I could be wrong (I often am), but I think that maybe some people are jumping the gun by labeling themselves as "not a good NAPS candidate." See the below posts from 2018...
navy2022VA, Apr 10, 2018 "The stigma that everyone who goes to naps has bad grades needs to disappear. I have a 4.2 gpa from a top high school, good test scores, state champ in my sport, and am going to NAPS. It is such a blessing and I choose not to speculate, but it’s a pet peeve of mine when people assume I and others are going because we are unacademic."
nodiva, Apr 10, 2018 "My DD was a Foundation student. She had one B+ in high school (AP CHEM), graduated 6th in her class etc, etc. Her prep school year was such a blessing and she will be forever grateful for the Foundation to have had a gap year to take other classes like AP BC Calc and AP Mechanical Physics. She tested out of all USNA Chem classes as well as Calc 1 and 2 among others. I agree with navy2022VA that NAPS and Foundation students are not all students with a low GPA or bad test scores, sometimes it's just a matter of a full slate from your district."
nodiva, Apr 10, 2018 "My DD was a Foundation student. She had one B+ in high school (AP CHEM), graduated 6th in her class etc, etc. Her prep school year was such a blessing and she will be forever grateful for the Foundation to have had a gap year to take other classes like AP BC Calc and AP Mechanical Physics. She tested out of all USNA Chem classes as well as Calc 1 and 2 among others. I agree with navy2022VA that NAPS and Foundation students are not all students with a low GPA or bad test scores, sometimes it's just a matter of a full slate from your district."