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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My experience to answer OP’s question is that successful applicants knew they wanted to do it around freshman/sophomore year and joined ROTC, cultivated a relationship with their congress person for the rec, etc.

You can’t just decide to lob in an apllication to a service academy.

Only exception to the above was recruited athlete at Navy who never really thought about it until talking with coaches junior year.  For that kid, the process kind of works in reverse…you still need a nomination but the coach/staff make sure you get it easily.[/quote]
+1. If you're a recruited athlete and stay out of trouble, they will make it happen for you. You may get referred to a military prep school for the first year if your academics are not up to par.

For everyone else, a lot depends on where you live and how competitive it is in your area. You have to secure a congressional nomination for 4/5 of the academies. In some districts, that is a challenge; in others, it may not be. Then, from that slate of nominations (10-15 names), you have to be top 1 or 2 (each congress person has around 5 spots at an academy at one time); if not, you are thrown into a national pool of applicants, and they see how you stack up from there. This is roughly how I think it works, anyway.
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Yep you nailed it.[/quote]

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