<p>First off, OOM is predominantly academic. What is it, 80% or so? Are you attempting to make a correlation between academic success and demerits?</p>
<p>Secondly, don’t about 90% of graduates get either their first choice or their second choice? And aren’t the majority of those who got their second choice, those who did not have submarines listed as their first choice and did so well academically that they were ‘drafted’ to their second choice, submarines? And aren’t the majority of those 10% who don’t get their first or second choice, those who request aviation and either are in the very bottom of the class or do not pass the physical?</p>
<p>Are you implying that there is a career field where all those with ‘excessive’ demerits are forced to go?</p>
<p>Basically, beyond submarine selection, the only thing OOM selects is platforms and class commencement dates. Not a big deal. Most do not really research the platform anyway and class dates are more due to personal schedules and desires.</p>
<p>It would really have been nice had JustAnotherMid not been run off with all the pratterings about “some” and “most” and hidden agendas. He may have had something pertinent to say about the subject.</p>