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The Naval Academy is definitely not for everybody.Engineering Department
The Naval Academy is definitely not for everybody. I had no idea I would want a career in the Navy - I wanted the academic program in engineering. I was not an exceptional student (2.9 - BTW, no grade inflation), as the academics blended with the professional education, physical education, and monastic lifestyle made me seek extracurriculars to change my day-to-day experience.

Despite my mediocre academic performance, I was selected for the Submarine Service. Might as well have moved on to a PhD in nuclear engineering AND a full time job with shift-work seven days a week and no sunlight. The Naval Academy fully prepared me for success in the Submarine Service. I soon sought to stay in because it is truly a level of responsibility and action that none of my civilian peers could ever imagine. I decided I wanted to make a career out of it, and I was given an opportunities to so some of the coolest stuff in the world that we can never talk about.

Unfortunately, I came down with a medical condition that forced me to leave the service. The Navy did right by me. While my life had turned up side down, I needed to re-discover by mojo and learned that despite my enjoyment of the rigor of my Naval service, my new career was building companies...I have started and sold more than three companies, all of them a great success. I learned it wasn't structure I sought, but it was the reward of hard work that few other people have the stomach to complete and the leadership to build something from the ground-up that is truly innovative. Without the Naval Academy, I would have NEVER been able to stretch myself. I wouldn't know what I am capable of.The Naval Academy does not make you successful - you make yourself successful, and the Naval Academy was the ideal place for me gain skills, test myself, and understand my path to success. I have seen colleagues who have pursued a wide array of career paths post-service...food production, piano teaching, factory managers, fire and rescue, politics, and religious leaders...all incredibly successful and happy. There are times you are truly miserable in the process ("a bitching sailor is a happy sailor"), but you know what your are capable of and how to get there.

Alumnus Male -- Class 2000
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You have to want to serve and dedicateQuite BrightPolitical Science
You have to want to serve and dedicate yourself to the institution, Naval Service, and country so do not enter without proper research. It's not for everyone, if you want a challenge and to test yourself go with vigor and pride. USNA produces leaders and as such is very rigorous. The bonds among classmates and alumni are as thick as blood and graduating from the Academy is serving your country is an honor which also has deep personal rewards, tangible and intangible. Tough on the social life but the rewards outweigh anything missed if I had attended any of the other fine institutions at which I was accepted.
4th Year Male -- Class 1984
Faculty Accessibility: A+, Surrounding City: F
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The United States Naval Academy is the greatestQuite BrightPolitical Science
The United States Naval Academy is the greatest school in the world. I know that because I judge a university on one fact, results. The academics, professors, students, and way of life are all irrelevent. Results are the key to the legitamacy and credibility to an instituion. The Naval Academy is a breeding ground for successful people. We don't produce scubby-looking researchers, disgruntled professors, or other professions that take ten years of schooling. The Naval Academy produces clean-cut, in shape, intelligent, and competent graduates who are powerful and make alot of money. There is no instituion in the country that can compete with the Naval Academy. If you want to be a researcher, a doctor, a lawyer, or an academic, go to Harvard, Yale, or Stanford. If you want to be powerful, finacially successful, and serve your country all at a very young age, come here.
3rd Year Male -- Class 2007
Education Quality: A+, Social Life: D+
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