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31OCT22 SNA/SNFO BOARD

WorldWar33.3

WorldWar33.3

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ChandosT said:
The academy definitely has its benefits but I was a terrible high school student. Wouldn't have gotten accepted even if I wanted to go there.
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I went to high school with this guy who applied to West Point - great student, team captain, student council, and an overall great dude. He got rejected somehow, so I got discouraged because there's no way any academy would accept a straight-D student like me lol.
 
umijs

umijs

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Yeah academies are more selective than many Ivy League schools. I don't know why anyone would want to join an academy when you can do ROTC at Harvard or something. Does going to an academy have some sort of extra benefits that normal ROTC doesn't?
 
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justin2023

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Both of my siblings go to service academies (USNA and USMMA). There are defiantly perks if you plan on staying in the military more than the required minimum. Looking at what they go through is crazy though I’ll give them that even if the kids there are some cocky mfers
 
WorldWar33.3

WorldWar33.3

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umijs said:
Yeah academies are more selective than many Ivy League schools. I don't know why anyone would want to join an academy when you can do ROTC at Harvard or something. Does going to an academy have some sort of extra benefits that normal ROTC doesn't?
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This. Could be another reason why they aren't getting as many applications this year. I guess they have a more strict military education? They feel happy to follow in the footsteps of some great Admirals? Maybe those are benefits. I'm just glad I never got court martialed for having a party in a dorm in college.
 
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ChandosT

Prior AME. SNA Board Applicant
We’d get mids attach to us from time to time. They’d want us to show them the jet so guess who got to hold the flashlight

They did get backseat rides though which I was eternally jealous of
 
WorldWar33.3

WorldWar33.3

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ChandosT said:
We’d get mids attach to us from time to time. They’d want us to show them the jet so guess who got to hold the flashlight

They did get backseat rides though which I was eternally jealous of
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Maybe you'll be in the frontseat giving them fam flights next time
 
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