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Most importantly: A BLAZING PASSION TO ATTEND THE ACADEMY that ANYONE within 100 miles could see. I only applied to USNA, USCGA, USAFA, and SUNY Maritime. I dropped the USAFA application (Who really wants to be a zoomie, anyway?), and drove HARD for the others.
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<p>And was too clueless to look across the Throgs Neck from Ft. Skyler!! :-)</p>