<p>I hate to be “one more voice in the chorus” but if you look at “legacies” as a percentage of the entering class, they are pretty low overall. 2011 entered with 55 sons and 16 daughters of almuni, or 5.9%. One of them was mine (shameless plug). That figure is pretty consistently in the 70’s and 80’s, and frankly I was surprised to see that it wasn’t higher. I don’t think that it’s out of normal limits at all.</p>
<p>I was the “trailblazer” as the first SA attendee/grad in my family. I can tell you that my kids have a lot better perspective on USNA than I had. Why? Because they can talk to me about USNA and the Navy when things don’t seem to make sense. A lot has changed since 1980 when I entered as a pretty clueless Plebe, but a lot remains the same. Having that perspective helps them deal with the BS and “roll with it”. </p>
<p>They also like USNA a lot better than I did when I was “experiencing” it… ;)</p>
<p>I’d also echo from an earlier post that having a sibling there can really help. My kids definitely benefit from having each other there, as do several of their classmates who have siblings at USNA.</p>
<p>PS - Since I never finished my “20” years of active and reserve time, my kids both had to compete for congressional noms like everybody else whose parent(s) aren’t Retired, AD or Active/Retired Reserve. No PNOM’s for my kiddos.</p>