<p>Huh… Blue Zoo? 
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<p>Sorry. Don’t remember where you live. :o</p>
<p>Blue Zoo is a nickname for the Air Force Academy. :)</p>
<p>Hi, everyone, I’m new to this part of the CC forums, but I’ve been reading over some posts lately. I am applying to USAFA and USNA and I was wondering if you all think I have a decent chance for getting an appointment to Annapolis. I know it’s different for every academy. Here are some of my stats:</p>
<p>GPA:4.00
Class rank:1 of 437
SAT:2150
3-sport athlete
President of senior class
National Honor Society President
Copy editor of school newspaper
Lots and lots of community service
Part-time job
Various awards (Student of the Year, Student of the Month, Booster Club Athlete, etc.)</p>
<p>Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>Oh, Jeez! Zoomieville! :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Thanks. :o</p>
<p>Concerning your profile, if ever I’ve seen a profile that screamed “APPOINTMENT!!”, it’s yours. If you want to go, apply. It seems that aside from the DODMERB hurdle and the general competition among others with profiles like yours, the only real trick is the nomination.</p>
<p>Let me put it this way, your profile is WAY WAY WAY better than mine was! :D</p>
<p>And your way, way too qualified for USNA redhead! I mean they took Zaph didn’t they and his record was pretty iffy – so stick with USAFA – I’ve read your posts and THATs where you heart is! 
(Sorry Zaph, couldn’t resist. I could never come down on you for real since we have similar political views AND were born in Flushing! )</p>
<p>And yet he lives in NO JOYzee and endorses Air Farce! </p>
<p>HERESY! HERESY, I SAY!! :eek:</p>
<p>;)</p>
<p>That profile of hers would hold her in good stead to ANY SA. Mine wasn’t so hot, so I ended up going to Navy Kindergarten (NAPS).</p>
<p>Well, I guess we should take solace in that at least she isn’t looking at ARMY! EEEWWW!!! :D</p>
<p>Wait 'till she hears about Kings Point! A smart woman like that wants options.</p>
<p>A year at sea, choose your service, and become an industrial titan. </p>
<p>It doesn’t get better than that.</p>
<p>Sure it does.</p>
<p>Annapolis. :D</p>
<p>Oh no, it gets a lot better.</p>
<p>West Point!</p>
<p>Come on Boss, </p>
<p>Jump in for the puddle pirates</p>
<p>You are right AFDAD, my heart is definitely with USAFA. I can’t help it, I just love the place and have an enthusiasm about it that is different than what I have for the other service academies, although it would be an honor to serve anywhere. I’m just afraid that I may be putting all my eggs in one basket and setting myself up for disappointment (no pun intended ;))</p>
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<p>Obviously some strange new usage of the word “better” that I wasn’t previously aware of.</p>
<p>Must be a Woop thing. :D</p>
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In that case, and all joking aside, choose Air Force, grab it by the nose, and kick it in the ***. :)</p>
<h2>This is a news article that appears in today’s local paper to their area - but for many of you still curious about what is going on with the Class of 2011…thought I’d post it here…</h2>
<p>M. to attend Naval Academy</p>
<p>MANCHESTER , New Jersey M. a senior at Manchester High School, has received an early-decision appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md.</p>
<p>M., who is cadet commander of the Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps at his high school, will be one of about 1,400 candidates who receive appointments to Annapolis; only about 5 percent of these receive a letter of assurance, similar to early-decision admission to private civilian college, according to a news release.</p>
<p>The Naval Academy became M. goal while he was still in middle school, and he plans to seek an engineering degree and career in Marine aviation, said his mother. He is a member of the National Honor Society, competes on the varsity volleyball and swim teams and in martial arts, and is active in Habitat for Humanity and other community activities.</p>
<p>M. will enroll at the academy in June.</p>
<p>Remember that each congressional representative can nominate 10 candidates for each open vacancy. Some years they may have two vacancies. So if a candidate gets a LOA, it’s a pretty solid chance that they’ll get the nom.</p>
<p>As for appointments, the Academy takes in 300 candidates annually that are highly qualified. If the Navy provides you a LOA and you don’t get a nom from your congressional district, there’s still a great chance that you will indeed get a nom from another qualifying district. It doesn’t automatically go to football players, that’s BS. Also, the Superintendent gets about 50 appointments each year and all of those aren’t football players. </p>
<p>Best of luck.</p>
<p>How many LOAs do each of the academies grant each year?</p>
<p>Standard numbers from the past for USNA…200
I don’t know about the others</p>
<p>Curious? Any idea of the mean 200, what average matriculation rate among those would be? Wondering if we might be surprised, knowing that all are top shelf students and/or athletes, target groups, and otherwise addressing perceived needs among many elite insitutions. In other words, the competition must be fierce for these young people, and wondering how naive it may be to think USNA takes them all, most, some.</p>
<p>Any grad school thesis illuminating this?</p>
<p>What exactly does the LOA say?</p>
<p>I know this has nothing to do with the Naval Academy but my friend just got full admission into West Point on friday, he was really excited, but it sure does look like they are already making thier decisions.</p>
<p>West Point seems to get their admission decisions out a lot quicker than the remaining academies. USNA seems to take the longest. Once you accept to one academy, you can’t back out if another academy offer comes in after the fact, so keep that in mind.</p>
<p>Well, in my dd’s case, she had 3 LOAs to 3 academies–obviously, she only used one… I imagine others are in the same boat.</p>