Midshipmen1315
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How do you get into the prep school and what type of grades do you need?
So if you are a minority and don't have the best grades they can send you the the prep school?All of the Service Academies handle prep school admissions through their admissions department. You do not apply directly to the Prep School, you apply to the academy and then the admissions department offers SOME candidates a Prep School slot. Typically these candidates need more academic seasoning, but have high potential in other areas. Mostly the academies offer these slots to recruited athletes, prior enlisted personnel, or under represented minorities. Now each academy also may have a civilian prep program that is often run by alumni associations. The civilian prep program offers opportunities for promising candidates who were qualified, but no slot was available. They are then giving financial aid to attend a post graduate prep school, military junior college, or a civilian college. These candidates have to reapply to the academy, but they tend to have advantage when it comes to receiving an appointment as long as they make grades. I was a product of the civilian prep program and did a freshman year at a civilian college (joined ROTC also) before attending the academy.