<p>I have come to believe that a lot of it is just luck of the draw. My son’s BGO was not real helpful. Also when we began the process he was considered a recruited athlete but the coach changed his mind early in the fall. He is now a recruited athlete for WP. I am a true believer that God will put you where you belong and that is why my son is going to west point. if you don’t try you will always wonder what could have been. There are those at USNA who did not have as good as a record as he does. but that is the way it is. We talked to him about the possibility of attending a civ college next year and trying for usna again but now he is all army and can’t wait to get to his prep school and onto WP. It is not an easy task to even apply. there were days that I just wanted to chuck it all and say go to one of the colleges that are offering you thousand of dollars worth of scholarships ($90,000 in all ) but his heart is set on attending a service academy so that is what he is doing. just do everything you can to improve you chances and go for it.</p>