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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP,  I've toured USMA/West Point a couple times, and  the tours were led by graduates who had also done a sport. One quit the sport after freshman year; the other stuck it out all 4 years but considered quitting. It's a big time/travel commitment on top of other cadet requirements. If your kid doesn't have the academic stats, they'll frequently admit to a prep school first.[/quote]

Is that so different than athletes at all schools? [/quote]
It's somewhat different, as other schools don't have the same academic and non-academic requirements, have a wider choice of majors, etc. You don't really hear about athletes at other schools not making it through due to grades anymore. It seems to be about the transfer portal and NIL$ today, if you're "that" good -- none of that is an option at a service academy. [b]At USNA, for example, I think everyone gets the equivalent of an engineering degree bc of the class requirements. [/b]Not sure what sport OP's child plays or what caliber athlete they are. If they need to be a recruited athlete to gain admission and really want to go, then I guess it's worth a try. [/quote]

My DH has a BS in History from the Naval Academy.  Not too many history grads also took Differential Equations and Thermodynamics.  I actually majored in Enginnering (elsewhere) and he had many but not all of the same classes I did.[/quote]

DP. Interesting info. I am starting to think some people on here are posting purposely incorrect and negative info to discourage people from looking into academies. Probably have a dc applying and want to keep the field as clear as possible for them. [/quote]

Lol, lmao even

No amount of parent jockeying will make things easier for your children at a service academy. The fact that your mind goes there is telling. 🥴[/quote]

Not once they are there, but in helping them get there, sure it does.[/quote]

Missed my point entirely. It's not like HYPSM. Getting in is not the bottleneck. Getting in is the easy part. A lot of students get pushed by families to go that get in and don't make it through. The prep school for athletes often doesn't work out for cadet candidates.

If your student is a borderline case they will likely be much better off matriculating elsewhere.[/quote]

My DH and I are both academy grads. I know exactly what the academies are like--and yes, getting in is hard.  Much harder now than it used to be.  DS would likely not have gotten in if not for his sport and having two parents who are grads.

Legacies are a minority, although obviously there are some, and some that are multi generational (rare but happens at many schools).  People who don't want to be there are sniffed out pretty early on in the admissions process.[/quote]

I guess if you compare admissions before the 2000s making assumptions about your timeline. Most students that can get into a service academy has a lot of good choices. You aren't a failure if you don't go to an academy.

I'll share a specific example about a cadet that was pushed through within the last decade.

My husband was on the same floor as a "Princess" legacy case had two general parents. She didn't make it past freshman year. All of her peers and instructors knew she couldn't cut it. Lots of strings pulled. Finally failed out but it took a full year. They slammed her door so hard at recognition it broke.

Admission should be hard but lots of people squeak by that shouldn't and if they make it through go on to be terrible officers.[/quote]

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