My 2cents worth is as follows:
1) IF you are currently applying (or the parent/friend/etc. of somene who is)...........ASSUME that ALL aspects of the USNA application process ARE important (even if you don't understand exactly why that is). Your BGO interview, your submitted application, CFA results, MOC interview(s).....etc. Do the best you can on all of them and the rest will take care of itself.
2) For those who are not in category 1) above such as BGO's, longtime regulars, USNA graduates....etc...........make sure it is clear when we are discussing the finer points of the application process, stating an opinion or attemping to draw conclusions based on your personal experiences.
Some of the recent conversation could be misconstrued as advice to those who either are new to this forum or haven't followed this entire thread as it has moved around to several different topics.
Every BGO does NOT work exactly the same way. So to debate the 'how much does this matter?' isn't really going to help anyone currently applying.
1) IF you are currently applying (or the parent/friend/etc. of somene who is)...........ASSUME that ALL aspects of the USNA application process ARE important (even if you don't understand exactly why that is). Your BGO interview, your submitted application, CFA results, MOC interview(s).....etc. Do the best you can on all of them and the rest will take care of itself.
2) For those who are not in category 1) above such as BGO's, longtime regulars, USNA graduates....etc...........make sure it is clear when we are discussing the finer points of the application process, stating an opinion or attemping to draw conclusions based on your personal experiences.
Some of the recent conversation could be misconstrued as advice to those who either are new to this forum or haven't followed this entire thread as it has moved around to several different topics.
Every BGO does NOT work exactly the same way. So to debate the 'how much does this matter?' isn't really going to help anyone currently applying.