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Is everyone accepted to a prep school if they are not accepted to a service academy or is the process just as rigorous.
 
traceb said:
Is everyone accepted to a prep school if they are not accepted to a service academy or is the process just as rigorous.
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No. There are only a few hundred or less sent to prep school from each academy. A candidate can choose to pay for a prep school. There are several to choose from.
 
traceb said:
Is everyone accepted to a prep school if they are not accepted to a service academy or is the process just as rigorous.
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No.
Every candidate is considered. There is no separate application. The SA determines they want that candidate in the class after the current cycle, and believes the prep experience will benefit them and prepare them to succeed at the SA.

There are thousands of applicants to, for example, USNA, every year. In a sample class profile, you can see how many come from the service prep school or scholarship prep schools.
 
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How much is prep school usually?
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Depends. There is no financial cost to the candidate's family for NAPS.

For SPONSORED prep school candidates (meaning the SA sends you), the school itself provides a discount / scholarship, the SA Foundation program contributes an amount, and the family of the candidate is expected to pay in an amount commensurate with their ability. As a general rule, the family contributes roughly 1/3 of the cost. However, if a family can't pay that, they will pay less or possibly nothing at all. Wealthy families would be expected to pay more.

UNSPONSORED prep school candidates (you are not selected by a SA to attend prep school but decide to do it on your own) pay 100% of the cost, unless they are able to obtain a scholarship from the school or other outside financial support on their own.
 
In reference to USMAPS for West Point, an offer to USMAPS is known as a "golden ticket," but it is not necessarily a guarantee. You still earn your appointment through hard work at Prep, you will still reapply officially on the portal, but ... generally if you work hard and do not quit or commit any disciplinary violations, you will earn an appointment to USMA.
 
usna1985 said:
Depends. There is no financial cost to the candidate's family for NAPS.

For SPONSORED prep school candidates (meaning the SA sends you), the school itself provides a discount / scholarship, the SA Foundation program contributes an amount, and the family of the candidate is expected to pay in an amount commensurate with their ability. As a general rule, the family contributes roughly 1/3 of the cost. However, if a family can't pay that, they will pay less or possibly nothing at all. Wealthy families would be expected to pay more.
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How is a family's financial contribution determined? Do they pull from FAFSA?
 
snarfly said:
How is a family's financial contribution determined? Do they pull from FAFSA?
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There are 2 different kinds of Prep Schools. The Naval Academy, US Military Academy(West Point), and US Air Force Academy each have their own Prep School. The Coast Guard Academy sends their Prep students to the Naval Academy Prep School. There isn't a separate application for these, you are automatically considered. There is no cost to attend a Service Academy Prep School and the students/Cadet Candidates receive a small pay while they attend. Separately each Service Academy offers a small number of scholarships to a number of Military Styled Preparatory Schools that they have partnerships with, it is with these that you may be asked to pay based upon your families ability to contribute. Some are for a full year, others are just half a year and you need to attend another civilian college the second half of the year. If you are offered either of these, take it. On successful completion, you are almost always offered an appointment to the SA, which is why they are called a Golden Ticket. However if you do not receive a scholarship from one of the SA's, you can still apply to attend one of those Military Styled Preparatory Schools, with no assistance from the SA, and it does look good on your application when reapplying. Hope that helps. :)

edit: Just looked and seen you were a 5 year member and realized you probably knew all this already, lol.
 
104FW_QA said:
There are 2 different kinds of Prep Schools. The Naval Academy, US Military Academy(West Point), and US Air Force Academy each have their own Prep School. The Coast Guard Academy sends their Prep students to the Naval Academy Prep School. There isn't a separate application for these, you are automatically considered. There is no cost to attend a Service Academy Prep School and the students/Cadet Candidates receive a small pay while they attend. Separately each Service Academy offers a small number of scholarships to a number of Military Styled Preparatory Schools that they have partnerships with, it is with these that you may be asked to pay based upon your families ability to contribute. Some are for a full year, others are just half a year and you need to attend another civilian college the second half of the year. If you are offered either of these, take it. On successful completion, you are almost always offered an appointment to the SA, which is why they are called a Golden Ticket. However if you do not receive a scholarship from one of the SA's, you can still apply to attend one of those Military Styled Preparatory Schools, with no assistance from the SA, and it does look good on your application when reapplying. Hope that helps. :)

edit: Just looked and seen you were a 5 year member and realized you probably knew all this already, lol.
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Thank you…this was very helpful.
 
snarfly said:
How is a family's financial contribution determined? Do they pull from FAFSA?
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I have not been directly involved for a few years with this but when I was last briefed, it was NOT from FAFSA. Parents are asked family income but it was not FAFSA at that time. I review scholarship applications for a Veterans group and once of our criteria is financial need so we ASK for income numbers but documentation is not currently used/required.
 
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