Very Distressed-any advice?

[USNA69]

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@navy2010

following this to it’s logical conclusion (let me know if I lose you now…)
so are we to assume the foundation kids who are not required to retake SATs are not required because they have already exceed the minimum standard of 600? And if they exceed the minimum standard of 600, then why a foundaton or naps offer in the first place? and if 600 is the “minimum standard,” what accounts for the candidates that gain admission with sub-600 scores???

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<p>While I appreciate your concern for my attempts to follow your reasoning, however flawed it might be, please note the following statements which I have made previously on this very thread that, had you understood them, would have precluded your above questions. Your refusal to acknowledge them does cause concern for your motives.</p>

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@USNA69

the vast majority of candidates fall into one of two categories, high grades and low SATs or high SATs and low grades.

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@USNA69

SAT score of 590 is below the USNA 600 minimum and would have required an ‘exceptional’ package otherwise for a waiver. .

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@USNA69

What the admisssions literature states is that they are “Looking for 600/600 SATs but can waiver below that for other extraordinary qualities.” It requires a very rare waiver on a very strong, otherwise, package and these are exactly the candidates most likely to end up at NAPS or Foundation.

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<p>Actually, if you will go to the Naps thread on this forum which has resurfaced from last summer, on the first page Oskiwow has published, what appears to be a very good official explanation of NAPS selection. While Foundation is similar, since it does not involve federal funds, certain leeways with non NCAA athletes may be made. For example, if a hypothetical candidate had a 590V SAT and their overall package was not strong enough to warrant a waiver, they could be processed for either NAPS or Foundation. Should they, after the January deadline, retake the SAT and achieve a 600+ score and their package would be qualifiable, they might no longer be eligible for NAPS but could continue with the afore commenced Foundation scholarship.</p>

<p>With all of this said, I was having a PM discussion the other day about USNA admissions and should probably relate it here. The Academy is concerned about the ability of each and every candidate to succeed in Calculus. It is a technical school and a math foundation is important. The admissions process is designed to acknowledge this. When someone is rejected, probably the first thing they should go back and do is to reevaluate how they presented themselves mathmatically. An ‘A’ in AP Calculus will allow a lower math SAT. 'B’s and 'C’s in a math curriculum culmunating with pre-calc or lower will require a much higher math SAT. Most of my candidates with high scores in AP calc often breeze through the acceptance process while those others which I have mentioned above often end up at NAPS. And upon completion of an outstanding program at NAPS, do quite well with USNA math. Chemistry, however, for mine, is another story.</p>