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I visited the Naval Academy website and opened the class portrait. There is no asterisk. The snapshot states 16,086 application, 1,373 offers of appointment. Period. Click here for details: https://www.usna.edu/Admissions/_files/documents/ClassPortrait.pdf I was a Blue and Gold Officer...

My observation is that shared misery produces tremendous bonding and a great network. West Point grads (a family member is one) love to get together and commiserate how they missed out on a traditional college experience. They also help each other in post-military networking a good deal...

In my experience, West Point -- and the Army, generally -- does not always explain the basis for a departure from reason. :)

Has anyone who posted above actually served on an admissions board for a service academy? Do they really care about standing out, or is in fact merely important to have an authentic desire to serve? For example, does a 1580 SAT, 3.95 GP UW, Class Vice President, nationally competitive...

Do the other service academies apply the same methodology to calculate their application statistics in the same manner as USNA (e.g., applying for Summer Seminar counts as an "application")? It would interesting to know what percentage of the so-called applications relate solely to Summer...

A bit of strategy here if you are applying to multiple commissioning sources: FINISH one first, so that you can start the DODMERB process. Often, it takes a long time to sort things out with DODMERB and time is your friend.

I once heard about a Blue and Gold Officer who blackballed every candidate who told him that they had not applied for a Vice Presidential nomination based on a sober risk assessment because, to the BGO, "it speaks to motivation." Stories like this are surely to embolden that BGO... 99.9% of...

Navy ROTC to JAG is not a direct pathway. The Navy Law Education Program takes 5-10 active duty --typically "stellar"--officers each year with between 2 and 6 (weighted toward 6) years of active duty experience and pays for their law school. This is similar to FLEP, discussed above. This...