Vista123
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interesting article with regards to service academy acceptances & NROTC scholarships first to Tier 1, then Tier 2, and lastly to Tier 3 majors.
"A high school senior’s best chance of obtaining an appointment to USNA or a Navy ROTC scholarship is to apply for a Tier 1 and 2 academic majors, since Chief of Naval Operations guidance states that not less than 85 percent of incoming scholarship offers will come from this restricted pool. In fact, an algorithm decides the fate of hopeful midshipmen, weighed in large part to their proposed major selection annotated in their respective application.
Does the tier system produce better submariners or more proficient naval officers?...These are questions to consider when discerning the benefits and disadvantages of STEM graduates. We should not forget the value of future officers developing a keen interest of foreign affairs, history or language."
http://news.usni.org/2014/01/20/opinion-navy-needs-intellectual-diversity
http://news.usni.org/2014/01/20/opinion-navy-needs-intellectual-diversity
"A high school senior’s best chance of obtaining an appointment to USNA or a Navy ROTC scholarship is to apply for a Tier 1 and 2 academic majors, since Chief of Naval Operations guidance states that not less than 85 percent of incoming scholarship offers will come from this restricted pool. In fact, an algorithm decides the fate of hopeful midshipmen, weighed in large part to their proposed major selection annotated in their respective application.
Does the tier system produce better submariners or more proficient naval officers?...These are questions to consider when discerning the benefits and disadvantages of STEM graduates. We should not forget the value of future officers developing a keen interest of foreign affairs, history or language."
http://news.usni.org/2014/01/20/opinion-navy-needs-intellectual-diversity
http://news.usni.org/2014/01/20/opinion-navy-needs-intellectual-diversity