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    Home-schoolers and Class Rank

    Looking at the specifics here...depending on which AP courses he has - looks fairly good! (The type/quality of AP and/or actual college courses at a junior college will be a big determiner of the value of those courses. Higher value for STEM AP/College courses, lower value for non-STEM.)...
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    Home-schoolers and Class Rank

    I can't speak reliably to the USAFA 'algorithms'....but I can discuss USNA - and I would bet that they are similar. First - there is no real 'algorithm' where all the data gets inputted and out comes a number and they select the top numbers. They evaluate CANDIDATES - real people. There is...
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    Appointments and LOAs

    A couple of points (and clarifications of contradictory info) LOAs go to highly qualified candidates (especially top athletes who are also good academically.) The LOA is an ASSURANCE that IF the candidate gets a nomination - the candidate WILL be accepted into the Academy. The LOA is a way...
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    USNA In my future.

    You don't apply to NAPS. If your application is considered not quite good enough to be a fully qualified candidate - but something in your application shows you might be an extremely good leader, if your academic short-comings were fixed, then THEY will consider if you should be offered NAPS...
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    Appointment questions?

    What happens is the Admissions Office starts sending out offers. Usually they have a target number (about 1200). The total number of outstanding offers won't cause the target number to be exceeded if all outstanding offers are accepted. Usually, they will have about 1200 offers issued by 01...
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    Appointment questions?

    Let's look at some of the information you have: Number of applicants with an official nomination............................. 3,838 Nominees qualified scholastically, medically and in physical aptitude..... 2,196 Offers of admission................................ 1,537 Note that not every...
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