<p>In the letter our son received this week telling him that he was on the wait list, it said that there were about 11,500 USNA applications this year. That's down about 20% from last year's 14,425. 1,450 appointments have been offered with the expectation that 1200 will accept. It less than 1200 accept, additional appointments will be offered.</p>
<p>Thought you guys getting ready for the 2010 application process would find that of interest.</p>
<p>In going back through the various class profiles, I think you will find that most of the pre 9/11 years had applicatios in the 12,000 range. the last couple were the anomolies in that the were in the 14,000 range. Most of the plebe classes were in the 1200 range.
CM</p>
<p>candidatemom,
I have also reviewed USNA class profiles as far back as the mid-90s, and you're correct, the number of applications this year is more consistent with the period leading up to 9/ll.</p>
<p>so what happens if (hypothetically) 99% of the people offered appointments accept, while the academy only expects 80-85% to do so.</p>
<p>If a higher rate accepts, the academy has a larger than expected class. This happened at West Point for the Class of 2007. That year WP had 1314 acceptances, about 100 higher than expected.</p>
<p>they step up training to try and make people drop out...haha, no i'm just kidding. That would not be fun though...if they had to make it so tough that over 100 people dropped out.</p>
<p>Don't over 100 people usually drop out anyway? I think i heard or read somewhere the the retention through first semester is about 90%.</p>
<p>wow, i didn't realize it was that many...i thought just a few here and there left mostly because of injuries or change of heart. i didn't know the training was that hard, that only 90% stayed through plebe summer...that's pretty crazy.</p>
<p>"they step up training to try and make people drop out..." USNAMarine09</p>
<p>That's a sick joke! :eek: Funny, but for a minute you scared me.</p>
<p>they would never do anything like that.</p>
<p>"they would never do anything like that."</p>
<p>Rather, the administration would never publicly support doing anything like that. If you don't think the upperclassmen provide a little more incentive to leave to people that they don't think belong, you are mistaken. </p>
<p>DeepThroat</p>