[ex-snook]

US Naval Academy Class of 2009 Applicants and Nominees Applicants (includes nominees) 11,259 Number of applicants with an official nomination 4,320 Nominees qualified scholastically, medically and in physical aptitude 1,812 Offers of admission 1,503 Admitted 1,220
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About 10+% admitted. Not too shabby.

[leadpenny]

I think the bigger story here is what Little Shoe is talking about. The Navy is allowing, voluntary I assume, separations after serving just a year or so on active duty. I'm sure that is not happening for the USMA grads.

[bjc]

USNA is still really tough to get into especially for guys which disaggregated application ratios would make abundantly clear. These ratios are pretty close to other top notch Ivy Leagues.
The article is totally misleading and the numbers can only be interpreted by comparing data on other comparable schools.