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Not sure if that will disqualify her. Everyone goes through another thorough physical in their junior year though, and the results of that will determine what communities your qualified for. Additionally, if you get selected for aviation, you will complete yet another thorough physical when you...

Received a newsletter with the stats from the class of 2014 at Annapolis: Class of 2014 Service Assignment yielded 215 Surface Warfare Officers, 136 Submariners (including 15 females), 244 Pilots, 83 NFO, 33 SWO Nuclear Power, 28 SEALS, 14 EOD, and 52 Restricted Line (805 Navy). 270...

This is why I felt the need to comment. It didn't make sense to many of us either. NAPs is designed for people who need extra help academically but I know 3 people from my class who had perfect SATs and the academics were a breeze to them. One of them actually left because they weren't being...

Unless things have changed, you generally have to meet the minimum requirements and graduate NAPs in order to receive an appointment to USNA. Exceptions have definitely been made however. You basically need to obtain a 2.0 GPA (by year end), pass your prt (by year end) and put up with the...

If you can tough it out financially for the first 2 yrs, you will have the option of taking a $30K-$35K loan at a very low interest rate (0.5%-1.5%) upon entering your 3rd yr. If managed correctly, this is a really good deal!

aleash, I understand where your coming from. The point I'm trying to make is that most people attend a SA to primarily serve their country. You will already have the necessary requirements to do so as an officer without a SA education. Just from a business perspective, why would I (the...

I think it is possible, but I would recommend going through OCS instead. There aren't many people who attend a service academy with a 4 yr college degree under their belt. If your main goal is to become an officer, the most efficient and quickest way for you would be to finish your degree and go...

Bullet has some great points. Keep in mind that the needs of the service outweigh your needs. I know plenty of people who were in the top of their class at USNA and were drafted for a community they didn't want (mainly subs or nuke swo). When you are in the navy aviation pipeline, it is also...

There are a few varsity sports you can walk-on for. The biggest walk-on sport at Navy would be their sailing team (both offshore and dinghy). From what I hear, it is a very laid back atmosphere, but will consume a large portion of your time (3:45pm to 7:00pm/7:30pm each day, and most...

As a 2011 grad and former SNA, this is 100% accurate!

I'm not very familiar with how separation at the academy works. My best guess is, you'll most likely have to deal with the MIDN Personnel office (never was a pleasant experience for me!). If you have already gone through the USNA out processing, then you should have left with your DD214, or they...

For the Navy, the quickest I've seen it done is in 3 weeks, after a final decision has been made. I'm not clear on whether everyone must go through Navy personnel command or not, but assuming they (or whoever is in charge) gives you the green light, out processing can take some time...

I had prk surgery done at navy. The surgery took about 2 minutes. I went in on a Thursday morning for the surgery, had a follow up for Friday morning, then a follow up on the Monday. They give you all the meds you need, so I really didn't feel much pain at all. I had close to 20/400 in both...

I guess Airforce operates differently to Navy. At Navy, you will be given validation tests throughout your indoc period. If you pass the validation test, you do not have to take that class, however you still need to maintain 15 credits per semester or get a waiver to take less. As far as I...

Bruno makes a great point. I think it applies to various communities in the military but one navy community in particular (Surface Warfare) is renowned for horrible retention rates, and no amount of money will be able to fix this! I guess if someone has technically spent the past 10 or so...

Do not rule out attending the SA prep schools either. By applying to the SAs, you are also applying to the SA prep schools. If you do not get a direct appointment, you may get an offer to go to prep for a year. Two of my roommates at the academy went to non-SA prep schools (both shelled out...

There is no evidence over whether the quality of SA officers is better than ROTC officers, so closing the SAs and pushing everyone to ROTC would not affect the fleet in terms of officer quality. If you look at how some European countries train their officers, they keep traditional academics...

AquaRain, First, I don’t know the nature of your offense but unless it was egregious, you shouldn’t feel a whole lot of shame. Out of all the students in the U.S. that are enrolled in college right now, how many do you feel could have toughed it out as long as you did? It is unfortunate...

There are definitely a lot of off - campus party houses at the naval academy. Mainly Juniors and seniors who decide to go in together in renting a house or apartment out in town for the weekends. And yes, many of these people who rent out these houses are part of sports teams who in turn invite...

Lits: Yeah, I was speaking about the average 25 yr old in that context. My buddy won’t be out till age 28/29. And, I have to ask now, because I'm currently in consulting (Finance)! To give a little background: I was in pilot training for a year before the Navy dropped my API class because of...