<p>Whistlepig maybe what you fail to realize is that there are minimum standards to arrive at the Academy and everyone meets those standards. Yes every once in a while they “adjusted” so that certain individuals make it here i.e. Naps going below 2.0. What I have been told by someone definitely in the loop is the targeted undeserved groups do not have their standards lowered to gain admissions. They may be at the bottom of the criteria but the standards are not lowered for them to be included in the applicant pool</p>
<p>Maybe what you are confused about it recruited athletes - that is another story.</p>
<p>I am certainly not delusional and take offense to being thought as such - after all who is at the Academy? There are exceptions made for every person at the Academy if you want to know the truth. Exceptions are made at Boards every semester, they are made for Academic deficiencies, physical deficiencies, and honor offenses. These exceptions are made for every segment of the population on the yard - women, minorities, good students, athletes and good leaders. Yes people are separated, but most, if not all are given plenty of “opportunity” to succeed. </p>
<p>To diminish anyones appointment to the Academy and claim that they had not earned it or were gotten in through a back door disappoints me especially coming from a parent of a Mid.</p>