| Just as it its sister institute - The United States Military | | | | extra-curricular activities to choose and engage in. |
| Academy, the U.S Naval Academy also has more or | | | | There 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 Naval | | | | courses are accentuated and brought to light by |
| Academy, the candidate has to pass a slew of tests | | | | adding on field projects with The Navy and the Marine |
| and be declared fit on all accounts - Intellectually, | | | | Corps. |
| physically and morally. Moreover, the candidates should | | | | Some of the subjects that can be studied need special |
| be aged 17-23 upon entrance, unmarried and have no | | | | mention here. Satellite testing and aeronautical |
| dependents, have no legal obligations whatsoever and | | | | engineering 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), is | | | | actively pursued and done as projects by the |
| mandatory for all the candidates applying for the | | | | midshipmen. These projects are then tested and |
| academy which is then followed by an exhaustive | | | | applied at the same world-renowned aero space labs. |
| physical examination which also includes a test for | | | | Midshipmen tumbling out of the naval academy are |
| vision as well a range of other complications and | | | | apparently 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 called | | | | Shipwreck Tech". |
| and addressed, as long as they are student officers at | | | | The young and budding Naval ensigns and Marines |
| the academy, are conferred a Bachelor of Science | | | | come 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 are | | | | for putting in their active service with the U.S Navy and |
| available to be elected and studied upon for the | | | | serving the country to the best of their abilities. |
| midshipmen, notwithstanding a plethora of | | | | |