1. Last year, the Naval Academy had 12,003 applicants for the freshman class that just entered. Of those, only 1,202 were admitted. Of those, better than 84% scored greater than 600 in Math and more than 70% score better than 600 in English on the SAT. After making that cut, they were evaluated by committees from their respective Congressmen and Senator's offices before they were offered appointments to Annapolis.

2. And the really cool part of the information above is that the process has been the same for over a hundred years. The place only takes the best of the best students in the country to begin with.

And while it doesn't hurt that McCain's father and grandfather were also gra...

1. Last year, the Naval Academy had 12,003 applicants for the freshman class that just entered. Of those, only 1,202 were admitted. Of those, better than 84% scored greater than 600 in Math and more than 70% score better than 600 in English on the SAT. After making that cut, they were evaluated by committees from their respective Congressmen and Senator's offices before they were offered appointments to Annapolis.

2. And the really cool part of the information above is that the process has been the same for over a hundred years. The place only takes the best of the best students in the country to begin with.

And while it doesn't hurt that McCain's father and grandfather were also grads, he still had to meet the same minimums for admissions. -One more thing, Havard has a Legacy Program, too. Nearly all colleges do.

2. A typical semester at the Naval Academy consists of no less than 22 Hours. My freshman year consisted of 25 and 24 hours for the first and second semesters. And at the end of the class day, all students, every last one of them, is required to participate in an intramural or intercollegiate sport. On top of that, there are the military duties such as standing uniform inspections, standing watch at all night to ensure no fires breakout or no terrorists attack the dorm, and marching in parades for tourists who visit the school. That's a busy day, even before the military stuff is included.

During the summers, Midshipmen go to sea with the Navy and the Marine Corps, not home on vacation.

3. Bill Gates, creator of Microsoft, never finished college. Albert Einstein failed high school math. Booker T. Washington was self-taught as was Benjamin Banneker. I finished 901st out of 1150 in my Class at the Naval Academy but first in my graduate school class at the University of Texas.

The preamble above all leads to this question: What's your point?

What do you call people like you dealing in crap like this? Elitist Asses!

"Best students in the country"? Make that, the best who apply. Who with half a brain would go to a military school?

600 is not that high for an SAT - above average but way below genius. 16-30% scored less than 600, which makes them only slightly above average or just average, at best.

And at the .5 % McCain level? Dumb and Dumber.

Face it - conservatives can't brag about having brains! The Bushes have no respect for intelligence at all:

Bush Sr. (paraphrased from memory): "Scientists have no common sense. A scientist will tell you that you can hang an elephant from a thread, but common sense tells you that you can't."

I wonder which "scientist" told him that???

Char...

"Best students in the country"? Make that, the best who apply. Who with half a brain would go to a military school?

600 is not that high for an SAT - above average but way below genius. 16-30% scored less than 600, which makes them only slightly above average or just average, at best.

And at the .5 % McCain level? Dumb and Dumber.

Face it - conservatives can't brag about having brains! The Bushes have no respect for intelligence at all:

Bush Sr. (paraphrased from memory): "Scientists have no common sense. A scientist will tell you that you can hang an elephant from a thread, but common sense tells you that you can't."

I wonder which "scientist" told him that???

Charlie

"Last year, the Naval Academy had 12,003 applicants for the freshman class that just entered. Of those, only 1,202 were admitted. Of those, better than 84% scored greater than 600 in Math and more than 70% score better than 600 in English on the SAT. The place only takes the best of the best students in the country to begin with."