobs.  Many also have huge egos which is off putting.  [/quote]

Ha this is true, well in one case anyway.  My husband used to work for a West Point grad.  When my husband gave his notice, boss flipped out -- he wasn't used to underlings with the ability to quit!  I think that was a big adjustment for boss, but hopefully after my DH left, boss started treating the underlings a little better since he realized they wouldn't be AWOL if they decided to leave :) .

OP there are some message boards for the academies as well as College Confidential, and also quite a few books on Amazon.  My DC is interested as well, and there's a lot out there.   [/quote]

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