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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Service academies are good options for certain kids, 
Good careers, job security, and serving our country.
More kids should be aware of the actual facts.
Thankfully we have facts from the official West Point source.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/usma-media/inline-images/.../G5OIR_CDS_2019-2020_FINAL.pdf
25%-75% SAT range =  1260-1360
Academically if you are an average kid in the DMV area, you have a good shot.

https://www.westpoint.edu/admissions/prospective-cadets/cadet-fitness-assessment
Physical requirements are not hard to pass.    
It's Pass/Fail. It tells you the maximum. 60% of the maximum would be Passing.
I'm 50 in fairly good condition and I think I can pass.  
Ton of young kids with decent physical ability should be able to pass it.
Let me know if my interpretation is incorrect or if you have the correct passing scores.

Seems to me there are people with an agenda to scare off perfectly good candidates by spreading lies such as they are top of the class or exaggerating the physical requirements.  
Maybe Russian or Chinese spies to weaken our military force? 
We don't need mumbo jumbo from these clowns.
We have facts.
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You clearly have no idea and have never been in the military or have any first time knowledgeable whatsoever.  These are MINIMUM requirements to not be kicked out of military. The kids getting accepted to the academies are doing nothing less than maxing and surpassing the “max” on the physical fitness tests (and truly that is the expectation) and their day to day physical requirements and training exercises are extreme.  Nothing short of a stellar athlete with a ton of grit could handle.  [/quote]

Do you have a source for admitted students' scores for the fitness tests?

Enough of imaginations.

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Use your brain.  Of the kids that meet admission requirements, they have an acceptance rate of 10%. They are taking the best.  [/quote]

Their best for academics is 1260-1360 SAT for 25%-75%

Using my brain and the official source, passing the physical requirement is not too hard.

Wake me up when you have an actual source rather than your wild imagination.[/quote]

“Passing” and being a competitive applicant are different things.  Applicants scoring 60% “passing” on their physical fitness test don’t have a chance [/quote]

Not true. Not even close. The fitness is just a small part of the whole process.  Very small.  Lot's of passing folks do not outshine their competition and still get in easily.   They will fix any lacking fitness level you may have. 
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