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The SPECWAR billets are few and extremely competitive at the Academy. Major is less important than order of merit and physical fitness. One of my company mates was a PT animal but didn't get picked up for NSW because of his mediocre grades. The competitive Mid will be on the Supe's List, excel...

I did both Summer Seminar and Drag Weekend (aka CVW). I'm glad I did NASS, but its only real value is if you want/need exposure to USNA to decide if you want to go, learn something about the place, etc. One of my fellow campers was shocked to learn you had to wear a uniform all the time as a...

+1. Anything you can do to open up your sked is good. Remember that a "light" semester at the Academies would be a heavy course load anywhere else.

I don't know about you, but the Latin I took in high school definitely included speaking it aloud. Heck, the class included learning christmas carols and the Pledge of Allegience in Latin... If Latin didn't count, they'd tell you. It's a common enough language class.