Amount Of Candidates Left

As a parent during the Candidate Visit Weekend orientation briefing, I was completely impressed by the pride in which the Admissions Director shared that the four year graduation rate was 90%.
This is an extremely high graduation rate and is unique among colleges/universities. It definitely made me think that USNA was heavily invested in the students/midshipmen/future officers that they are accepted. Actually, as a mom, it made me feel good about my #3 going to school there--that rather than 'Attrition is our Mission' there was real commitment to training, building, and retention.
 
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Mama Bear said:
DS is still CPR. He is hoping for NAPS. Will that be decided by the April "deadline" or is NAPS another deadline? Already secured Plan B,C,D.
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Everything will be decided by the April 15 deadline except he is put on the waitlist. Also NAPS offer can be made at any time during the selection process, there is no specific time when NAPS appointments are handed out.
 
DrMom said:
As a parent during the Candidate Visit Weekend orientation briefing, I was completely impressed by the pride in which the Admissions Director shared that the four year graduation rate was 90%.
This is an extremely high graduation rate and is unique among colleges/universities. It definitely made me think that USNA was heavily invested in the students/midshipmen/future officers that they are accepted. Actually, as a mom, it made me feel good about my #3 going to school there--that rather than 'Attrition is our Mission' there was real commitment to training, building, and retention.
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Considering most schools have a 65-75% graduation rate and Navy consistently is above 85%, they work to get their money's worth out their investment. Your child is an asset to the nation and the staff at the academy will work hard to see to it that it's not squandered. Be proud if they get in because it's tougher to get in than ever because the staff works hard to make sure they learn what they need to learn. If they graduate with the degree, it's going to be a quality education. Having graduated from an Ivy and done grad school at an Ivy, I can say our son's freshman year has been more challenging academically than anything we faced. They make sure the kids work to their level of ability but they don't ever let them give just enough. It's amazing.
 
Dad2020 said:
Rumor: smallest class to be admitted to the academy in years. Probably will be an I-Day class of less than a thousand. It was extremely competitive this year because the academy has been working to retain as many midshipmen as they can instead of kicking them out.
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I heard this too. But the source appears to be fb. Hard to believe that suddenly there will be the smallest class size since the 1950's...
 
Navy92 said:
I heard this too. But the source appears to be fb. Hard to believe that suddenly there will be the smallest class size since the 1950's...
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It makes sense. They have very little turnover now and the law limits the total enrollment at the academy, so they base admissions on what they have and retention rates with the projected retention of the incoming class. I wonder if this will be a trend until 2019 graduates.
 
I agree with hoops, we'll just have to wait and see. But even though it makes sense, they wouldn't drop the rate suddenly by 150, I wouldn't think...
 
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Navy92 said:
I heard this too. But the source appears to be fb. Hard to believe that suddenly there will be the smallest class size since the 1950's...
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It makes sense. They have very little turnover now and the law limits the total enrollment at the academy, so they base admissions on what they have and retention rates with the projected retention of the incoming class. I wonder if this will be a trend until 2019 graduates.
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I'm not exactly sure how it makes sense.
Class of 2020 admitted. 1177
Class of 2019 admitted. 1193
Class of 2018 admitted. 1192
Class of 2017 admitted. 1206

It all looks pretty even to me. If anything, the class of 2017 will graduate more than the other three classes meaning the class of 2021 would seemingly have more midshipmen.

Put my trust in facts and history and not so much in rumors.

Good luck to all those candidates and parents staring at that CPR.
 
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Dad2020 said:
Navy92 said:
I heard this too. But the source appears to be fb. Hard to believe that suddenly there will be the smallest class size since the 1950's...
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It makes sense. They have very little turnover now and the law limits the total enrollment at the academy, so they base admissions on what they have and retention rates with the projected retention of the incoming class. I wonder if this will be a trend until 2019 graduates.
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I'm not exactly sure how it makes sense.
Class of 2020 admitted. 1177
Class of 2019 admitted. 1193
Class of 2018 admitted. 1192
Class of 2017 admitted. 1206

It all looks pretty even to me. If anything, the class of 2017 will graduate more than the other three classes meaning the class of 2021 would seemingly have more midshipmen.

Put my trust in facts and history and not so much in rumors.

Good luck to all those candidates and parents staring at that CPR.
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I think it's just a rumor. Also, I haven't seen any reluctance to separate a kid who deserves it. Only 1 (maybe) that this Commandant hasn't separated for PTR failure. Gonna lose at least 10% no matter your I-Day number.
 
If its the letter that was attached in the email...That letter is a couple of years old. Info was the class of 2019. I could be wrong but that's what I read from them. Did you receive something else?
 
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