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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]

Applying to West Point, Annapolis, or the Air Force Academy is not like applying to a normal school. You have the fitness tests to begin with. That eliminates nearly 80 percent of all 18 year olds. And then there's the Congressional Nomination, which is very difficult to get. Very few kids receive one. But once you have it - if I recall - the odds of getting into an academy are about 50 percent.

So it's not like applying to Penn or wherever. West Point doesn't receive 10,000 applications and simply chooses the best 1000. It's a layered process and potential applicants are eliminated along the way before they even get a chance to formally apply. Getting a Congressional Nomination is key. And they're not handed out like candy. There are panels and all sorts of hoops to go through. Anyone that gets one is a very accomplished young person. [/quote]

Stop. There are other nomination paths, and [b]one academy that doesn't require one at all.[/b][/quote]

*snort* Yeah. The Coast Guard Academy. [/quote]

Aw, still bitter you didn't get in?[/quote]

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