31OCT22 SNA/SNFO BOARD

[ChandosT]

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.

 

[WorldWar33.3]

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.

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]

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?

 

[justin2023]

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]

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?

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.

 

[WorldWar33.3]

Here's a picture of little me with a Mid aboard the USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60) in San Diego in the Summer of '98. He was probably on USNA or ROTC Summer Cruise.

 

[ChandosT]

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

 

[OptionsDollaraire]

I hope they need more bodies and let more of us in lol

 

[WorldWar33.3]

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

Maybe you'll be in the frontseat giving them fam flights next time

 

[WorldWar33.3]

I hope they need more bodies and let more of us in lol

We can only hope lol

 

[exNavyOffRec]

I don't think this affects us, but it looks like the Service Academy applications have dropped to historic lows.

Applications to Service Academies Plummet Amid Recruitment and Pandemic Woes | Military.com

www.military.com

We can only hope lol

It isn't about the going in, it is the number coming out.

Even then this would affect people 4-5 years from now.

 

[WorldWar33.3]

It isn't about the going in, it is the number coming out.

Even then this would affect people 4-5 years from now.

Got it. This wouldn't affect us at all, right?

 

[maetpt]

Submitted ISPP today. Now time for the long wait. Good luck everyone

 

[ijsha_brooks]

Is ISPP apart of each pilot board? Or do the ISPP applicants find out their results before the other selected applicants?

 

[maetpt]

Is ISPP apart of each pilot board? Or do the ISPP applicants find out their results before the other selected applicants?

I think ISPP typically hear results maybe a day or two before the PROREC boards.