<p>Hello to all I have been reading/studing this USNA threadlist ... this a great resource!</p>
<p>I am a dad of a son who wants to go USNA. I can not find a definitive limit for uncorrected vision. Can anyone direct me? Is the uncorrected vision limit the same for USNA and NROTC? Thanks!</p>
<p>Hello dad....they have changed the 'minimum' restrictions, meaning vision w/o a waiver this year...20/40 in both eyes or better means your son would NOT need a medical waver. I don't know if this is yet posted...but we heard this directly from Academy folk, on the USNA grounds at Candidates Visit Weekend in November, and this was confirmed by our own experience...where in August our daughter was listed as needed a 'medical waiver' with 20/25 eyesight in one eye ( 20/15 in the other) and yet come December, her DoDMERB listed her as medically qualified, no waiver needed.</p>
<p>i am a junior looking at the naval academy. i have fairly poor eyesight (20/400 in both eyes) that requires contacts. you seem to know alot, peskemom - will this hurt my chances of acceptance? will i need medical waivers, etc?</p>
<p>I need to clarify...Is there a limit to eyesight that is disqualifing - not able to be wavered? I found one source that suggested 8.0d and an other that said 6.0d. Sources did not seem current or reliable. USNA Lt. did not know what the limit was during son's briefing. Or is this something he should just contact BGO about?</p>
<p>Your confusion stems from the fact that the waiver limits, at least as being reported by young people on this forum with eye waivers...keeps changing when compared to the 'official paperwork.' And ROTC has some different waivers from USNA. One young lady friend initially was DQ's by USNA for eyes...8.0 diopter...then with nothing else an Appointment shows up in the mail last month. Go figure. You can always ask the BGO anything but the best source is to call the Med people at USNA...I've spoken to a lady named Rita several times.</p>
<p>Thanks...I appreciate the help.</p>
<p>Why not just call DODMERB?</p>
<p>DoDMERB people are generic military folk....you really need to contact the specific service branch for details about their program's acceptance requirements. DoDMERB can talk about your medical results, but not about what USNA requires.</p>
<p>skunk - it's definitely possible to get a waiver for bad eyesight, don't forget. I had to get waivers for both BAAAAAAAD eyesight (somewhere around 20/400, astigmatism and nearsightedness) and allergy shots. Just be prepared for the frustration of waiting for DoDMERB to make decisions, because it can take a while. You mail info back to them requesting a waiver and then it seems like you don't heard ANYTHING for MONTHS, and then good news can arrive...keep pursuing a waiver if at all possible when you're in the application process.</p>
<p>The possibility of a long drawn-out process emphasizes the need to begin the process as early as possible. DoDMERB will not be scheduled until a significant portion of the application has been submitted, so get going ASAP.</p>
<p>CM</p>
<p>Don't Give Up!! You Can Get A Waiver!!</p>
<p>I wear contact lenses and I'm flat footed. If I wear inserts in my shoes, I have absolutely no difficulty or pain walking. Would this need to be waivered still?</p>
<p>Anyone know how to convert the numbers on contacts to the XX/XXX? My eyesight is very bad, but it's correctable. usnso, I am wondering about that too, I have very high arches and use insoles, but I mainly only need them when I run, I don't experience any pain without them just walking.</p>
<p>I have I think 2.25 in the left and 2.00 in the right on my contacts. Is your number bigger or smaller than that?</p>
<p>And with my low arches, I still get pain (ankles stiffen up) if I'm walking around a lot without my artificial arches in. It's weird but the ankles just have limited movement, so when I try to walk/run normally, it hurts. It's like trying to hyper-extend your elbow backwards.:)</p>
<p>alot bigger number. 7.5 each eye. 20/20 and 20/30 corrected. I'd be able to get a stronger prescription for the 20/20 both eyes corrected, but it's a quiestion if they have an uncorrected limit.</p>
<p>WOW! I'm sorry but that's a pretty big number. :)</p>
<p>I thought I had bad eyesight. I know that technically, you're supposed to have 20/20 eyesight uncorrected to be admitted. However, for that reason, eyesight is the medical problem that is most highly waivered. I believe that since all waivers are considered on a case-by-case basis, there is no actual cut-off line for when "enough is enough". However, I could be wrong. Hopefully someone else can step in here...</p>
<p>Does anyone know the cut off point for waivering bad eyesight?</p>
<p>Also, do flat feet and high arches need to be waivered as well?</p>
<p>Start reading at Page 8: <a href="http://www.usna.edu/Catalog/2005-2006organization.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.usna.edu/Catalog/2005-2006organization.pdf</a></p>
<p>Additionally, this is what USNA has to say on the matter:</p>
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If you have a disqualifying condition, you will be automatically considered for a waiver if/when you receive a Conditional Offer of Appointment. You need not write to request a waiver, nor should you send additional medical information to the Naval Academy for review. A waiver of the medical standard may be granted if both your academic record and medical history suggest the risk introduced by the disqualifying condition is justified by your potential for success as a midshipman and as a naval officer. Many candidates will be required to provide additional information to DoDMERB after their first disqualifying medical condition has been waived. This additional information may result in other disqualifying conditions - which will also be considered for waiver.
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<p>Link here: <a href="http://www.usna.edu/Admissions/steps7.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.usna.edu/Admissions/steps7.htm</a></p>
<p>Yea just as I thought. So there is no actual cut off line. It's considered on a case by case basis.</p>
<p>I've heard that being flat-footed at least USED to be disqualifying. The words "feet" or "foot" aren't even mentioned in that PDF. So I'm just wondering if it's still a factor or if they even consider it in admissions (anymore).</p>
<p>For the record, I got in, and I was (and continue to be) blind as a bat. Vision waivers are "fairly" common, especially when compared to other issues.</p>
<p>IIRC, the actual reason on my paperwork for why I was sent to NAPS was my eyesight, but I've got to believe that my memory is playing tricks on me, because that just doesn't sound like a reason to send someone there.</p>
<p>Oh, well....</p>
<p>I thought NAPS was to further a potential midshipman's qualifications to better their chances for admissions...not to give them a year to try to cure an uncureable condition. That can't be right...:confused:</p>