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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]West Point
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Nearly any of the other service academies

No offense but these folks have multiple talents to include athleticism, leadership and spatial, community service.

You are going to enter the last true meritocracy in America.

All of the others can be bought.[/quote]

I’m sorry, but overall the kids at the service academies are academically blown out of the water by most kids at T10 schools. And many of those kids will just work out/participate in intramural or club sports on their own. People who are going to push the boundaries in math, science, etc. don’t enroll at service academies. [/quote]

NP.  Agree with the PP.  The post didn’t specify best academic institution.  It asked about most prestigious.  The service academies are absolutely equally prestigious as many school mentioned due to requiring multiple talents and mental/physical fortitude far beyond other institutions.  You can’t buy your way in and a perfect test score won’t help you either.  You need to be a far more well rounded person than just a good test taker and starting a non profit. [/quote]

PP.  Thank you.  Put another way: I have never been unimpressed with a single grad from a service academy.  I can’t say the same for ANY of the other institutions mentioned.  In addition, while the service academies attract a large number of applicants because they are free to attend you ARE putting your life on the line for something larger.  Can you say that about ANY Yale admit?[/quote]

Lol, most of the people are putting their “life on the line” due to indoctrination about the honor in it, or because they need the financial benefits. No one wants to partake in war.[/quote]

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