<p>Airforcewings - I think you are not quite getting the fact that even though there are targeted segments of the population - under represented at the Academy - they still have to qualify Academically, Physically and Medically. Those standards are not lowered for their admittance to the Academy. If they are not academically qualified they have the same opportunities as you put it “as the good old boys network” to go to NAPS so that they can be academically successful.</p>
<p>The Academy probably does a better job of offering admissions to students that will actually be able to graduate than most colleges or universities do.</p>