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Interesting online tool at parchment.com allows you to compare which of any two schools applicants chose to attend when they had been accepted at both. The current numbers show applicants who were accepted at both choosing USAFA over USNA by 58% to 42%. Applicants are choosing USAFA over USMA by...

I heard CST was cancelled for budget reasons this year and going forward indefinitely. Class of 2014 might turn out to be the last class subject to the week in the woods, escape and evasion etc. (I'm told the classroom element of CST was rolled into Global Engagement).

As a parent of a current cadet, I will defer to an ALO or other USAFA rep. for an official answer to this Q but from what I know, USAFA goes to very great lengths to "look under the hood" of a candidate's GPA -- to assess the rigor and difficulty of the courses -- including a multi-page...