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Each year, the number of Midshipmen who want to be commissioned as U.S. Marine Corps officers far surpasses the number who will.</p>
<p>In an effort to increase their chances, each summer nearly 300 hopeful first class Midshipmen take a bold step outside the gates of the Naval Academy and brave a trial by fire in the fast-paced, harsh world of the ''the few and the proud.''...
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<p>"The Marine Corps is a highly requested and competitive community for Academy graduates. Each year, the Marine Corps accepts less than 17 percent of the graduating class."</p>
<p>Approximately what percentage of USNA graduates apply for a commission in the Marine Corps?</p>
<p>^^^^^
Marine Corps commissions used to be limited to 16.67% of the class. However, because of the War on Terror and requirements for the Corps to increase its end strength, that restriction has been waived.</p>
<p>For the Class of 2004, 195 (19.6%) midshipmen out of 994 selected USMC.</p>
<p>For the Class of 2006, 209 (21%) midshipmen out of 996 selected USMC.</p>
<p>Thanks for the data GreatAmerican. </p>
<p>The article makes it seem like it's extraordinarily difficult for a USNA graduate to make the Marine Corps grade. If I'm interpreting things correctly the reality is that four out of five Annapolis graduates (~17/21=~80%) who choose Marines are accepted. This is the result I would have expected.</p>
<p>A very poorly written but interesting article none the less.</p>
<p>No, the 17% makes it sound like all midshipmen are aspiring Marines. Numbers from the Academy indicate that about 83.33% of all Marines are accepted.</p>
<p>The article is almost as bogus as the movie Annapolis.</p>
<p>" If I'm interpreting things correctly the reality is that four out of five Annapolis graduates (~17/21=~80%) who choose Marines are accepted."</p>
<p>The 20% that are not accepted ... what would be some reasons that they are declined? Is it grades/GPA at the academy?</p>
<p>I would think most would want a commissioning in the Navy. I mean I would and my dad already told me that I would not like the Marines. Although the article is poorly written and hardly gets into detail, it makes me think twice about the Marines. It is interesting as WPSON said.</p>
<p>Reasons for not being accecpted into the USMC if you put that as your #1 choice could include poor grades and/or military performance, below average PRT scores, below average wrestling/martial arts PE scores, poor performance at leatherneck, lack of motivation to BE A MARINE as it comes out in the interviews ("oh I just want to fly" = bad answer)...</p>
<p>But yes, most people at USNA want to be in the Navy but there is that group of people who are die-hard USMC, and the majority of those people DO get accepted into the Corps...</p>
<p>fiterace87....yup indeed there are those who are in your words 'die-hard USMC' there at USNA. My kiddo is one. One disappointment of her first summer cruise was that it was a destroyer and had NO Marines on it! Now home on break, she says she learned alot about ship life especially that she DOESN'T want to be on one! Hoo-rah! Semper fi! and yes...
GO NAVY!</p>
<p>It's my youngest DD's ambition to be a Marine officer. I think she plans on applying for NROTC - Marine option when the time comes (several years away) instead of USNA. Lots can happen between now & then though.</p>
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Your daughter can also select USMC through the NROTC Navy scholarship. The Navy doesn't advertise the fact that Navy option students can select the Marine Corps in addition to Surface, Aviation, and Submarines. The Navy option has considerably more scholarships to offer than the Marine option. Once the Marine option is selected, the students cannot change their minds for a career path in the Navy.</p>
<p>Bottom line: Those on the NROTC Navy option have more career choices and more chances of being offered a scholarship. Conversely, those on the NROTC Marine option have fewer choices (i.e., they will definitely be commissioned in the USMC).</p>
<p>Are you sure the Marine Option guys can't go Navy? Its been several years, but when I got the Marine Option Scholarship I thought it was with the understanding that I wasn't locked into the Marine Corps. That was 5 years ago though, so I could be wrong.</p>