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[quote=Anonymous]Hi, OP.

Parent of both academy cadet and LAC student here who went to LAC myself so have experience with both.

While I agree that academies are very different experiences than LAC, not sure why you choose SAT scores as your basis for saying they shouldn't be ranked in the same USNWR category . I think that is why you got the pushback that you seem surprised by.

There are many other good reasons to support your argument that academies don't belong in LAC category. The 47 month academy experience and the daily responsibilities (academic, physical, leadership, military training) at academy are completely different. As are the admission requirements.

To be fair to you, I am reflexively defensive when I see the posts about average SAT scores for academies - my cadet went to TJ and had great scores - but the academies also absolutely openly practice affirmative action (at least until ongoing litigation gets to SCOTUS I guess), need kids from every single state in the country, and want a percentage of the class to come from current enlisted Soldiers. So SAT scores will vary widely, unlike most LAC where everyone is in the same score bands.

Academies not everyone's cup of tea for sure. But I agree with previous posters that your original post felt a lot more like you were asserting "academies have low SAT scores and are therefore less prestigious" than saying it would be more useful for potential applicants to not mix apples and oranges.[/quote]

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