<p>Just a word of caution-</p>
<p>and that is to be honest on your application. It would not be a good thing to list yourself as one minority, when in fact that is not the case. You will be interviewed along the way, and discrepancies in what you list as “fact” and what is, indeed, “fact”, can sink your ship before it ever sets sail.</p>
<p>The academy is looking for persons of character- honesty, integrity- just two basic components of what lies at the core of values at USNA. It starts with your very first encounter, and it doesn’t end.</p>