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They have gotten super aggressive about parking the past few years ever since 1/C spots got severely limited due to construction. They don’t mess around. Multiple people my firstie year got 30 days, loss of parking until grad for parking five spots too far to the left, in a random poorly marked...

One thing I'll add in regards to service obligations is that both subs and SWO(N) have an additional obligation served concurrently to their 5 years from USNA (and don't forget the 3 years IRR). After your interview if you choose to go subs, you will be asked to agree to spending 24 months on a...

I just wrote about this in another post so I'll put this here too. The consensus among everyone who I've talked to who was a mid and is now either a medical student or voluntarily/involuntarily decided against it is that USNA is a very difficult place to become a medical doctor. The best way to...

It is not a requirement to play a varsity sport to get into the Naval Academy, but I will say that nearly all of my classmates were varsity athletes (emphasis on nearly because I knew more than a few who weren't). If you think you have the time, can afford it, and, most importantly, would enjoy...

I was not a great swimmer and, while not an "aqua rock", was especially below average during plebe summer. I managed to pass the 15 minute tread. It wasn't so bad. The fact that she knows how to swim and knows how to tread will help her a ton. There's like five or six classes before actual...

I just graduated with an engineering degree from USNA. USNA is a very prestigious institution, and its engineering department in particular is very highly ranked (just check US News). You are correct that you will have to take extra credits in non-engineering classes at USNA such as leadership...

Depending on where you live, triple noms aren't unusual. In a lot of places, one school is very competitive and the other two aren't as much (still competitive, though). Where I'm from, this is the case. If you can get a nom to the competitive one, you stand a good chance of getting the other...

25 is the place to be ;) The amount trying out for SOT varies from year-to-year. There's tryouts in the fall and spring. They don't take a ton of plebes. I'm not on SOT but the consensus among people I've asked is around 4 per tryout give or take a few. If it's what you want, please don't worry...

I have friends on SOT and friends who secured the SEAL screener. Neither is easy and most people self select before the SOT tryout/SEAL screener even begins. SOT tryouts are intense and really early in the morning. You will bear crawl all over the place, need to be a good runner, be a good...

As others have mentioned, admissions can actually see what courses your high school offers. You should take the hardest classes that are available to you that you can succeed in. Take those AP's junior year if you can and hammer out any prerequisites now (a lot of students don't take AP classes...

I'll make this my first post too (reply I guess). Current 1/C mid. As a freshmen in high school my best advice is to take the things that you know you should be as seriously as you should be (say it 5 times fast). This means you need to study hard. A B or 2 isn't going to kill you but a trend...