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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Published July 2023:

"The West Point Acceptance Rate originates from the total number of applicants that start files with the West Point Admissions team. This doesn’t include qualified candidates, only students who are interested in attending. They haven’t received a congressional nomination yet or gone through any of the admissions processes. From a recent class profile, this totals 12,294.

Since only 1,210 were admitted, this leads the public to believe that the admissions rate was 9.8%.

In reality, only 2,228 were qualified academically and in physical aptitude according to the admissions team. This results in a much higher acceptance rate of 54% if you are qualified."[/quote]

Published where? How do they get away with this?[/quote]

I don’t get it.  First of all, get away with what, exactly?  And secondly, it sounds like applicants are just effectively getting their “rejection letters” earlier in the process than at a typical college.

(AFAIK colleges don’t refuse to let you even apply if they don’t consider you qualified, they just don’t waste any time rejecting you.  But please correct me if I am wrong!)[/quote]

At a school for geniuses like Stanford, they have two key screening questions:

1) Can you fog a mirror?

2) Have you got $75?

If YES to both, you are qualified to apply!!!

Over at West Point they do things the stupid way which is:

1) Hey should we even bother reading this app if this kid can’t even pass the basic physical exam?

2) Maybe we should farm out pre-screening to Congress and let those clowns do all the work finding the best candidates from their area for us?[/quote]

You are a sad little bitter pill.

Stephen Hawking would not have been able to lead soldiers into combat for purely physiological reasons. Others can't because they don't have the sort of personality that inspires their peers to fight through adversity. And others - most others - put their own safety and well-being before any other concern or bigger picture idea.

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Also, we have serious shortages in talent for some MOS’.  The Services understand this.  They need cyber folk and these kids look and act different than the high school soccer star and team captain who took a decent but not ridiculous course load and got good but not brilliant grades.  The selection criteria at the academies will have to change over time.  That being said, we have some enormously gifted STEM kids at the selective academies already - just probably not enough of them.  [/quote]

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