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This is exactly why the Navy all but prohibits grad school immediately following graduation from USNA. The only official program, Voluntary Graduate Education Program, VGEP for you Air Force types who cannot talk without moving your hands and using acronyms, only involves 20 or so individuals annually and must be completed by the end of the fall semester following graduation from USNA.</p>
<p>Consequently, those who get the extended programs are only the truly outstanding; the Rhodes, Fulbrights, etc., and they often subsequently find themselves on somewhat of an ‘alternate’ career path. Never knew one that decided to follow aviation, for example, due exactly to the reasons mentioned above.</p>