To: A Balrog of Morgoth
Wrong! The prep school, NAPS, is reserved for candidates for an offer of appointment who come from the fleet and need some additional academic prep in math & English. There are also spaces for minority candidates who also need a little help in some aspect of their academic readiness for the taxing and fast paced academics of the academy. NAPS doesn't play interschool sports to a meaningful degree. it's basically a year of boosting skill and maturation for a kid, otherwise a good candidate for appointment, but just not quite ready. Sorry, nice try.
15 posted on
12/24/2005 6:28:20 PM PST by
middie
To: middie
"There are also spaces for minority candidates who also need a little help in some aspect of their academic readiness for the taxing and fast paced academics of the academy."
Sounds like racial discrimination.
25 posted on
12/24/2005 8:35:43 PM PST by
Ninian Dryhope
("Bush lied, people dyed. Their fingers." The inestimable Mark Steyn)
To: middie
NAPS doesn't play interschool sports to a meaningful degree. it's basically a year of boosting skill and maturation for a kid, otherwise a good candidate for appointment, but just not quite ready. Sorry, nice try.
NAPS class of 1987 here.
We had enough future USNA varsity athletes to field full football and lacrosse teams. And we played a full schedule in both sports.
30 posted on
12/25/2005 12:31:17 AM PST by
A Balrog of Morgoth
(With fire, sword, and stinging whip I drive the RINOs in terror before me.)
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