<p>Seems to be quite a bit of interest in this topic. Found another discussion of the Whole Person Score for the academies in a September 2003 GAO paper ( GAO-03-1000 ) evaluating the admissions and retention experience of the three academies. The link to the paper is:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d031000.pdf[/url]”>http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d031000.pdf</a> </p>
<p>Some of the budget information is pretty interesting. For FY 2002 the cost per graduate at USNA was $275,000 , USMA was $349,000 and USAFA was $322,000.</p>
<p>Regarding the USNA WPS, the GAO report( page 19 -20) stated that academics were 75%, leadership potential 19%, physical aptitude 5% and technical interest 1%. The biggest difference from my previous post is the weight put on the Strong Interest Inventory scores ( 15% versus 1 %). Big difference. I personally think that a 12% weight on the technical strong interest inventory seems high. For comparison, the GAO paper stated that the West Point weights were 60% academics, 30 % leadership and 10% physical.</p>
<p>Have a great Thanksgiving !!</p>