<p>Here is a portion of the article I found:</p>
<p>"Those Midshipmen who did not get selected to their first choice community were notified via their Company Officers that their records had been passed to their second choice communities. This process continues until all Midshipmen had a community assignment. The results of this process were briefed to the Commandant of Midshipmen and then subsequently approved by the Superintendent. </p>
<p>Approximately 82% of the class received their first choice and about 94% received their first or second choice. Class rank (Order of Merit) played a large role in service assignment but was not the only metric considered by community selection boards."</p>
<p><a href=“http://usnaparents.com/Message/Jacobsen/Jacobsen.htm[/url]”>http://usnaparents.com/Message/Jacobsen/Jacobsen.htm</a></p>