Who Gets Into The Boat? Admission Process and Curricula

Just as it its sister institute - The United States Militaryextra-curricular activities to choose and engage in.
Academy, the U.S Naval Academy also has more orThere is also a heavy emphasis on professional and
less the same requirements for admission into it's fold.leadership training at the academy. The professional
To be able to garner admission into the Navalcourses are accentuated and brought to light by
Academy, the candidate has to pass a slew of testsadding on field projects with The Navy and the Marine
and be declared fit on all accounts - Intellectually,Corps.
physically and morally. Moreover, the candidates shouldSome of the subjects that can be studied need special
be aged 17-23 upon entrance, unmarried and have nomention here. Satellite testing and aeronautical
dependents, have no legal obligations whatsoever andengineering are popular subjects chosen by
be of high moral character.midshipmen. It's worth mentioning here that the
The usual admission process includes an application,aerospace laboratory systems at the U.S Naval
personalized tests, and standard protocol tests,Academy are regarded as one of the best in the
personal and professional references. A physical test,world. There is also a Small Satellite Program, which is
called the Candidate Fitness Assessment (CFP), isactively pursued and done as projects by the
mandatory for all the candidates applying for themidshipmen. These projects are then tested and
academy which is then followed by an exhaustiveapplied at the same world-renowned aero space labs.
physical examination which also includes a test forMidshipmen tumbling out of the naval academy are
vision as well a range of other complications andapparently as savvy as they come and that is one of
illnesses.the primary reasons why it is often called as The
Upon graduation the midshipmen, as they are calledShipwreck Tech".
and addressed, as long as they are student officers atThe young and budding Naval ensigns and Marines
the academy, are conferred a Bachelor of Sciencecome packed with highest academic and technical
degree, as stipulated by the congress in 1933.credentials apart from being smart, disciplined and
Numerous courses among engineering, sciences,training well in combat about to get into the big league
mathematics, humanities and social science arefor putting in their active service with the U.S Navy and
available to be elected and studied upon for theserving the country to the best of their abilities.
midshipmen, notwithstanding a plethora of