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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They are not top students. Average SAT is relatively low.
Also the physical test is not that hard that most of the average athlete should be able to pass.[/quote]

You have no idea what you're talking about. The physical tests (plural!) are very challenging. For the Naval Academy last year, even recruits scoring in the top group of the physical tests weren't guaranteed admission.

I know one female who scored in the top 5% overall who was waitlisted and got in over the Summer. She was an excellent student and serious athlete who was in the top group for all the physical tests. The academies are elite.[/quote]

My good friend has two kids at usna. I know what I am talking about. The dad is a usna grad as is grandpa. The two kids took the physical test (I call it singular but it is a battery of things) many, many times before the gym teacher signed off on a pass. Neither was a stellar student or test taker BUT they did was to go usna almost their whole lives, largely influenced by being a big navy family.

No one said everyone gets in…but the seemingly low acceptance rate is bc lots of kids don’t complete the requirements, don’t pass the physical requirements (test), don’t pass medical requirements…but it is NOT bc they only have those with stellar stats. That is absolutely not true.

I literally posted the usna link on average sat. Do you think that is an elite sat/act score? It’s ok but not the top by any means.[/quote]

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