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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread shows that lots of parents are extremely jealous and bitter because they know their offspring don’t have what it takes to go be selected for a service academy.  [b]For the most part, kids need a lot of qualities that money can’t buy.[/b][/quote]

[quote=Anonymous]It’s not really a fair comparison to normal college admissions, because a lot of kids wash out for medical reasons — e.g., if you ever had asthma, used anti-anxiety medication, etc. you will be disqualified. [b]They are that strict because they can be[/b] and it is one way to thin out the application pile. It’s like looking at the acceptance rate for Harvard for kids with perfect SAT scores and grades. [/quote]

[quote=Anonymous]Most of kids are healthy normal[/quote]

[quote=Anonymous]I'm afraid not. Only 23 percent of Americans between the ages 0f 17-24 are even eligible to join the military. Obesity is the biggest reason. Very few young Americans are fit enough to join. Add addiction and criminal charges. Throw in certain conditions like ADHD and other mental health issues. Plus medical issues. And the pool of eligible young Americans is pretty small. And that's just to enlist.

As for the academies, all those things get caught before a formal application is submitted. And, as has been mentioned before, you need a Congressional Nomination to apply to West Point, Annapolis, or the Air Force Academy. Those are difficult to get. You need to be an exceptional person to get one. Applying to the academies is nothing like applying to a regular college. [b]It's pointless to compare.[/b] [/quote]

This. There is no amount of money, medicine, or surgical procedure that will get our DC with excellent grades, test scores, EC, and (most importantly, IMHO) the temperament and desire.....eligible to even apply for a Service Academy.

Even for the ones who [i]are[/i] eligible, it is highly selective -- just maybe not in a traditional way. As a PP said, it's selective because they [i]can[/i] be and because they [i]need[/i] to be.[/quote]

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