<p>@soursop09: Thank you so much for all that information! Also, thank you for committing to the Marines, that’s really special and fantastic. Are we allowed to put the in-state school at the bottom? I thought it said it had to be a top three choice. Also, is it really difficult for tier 2 students who are interested in math of some kind (like stats or quantitative economics/finance or whatever) and not engineering? What happens to those who start out in engineering and find it too difficult and need to switch into something easier, like management? Also, how is placement determined exactly? Would an excellent math student be more likely to be put into a submarine or get a position that they desire more? And are most of the women who are put on submarines those who want to be on one?</p>