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From USNA Admissions FAQ's:
In order to
COMPETE for an appointment, an official candidate must be:
- be found scholastically qualified by the Admissions Board;
- pass the Naval Academy's Physical Aptitude Examination (same for all the service academies);
AND
- receive an official nomination from one of many sources available
The first three bullet points above are what is referred to as 3Q'd
I understand that the first bullet, "Scholastically qualified by the Admissions Board" means that your
whole candidate score that takes into account everything in your application such as grades, test, schools, sports, leadership roles, awards, gender, race, etc etc and everything else that goes into it, is high enough that they consider you a viable candidate. There are a lot of vairables that go into this score and how they are generated and what they mean are closely guarded.
From master's thesis papers on the subject I have read from Naval Postgraduate School masters candidates, the scores can range from 58,000 to 72,000 points with those in the upper range likley to recieve early LOA's.
The Academy fills the class from those that meet the thresholds based on what they want the class makeup to look like.
Our BGO informed us that if you are not medically qualified and do not receive a waiver, no appointment, or that if you fail the CFA, no appointment or that if you don't recieve an official nom from one of the sources available, no appointment.
Hope that helps