<p>I personally wouldn’t want a classmate who doesn’t really want to be there. He needs to motivate himself. I know a couple people with mediocre scores who posses the motivation to apply and try hard to get in, people who I would want as my classmates.
And no offense, but your friend could not have done ‘great’ if he doesn’t meet the average scores. Those are just that, averages and represent USNA pretty well. But I may be wrong and you may just have a superior state/district.</p>