Final Stats on the new 1201 members of the Class of 2029

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The new class of Midshipmen boasts 824 men selected from 11,190 applications and 377 Women selected from 4,887 applications. Midshipmen were admitted from every state in the nation, as well as the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
The Class of 2029 has 14 international students from Canada (1), Egypt (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (1), Jordan (1), Kenya (1), Malaysia (1), Maldives (1), Nigeria (1), Palau (1), Panama (1), Peru (1), Senegal (1), Taiwan (1).
The Class of 2029 includes students from college and post high school preparatory programs. 215 from Naval Academy Preparatory School (NAPS) in Newport, R.I., of those 35 Navy and 8 Marine Corps are prior enlisted. Total number of prior enlisted: Navy - 55 and Marine Corps - 9.
 
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OldRetSWO said:
215 from Naval Academy Preparatory School (NAPS) in Newport, R.I., of those 35 Navy and 8 Marine Corps are prior enlisted. Total number of prior enlisted: Navy - 55 and Marine Corps - 9.
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If I am reading this right, 20 of the 55 priors came direct to USNA? Is that a normal percentage? I thought I have read on here where almost all go to NAPS first? The 1 of 9 USMC fits more of what I would have expected.

What would be the primary driver? Recency of HS courses?
 
Can anyone give more information about the international students. Why do they only send 1 ea. from these countries. Why do we do this,? Diplomacy? Not critical or looking to criticize any of this. I am just curious as to what is up?
 
OldRetSWO said:
The new class of Midshipmen boasts 824 men selected from 11,190 applications and 377 Women selected from 4,887 applications. Midshipmen were admitted from every state in the nation, as well as the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
The Class of 2029 has 14 international students from Canada (1), Egypt (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (1), Jordan (1), Kenya (1), Malaysia (1), Maldives (1), Nigeria (1), Palau (1), Panama (1), Peru (1), Senegal (1), Taiwan (1).
The Class of 2029 includes students from college and post high school preparatory programs. 215 from Naval Academy Preparatory School (NAPS) in Newport, R.I., of those 35 Navy and 8 Marine Corps are prior enlisted. Total number of prior enlisted: Navy - 55 and Marine Corps - 9.























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The total number of applicants - 16K, Is that fully completed submitted applications or anyone who started an application?
 
The international students is largely diplomatic. If I recall correctly, the parent country actually pays the US to send their students here.
interesting list of countries....I suspect it varies year to year.

For those applying and concerned that International students may be taking up a spot that an American can take, USNA class size is set by Navy officer accession needs, not capacity of USNA to handle students. Bancroft Hall has more than enough space to handle a few extra bodies.
 
nalaandbella said:
The total number of applicants - 16K, Is that fully completed submitted applications or anyone who started an application?
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It is not fully completed applications as that is not a huge number.
 
Mallard Duck said:
Can anyone give more information about the international students. Why do they only send 1 ea. from these countries. Why do we do this,? Diplomacy? Not critical or looking to criticize any of this. I am just curious as to what is up?
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Meets DoS and DoD ally and partner engagement goals. Builds current and future bridges. Quite often it’s part of a foreign aid package for poorer countries, or the countries pay. These mids and cadets return to their country to serve in their armed forces or defense ministry. In the summers, they return to their home country for training. Quite often they have completed a year at their own country’s service academy. On Commissioning Day, it’s fun to see the array of senior international military officers in some fancy dress uniforms who appear to commission their USNA grads.

One of DH’s Singaporean USNA classmates rose to a very high level in government. Every time we visited, we were invited to their villa, got taken to private clubs, etc. DH had taken him by train to his home in Philly a few times when they were mids and introduced him to cheesesteaks and local ice cream.

Foreign military officers also attend the Naval War College and other service schools. When I was in Peru on TAD many years ago assisting the Peruvian Naval Academy prepare to admit their first women, the admiral who was the Superintendent was a Naval War College grad, spoke excellent English, stayed in touch with classmates, was on good terms with the local military attachés. Those kinds of ties are priceless when there is a need to have informal comm channels.
 
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Mallard Duck said:
Can anyone give more information about the international students. Why do they only send 1 ea. from these countries. Why do we do this,? Diplomacy? Not critical or looking to criticize any of this. I am just curious as to what is up?
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To add to what was said above, when I did shore duty at the former Naval Guided Missiles School (was in Dam Neck VA), I had the collateral duty of "Foreign Training Officer" and attended a special school for that role. Basically, in addition to the training provided, the US also gains a great deal by creating bonds between our military and the other nation's military which tend to be very durable even as our official relations wax and wane over time. In addition to their studies at my school, I also had a budget to help them "experience" the US outside of our bases and schools so during my tour there, I took our foreign students to NYC, Washington DC, Gettysburg and other great places.
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Obligatory Sea Story: At one point my ship made a port call to Rio de Janeiro during a time when there was a bit of a chill between our leaders and those of Brazil. We had a somewhat typical sailor activity that landed a couple of our sailors in the local jail. Despite the official chill between our countries, the excellent Mil to Mil relationships through things like US military schools and joint military exercises allowed us to get our sailors back where we dealt with their issues on our own.
 
Capt MJ said:
Meets DoS and DoD ally and partner engagement goals. Builds current and future bridges. Quite often it’s part of a foreign aid package for poorer countries, or the countries pay. These mids and cadets return to their country to serve in their armed forces or defense ministry. In the summers, they return to their home country for training. Quite often they have completed a year at their own country’s service academy. On Commissioning Day, it’s fun to see the array of senior international military officers in some fancy dress uniforms who appear to commission their USNA grads.

One of DH’s Singaporean USNA classmates rose to a very high level in government. Every time we visited, we were invited to their villa, got taken to private clubs, etc. DH had taken him by train to his home in Philly a few times when they were mids and introduced him to cheesesteaks and local ice cream.

Foreign military officers also attend the Naval War College and other service schools. When I was in Peru on TAD many years ago assisting the Peruvian Naval Academy prepare to admit their first women, the admiral who was the Superintendent was a Naval War College grad, spoke excellent English, stayed in touch with classmates, was on good terms with the local military attachés. Those kinds of ties are priceless when there is a need to have informal comm channels.
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JINX! You owe me a coke.
 
The 16K applications is about a thousand more than last year. Wonder why that is?
 
The number of applicants rises and falls in any given year. Can be affected by political climate, economy, USNA outreach, movies, etc.

The denominator is the number of people who in any way opened an application -- submitting an NASS application, attending NASS, filling out the pre-candidate questionnaire, etc. A decent number of those never take another step. A higher number don't complete 100% of their applications. Thus, if you actually complete everything, your odds of receiving an appointment are much higher than the 8% that you would take away from the above numbers.
 
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Births: final data for 2007 - PubMed

A total of 4,316,233 births were registered in the United States in 2007, the largest number of births ever reported. The general fertility rate increased 1 percent to 69.5 per 1,000. Birth rates increased for women in nearly all age groups. The rate for teenagers rose 1 percent for the year and...
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The data…🤓
 
NvrForget343 said:
2007 had an unusually high birth rate. All college applications were through the roof this year, making it one of the most, if not the most competitive years ever - from a sheer numbers perspective.
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That’s wild! I had no idea. Thanks so much for sharing.
 
an654 said:
That’s wild! I had no idea. Thanks so much for sharing.
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Sharing.. that’s why we are all here! Happy to be of service. I thought it was very interesting too and troubling .. I heard this when the application cycle started. Thankfully, it all worked out.
 
Ok so this is annoying me. Anyone else have the same thing with OP’s post? It’s darkened. Even in a reply post of another poster. Although if I go to their posting page, it’s there.

What in tarnation is this wizardry 🤔??!?
 

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justdoit19 said:
Ok so this is annoying me. Anyone else have the same thing with OP’s post? It’s darkened. Even in a reply post of another poster. Although if I go to their posting page, it’s there.

What in transition is this wizardry??!?
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You must have hit your background color.

Mine is white.
 
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