Posted on 08/29/2005 2:15:21 PM PDT by Little_shoe
Sorry, I'll go back and do that again in a minute. I have Mommy Attention Diversion Syndrome here right now.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1469675/posts
Here it is. USNA grad of 2014 is making me look frazzled here today. ;)
Thanks again for your help.
Situation's a little different with the Army. I joined as a college-option OCS enlistment (I attend Basic Training, then OCS, then get commissioned a second lieutenant) precisely because the Army was running short on officers, particularly the staff grades. Something like 1500 LTs and a few hundred Branch-Qualified captains down as of the spring (around April).
In the last 10 years, almost all universities have become so obsessed with recruiting (and offering "student aid" and various "rebates") that the actual cost of attending many of these universities is nil. Some 60% of my U. of Dayton students (a small private college, usually rated in the top 10 of U.S. News's small private schools list) get student aid.
If it's essentially free to go to ANY school, West Point and Annapolis lose a great deal of their competitive advantage.
A 1600 SAT won't get you in if you did not exhibit leadership or athletic skills. Remeber it was a average.
"Despite the drop in the number of applicants, SAT scores and the class rank statistics have either improved or remained steady at all of the academies. The number of students they are admitting has not wavered considerably, either."
It looks like the drop off is in the applicants who would not have gotten in anyway.
My first response is: So what. Rice is a great school.
My second comment is being a jock is important at the Academies. Three pillars: Academics, Athletics, Character
"A sound mind in a sound body. Mens sana in corpore sano."
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