Could I be considered for an appointment to NAPS?

NorthernCalMother
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:31:50 +0000

Congratulations, Hopefully12.

I’m in complete agreement w/ NAPSter11 and NAPS05mom re: the wonderful results NAPS can produce.

My son, NAPS '07, had a story similar to NAPS05’s daughter’s. At USNA, he held a number of Brigade leadership roles, made the Superintendent’s list repeatedly, and like NAPSter11, he waived enough USNA classes to qualify for the graduate education program, VGEP. Seven months after commissioning/graduating from USNA in the top 15% of the class, he had a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University. What he most values from the NAPS experience, though, is the friendship and camaraderie among his NAPS classmates, especially the prior enlisted. They’re still his closest USNA friends.

Speaking of prior enlisted, the one I know wasn’t counseled to “avoid NAPS @ every (sic)” cost.

I don’t understand why some like to take shots @ the program. USNA seems to see such desirable qualities in a small number of applicants that it’s willing to bet on them. Seems to have paid off w/ the stories on this page.