Foundation schools

I was wondering if anyone out there knows much about the foundation schools. I have applied to USNA and have been told by my regional officer that I am being strongly considered for either a NAPS or a Foundation school appointment. Does anyone know if one is necessarily better than the other aside from the fact that naps is free. Do they both have a good success rate of gaining admissions to a Service Academy? Also, is anyone familiar with MMI? Thanks for any input.
Austin

Here's the complete list:

Participating Schools and Institutions

Avon Old Farms School, Avon, Connecticut
Blair Academy, Blairstown, New Jersey
Greystone Prep School at Schreiner University, Kerrville, Texas
Hargrave Military Academy, Chatham, Virginia
The Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania
The Hun School of Princeton, Princeton, New Jersey
Kent School, Kent, Connecticut
The Kiski School, Saltsburg, Pennsylvania
The Marion Military Institute, Marion, Alabama
The Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania
New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, New Mexico
Northfield Mount Hermon School, Northfield, Massachusetts
Northwestern Preparatory School, Crestline, California
The Peddie School, Hightstown, New Jersey
Portsmouth Abbey School, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Salisbury School, Salisbury, Connecticut
Valley Forge Military Junior College, Wayne, Pennsylvania
Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio
Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pennsylvania

austinl said:

I was wondering if anyone out there knows much about the foundation schools. I have applied to USNA and have been told by my regional officer that I am being strongly considered for either a NAPS or a Foundation school appointment. Does anyone know if one is necessarily better than the other aside from the fact that naps is free. Do they both have a good success rate of gaining admissions to a Service Academy? Also, is anyone familiar with MMI? Thanks for any input.
Austin

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It appears the foundation school program has an excellent success rate. It's much smaller and seems more athlete oriented. Here''s some info I found:

http://www.usna.com/Document.Doc?&id=110

austinl said:

I was wondering if anyone out there knows much about the foundation schools. I have applied to USNA and have been told by my regional officer that I am being strongly considered for either a NAPS or a Foundation school appointment. Does anyone know if one is necessarily better than the other aside from the fact that naps is free. Do they both have a good success rate of gaining admissions to a Service Academy? Also, is anyone familiar with MMI? Thanks for any input.
Austin

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Even though I'm AF, I go to NMMI and we have I think 3 sponsored USNA preps here. It's a pretty good school if you can deal with all the "ARMY HOOYAH" of the place. I'd recommend looking into it!

My DS is also an AF Falcon Foundation Scholar. He choose NWP out in California and got a lot of out the experience. The majority of sponsored prepsters are Falcons, but out of the 93 this year, there were something like 8 Navy Foundation students and probably a few more Navy free agents that were not sponsored. Sponsored NWP student's have a very good track record of getting an appointment the next year. Mr. And Mrs. Durbeck run the school, are great with the students, and know what it takes to be an effective Navy officer as their daughter and son are both AD Navy officers and they have NWP grads in just about every career field in the Navy and Marines.

I recommend checking out the school online and giving them a call. This is their downtime since they have finished with the 2011 class as the school is just one semester long. The second semester is done at home at a local university or junior college. Feel free to PM me with any other questions.

Lastly, know that an offer to either NAPS or a Foundation Prep school is great. It is the closest thing you can get to a guarantee for an appointment next year and you will gain all kinds of skills, confidence, and friends that will help you at the Academy.

Here are some NWP links:
Facebook
Main website
2011 Newsletter