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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am 24 now, so I am too old. But I wish I knew about the service academies when I was young. It blows my mind so many people in them were top students and top athletes in school. Many people can’t even pass tryouts for JV sports teams here let alone be a varsity captain, and many top athletes aren’t great academically. I personally find it more impressive if someone goes to a service academy versus an Ivy League. How do people get into them? Are they just built differently?[/quote]

Connections. All the kids I know (kids now or kids when I was coming up) had relatives in high military or political places. Every single one. Especially for Naval Academy. [/quote]

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I grew up in the Hampton Roads area with kids whose parents were naval officers/Academy grads. It was basically common knowledge that they would be admitted if they bothered to apply. The Navy is the most classist of the military branches. They'll take an officer's kid over a prior enlisted candidate with leadership potential every day and twice on Sunday.[/quote]

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