<p>I have personal knowledge of two example of APPOINTMENTS made to two relations of prominent graduates.</p>
<p>BOTH were graduates of NAPS. BOTH had GPAs that were, up to that point in time, below the 2.0 that was stated as being the required minimum for admission. BOTH were related to prominent graduates. The ONLY distinguishing quality that either of these, now graduates, had was that they had won a genetic lottery. </p>
<p>The FACT is that preferences have been granted by the Navy for many years in much the same way that the Catholic church granted indulgences, based on criteria that suited the needs of the Navy, the Superintendent, MOCs, and society as a whole. Oh, and it never hurt if you were related to a prominent graduate.</p>
<p>What comes around, goes around . . . </p>
<p>The Navy does not seem to have suffered for this to any great degree.</p>