Just looked up some stats for the Air Force Academy class of 2014.
This is eye-opening.
Here is the profile for the Class of 2014:
Applicants - 11,627
Candidate Pool - 7,543
Qualified Candidates - 2,445
Offers of Admission - 1,566
Total Admitted - 1,294
By the way, that is 11% of applicants who made it.
Here are the numbers for West Point
men women total
Applicant Files Started .11,198 2,756 13,954
Nominated .....................3,627 717 4,344
Qualifi ed (academically
& physically) ...........2,141 399 2,540
Admitted ........................1,049 212 1,261
By the way, that is 9% of applicants who made it.
Numbers for Annapolis are similar.
The US Coast Guard Academy only gets about 4000 applicants a years, but again, only 10% finally are accepted.
So, while Nathan may have laudable goals - and a good test score now - he still has a long row to hoe if he's ultimately to get in.