Reply to National Service/Military Academies?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "National Service/Military Academies?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is not an athlete.  It's not that he's uncoordinated or weak.  But he's just not an athlete.  How much of a hindrance would this be if he wants to pursue one of the service academies?  Is there one that is "less physical" than another?[/quote]

You have to be in at least decent shape (for an 18-year-old male) to survive (girls really need to be in better than decent shape).  While PE is not a major part of your grade, not being any good at it will make your life WAY harder than it has to be.

Historically USMA was the hardest from a PT perspective. although the altitude at USAFA has always been very hard until you acclimate.  Exchange cadets/midshipmen would attest to this.  However, in recent years, all three schools have upped their fitness game.

PFT (what you will need to be able to do when you graduate) and CFA (candidate fitness assessment -- what you take to get in an Academy or ROTC) requirements and scores are posted in many places on the web.  College Confidential has a lot of honest posts on the current physical fitness requirements as well.

If DC is a junior, I would strongly recommend looking at the Summer Seminars at one of the three Academies (any one of them would do if this is your/his concern).  They now have the kids do some amount of PT/sports/physical activity during the week -- not as much much as you would do Plebe Summer, but enough to give a taste of it.  My DC went last year and decided that it was more than they were willing to do for four years...

Navy grad[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics