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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The admission stats at the Naval Academy are nearly identical to Virginia Tech.  So, stats wise, it’s not selective.  But they put up a bunch of hoops that make it difficult to be accepted.  [/quote]

Stats are the easiest box to check in the application prices for sure. And I don’t mean they’re easy- just relative to the rest of the requirements.  4.5 and 1550 is totally irrelevant if you’ve taken ADHD meds, antidepressants, aren’t an athlete, or have any health issues at all. [/quote]

How will they know what medications anyone has taken, or what health issues there are?[/quote]

The medical portion is intense.  They send you to a military hospital where you go to pretty much every department and are checked inside and out.  DC was at the hospital for 4 hours.  They have all of your previous records and double check everything.  Broke your arm in 3rd grade, they're checking to see if it healed properly.[/quote]

And a past mental health issue is a non-no?[/quote]

Which makes sense. Though my neighbor's kid who would have been a stellar officer (he's already a stellar human being) was dinged b/c he saw a therapist for a semester after 9th grade when his parents unexpectedly (in his view) divorced and things got a little messy.  Since then, no need, happy and well adjusted kid with all the right stats, motivations, and stuff to contribute to the military.  Oh well, West Point's loss is Dartmouth's gain.

Past mental health issues are automatic disqualifiers[/quote][/quote]
But only if you sought treatment...[/quote]

Doesn't someone who recognizes the need treatment, get treatment, and are better because of it a better bet for a future officer than those not aware enough to know they have issues?[/quote]

That is a key issue. Reading comments here suggests not getting treatment and choose self medication with alcohol (and other rec drugs) is preferred. People lie about sex, drugs and mental health, that’s not debatable. [/quote]

Just one of the ways competitive schools encourage lying to get in.  You’ve got to be perfect and do more than most 40 year olds in order to compete.  For Harvard you have to exaggerate your resume and for service academies you have to “suck it up” when your parents ugly divorce at 14. [/quote]

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