number appointed Vs graduating

[LineInTheSand]

I am not trying to call you out on this just curious as to the difference. Any chance the official numbers start with those who survive swab summer rather than the R-day numbers?

No no, didn't think you were calling my out to any degree greater than I deserve to be. I have no idea which numbers admissions uses for their numbers. If they do post-swab summer #s, that would of course bump up the graduation rate. If Objee is saying my class was 72%, that's pretty close to the approx. 70% I counted with my Tide Rips year book. That 2% could be due to my fat fingering the count. 72% is still significantly lower than the 80+% quoted for the larger service academies (and I assume the target USCGA number).

Objee, what is the "starting number" that admissions uses, post Swab Summer or pre-Swab Summer?

Again, with class numbers in the hundreds instead of thousands, a few people make a larger dent in the percentages.

 

[goldenlion]

Also, how do they count the cadets that graduate but not with their original class? At USAFA, we had cadets that graduated 1-2 years late due to honor code violations, medical reasons, religious reasons and academics. Depending upon how they count these cadets and how many there are each year, this could impact the numbers.