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Again, if you work discretely through your area coordinator, this should not be a problem. This is both a tough call for you to make and a sensitive recommendation for me, but there is no way, if the facts have been presented correctly, that the BGOs mentioned by both wwalrus and MIDNDAD can be viewed as anything other than incompetent.</p>
<p>We have not even addressed NAPS/Foundation. Exactly the same process occurs for these programs as it does for direct entry. The same application, the same interview, and the same admissions process. In round numbers, whereas, each year’s class is composed of only 800 BGO direct entries and 400 from the previous year’s process. Therefore, when a BGO goes to an interview, the chances are almost 1 in 3 that he will be interviewing for and recommending NAPS/Foundationfor the following year’s USNA entry and whose average combined SAT is in the 1140 range. A BGO who refuses to recognize this part of his job is either totally ignorant or completely incompetent. Get a new one.</p>
<p>Actually, the whole thing is so ludicrous, I would like to think somehow, no matter how inconceivable, that there have simply been some type of communication breakdowns. A grad BGO would, from first hand experience, definitely know better.</p>