<p>spectrez589:</p>
<p>Congratulations on your improved Math score; a 110 point improvement is impressive! BZ! :)</p>
<p>According to the USNA catalog: "...test results from the January 2007 SAT is the latest ones that the Admissions Board will use to evaluate candidates for the Class of 2011...."</p>
<p>You need to ask your regional director to have the Admissions Board take another look at your file after they receive the January SAT scores.</p>
<p>I'm no expert, but I think I heard someplace around this forum long ago that kids have been known to be pulled up from prep school before actually report date. I suggest you follow up that phone call you had with a letter and indicate you took the Jan SAT and the results reflect significant improvment of your scores. Give them the new score and I would even attach the computer print out from College Board (screen print or whatever). Of course they won't accept it until they get it from the College Board. I would add that it is your hope that this additional information can be placed in your file for board consideration and that, in the event that these scores do not alter your status for direct admissions to the Naval Academy, you are excited about the opportunity to go to NAPS. It can't hurt. They already gave you the go ahead on NAPS so it isn't like they can take that away - so I say go for it and make it a nice professional letter. Good Luck.</p>
<p>I would agree with the above post- get your results to the USNA admissions office asap.</p>
<p>Having said that, they may still decide that NAPS is the best bet for you... and trust me when I say the extra year of prep will go a long way in helping you with the academics at USNA- expecially calc....</p>
<p>either way, congrats- gaining an appt to USNA, NAPS or foundation is worth celebrating!!!</p>
<p>Surprised that NAPS is academically 2-oh and go. The Foundation director said that for Foundation preps, "As and Bs are a go, Cs are a red flag". Behavior and fitness are the apparently the same. I'd guess that they feel the NAPS curriculum is truly the same level of rigor as the plebe classes at the academy, maybe? However, the prep schools are pretty darn rigorous, too. Several ex-foundation WP cadets have posted that Chem at NMMI was harder chem at WP. Who knows? Not me.</p>
<p>A NAPS story...</p>
<p>When I was at OCS (way back when OCS was at Newport) , there was a huge amount of animosity between the OCs and the Napsters. I could see the Napsters point of view. The OCs were fixing to be 16 week wonders who couldn't even march! The OCs thought the Napsters were cocky little patoots. </p>
<p>It got so bad that the powers that be ordered the OCS regimental staff and the NAPS stripers to meet for dinner several times a week to "bond". I was the a-regcom so I had a front row seat as our reg adjutant (a prior E-6 SEAL) made it clear that the Napsters needed to realize that not all OCs were civilians. He mentioned something about getting six other OC SEALS and doing a NAPS nighttime infiltration. NAPS problem solved. :)</p>
<p>The Napsters still marched 'way better than we did, though!</p>
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<p>Both descriptions are accurate, and yes, the OCS/NAPS rivalry was alive and well in 1986.</p>
<p>Banana Suit - Imagine a sweatsuit of a color almost identical to the yellow behind the little box under your screen name. Across the front was the NAPS seal and "Naval Academy Preparatory School".</p>
<p>Believe it or not, we had many OIS (Officer Indoctrination School) and a few OCS pukes salute us on sight of the Banana Suit. Yes, it helped our cockiness! :D</p>
<p>And yes, NAPSters certainly knew how to march. I still remember the day we reported to USNA. We fell in inside the 4th wing 0-deck p-way (which is now an admin area). Our detailer had us "follow him" down to 8th wing. Within 5 paces, we were all in step and thundering down the passageway without an order or a cadence. The Mid looked back at us and said, "Jesus, do you guys march everywhere?"</p>
<p>Yeah. It was a cool feeling. :D</p>
<p>ok, so i've been offered a full ride to the citadel, been told that i'm pretty much in at usafa and that i will most likely get into naps.
i'm so nervous about what to choose. i mean, if i got into usna directly, i would pick it hands down. no questions asked.
but should i walk away from a $127 thousand scholarship?
how likely is it that i would make it through if i'm being sent to naps for physical stuff, not academics?
anyone who has already attended naps: was it honestly worth it, or do you feel like you could be in the same place a year sooner by going somewhere like the citadel?</p>
<p>i am so CONFUSED.</p>
<p>Well, the kids that go to Naps have a seat waiting on them at USNA. Its often been said that "its their seat to loose". That means if they crash out physically or academically, they won't get their appointment. If you go to the Citadel & decide you want to re-apply to USNA, you'll be competing all over again for an appointment that won't be secured. As to the physical training, I can promise the Citadel will not be easier. You have the summer to prepare. Find someone to help you train no matter what you decide.</p>
<p>just say no to the citadel. there is a reason the majority of them service select civilian. i've been to multiple inter-academy conferences this year, and the citadel cadets are by far the most miserable. some people love it i'm sure- just not any that i have met, including the '06 grad i met in florida, who is now working for a pr firm.</p>
<p>Dude, don't go Citadel if you have a crack at a REAL Service Academy. That's like driving a Chevy when offered a Ferrari.</p>
<p>i'm getting the idea that you guys would prefer me take naps.
i'll let you guys know what i decide when i get my official letter.</p>
<p>Alright so I got an e-mail from USNA telling me they'll review my file once collegeboard sends in my newest scores. I also replied saying I'd like to visit on April 12. Hopefully they approve my request.</p>
<p>Here's to hoping for the best!</p>
<p>Oh and c'mon guys more NAPS stories! This is turning into a "Is NAPS the right place for me?" thread. Let's hear about the funny/scary/you won't believe this stuff that happens at NAPS!</p>
<p>August 1st, 1986. Approximately 0900.</p>
<p>I leave my parents behind in building K-61 with a "GO NAVY!" that sounded more cheerful than it was. I walk out to the parking lot immediately behind Nimitz Hall, where the Mids, in their spotless Summer White uniforms, are collecting the first wave of NAPSters to arrive.</p>
<p>We line up, sign in, are told our five basic responses, and are then walked into the bilges. This is a concrete room with a bizarre angled floorplan where all the steam boilers and other utilities are housed. We are walked in until our noses are almost pressed into the back of the neck of the guy in front of us. The door to the outside is closed, and pitch dark descends on us.</p>
<p>All we hear is breathing.</p>
<p>A good three minutes pass, which is an eternity. We then hear a rusty door slide sideways, and a huge Mid is seen silouhetted by a single light bulb.</p>
<p>"ALRIGHT YOU PEOPLE, LISTEN UP! WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY PREPARATORY SCHOOL. THIS IS YOUR FIRST STEP IN BECOMING AN OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY OR MARINE CORPS. WHEN I SAY MOVE, YOU WILL ENTER THIS ROOM IMMEDIATELY, DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?"</p>
<p>"SIR, YES SIR!"</p>
<p>"BULL****! I CAN'T HEAR YOU!" (This was before the PC crowd showed up.)</p>
<p>"SIR, YES SIR!"</p>
<p>"MOVE!"</p>
<p>A confused stampede into the room followed by en explosion of noise as the Detailers descend on us from what can only be described as the cracks in the concrete walls. Questions are bellowed and wrong answers cause you to drop to the deck for pushups. </p>
<p>By some miracle, I was ignored for the first minute or so, but that changed quickly. I soon learned what mountain-climbers were, and just how much they suck when done on a downward-sloping deck. I also soon discovered that the "pushups" I had "trained" with at home had been completely inadequate. When I could do no more, I was ordered to roll on the floor to the left, then the right, then the left...</p>
<p>This went on for the better part of 30 minutes. It felt like forever.</p>
<p>We were then formed up and marched up to the quarterdeck to sign in our orders and be sent to our rooms. The sweatsuit and polo shirt I was wearing were soaked through and filthy.</p>
<p>On the second deck, we were all out in the main passageway for over two hours getting run through the paces. It was then the head detailer taught us what became our class battle cry, and carried us all the way through to May 29th, 1991:</p>
<p>"SIR, WE ARE A TEAM! WE THINK AND ACT AS ONE, SIR!"</p>
<p>No idea how many times we repeated that, but we did it until our throats were raw.</p>
<p>Thus began my first day in the United States Navy. I still have that track suit and Polo shirt, as well as the briefcase I was carrying. The times I was able to walk back into the bilges after that day was like Edmund Dantes returning to the Chateau D'If. </p>
<p>There is a saying that goes something along the lines of, "When walking through the forest, I came upon a fork in the path. I took the road less traveled, and that has made all the difference." All I can say in response is "Ooh-RAH".</p>
<p>Go Navy. For those of you going in, remember that pain is temporary, but PRIDE is FOREVER.</p>
<p>Good story. Oh and for anyone that was wondering, the line Zaphod quoted is from Robert Frost's poem The Road Not Taken.</p>
<p>When MAPS visited NAPS for a "Little Army Navy" athletic contest this fall, a MAPSter attempted to enter Ripley Hall to hang a "Beat Navy" banner! The NAPSter standing watch chased him out, but was advised by staff to take "means necessary" to ensure Ripley was "not breached." </p>
<p>Apparently NAPSters got no sleep that night. In camo makeup, a MAPS effigy soon dangled from Ripley, along with additional "spirit" messages. And sure enough, hours later, the MAPS athlete returned in an attempt to hoist his banner. Imagine his surprise when he was tackled by multiple NAPSters lurking in the shadows. </p>
<p>The next day, someone constructed baby blue and pink ribbons for the heroic defenders. They were intended for placement beside the National Defense pins. They're called the NAPS Defense Ribbon.</p>
<p>(I think this was funnier when my son told it to me.)</p>
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<p>well this one is a Z original- and one for that book he's writing for all that follow him on that road less taken!!!</p>
<p>(another copy and paste to the thorpedo!!!!)</p>
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<p>Sadly it isn't, but that doesn't make it any less true. :)</p>
<p>I'll throw this out and see if there are any comments:</p>
<p><salute></salute></p>
<p>"Sir, request dining arrangements for 74 Midshipman Candidates."</p>
<p><returns salute=""></returns></p>
<p>"Very well. You will dine to my port, your starboard. That is my port, your starboard."</p>
<p>"Your port, my starboard, aye, sir."</p>
<p>"Enjoy your meal."</p>
<p><drop salutes=""> </drop></p>
<p>Three times a day, every day. Sheesh..... :rolleyes:</p>
<p>ETA: Oh! Here's another classic NAPS tidbit: We spent a week at USNA. When we came back the following comment was overheard: "WT*? The Plebes had FITTED SHEETS, man! What kind of a wuss copout is that? Make 'em use flat sheets like we do! MAN, Plebe Year is going to be a breeze!" :D</p>
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ETA: Oh! Here's another classic NAPS tidbit: We spent a week at USNA. When we came back the following comment was overheard: "WT*? The Plebes had FITTED SHEETS, man! What kind of a wuss copout is that? Make 'em use flat sheets like we do! MAN, Plebe Year is going to be a breeze!"
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<p>In my day, we used flat sheets at the academy. You can't make hospital corners with fitted sheets. TQM at work here -- continuous progress...</p>
<p>If I was making hospital corners in military school in the FIFTH GRADE, then I reckon Plebes should be doing it, too. :mad:</p>
<p>I, of course, used flat sheets as a Plebe. :rolleyes: :D</p>
<p>Just an update from myself: my newest SAT scores was just received and now shows up on the candidate page. Now we play the waiting game. Again. But now its not nearly as bad because it's basically win win.</p>
<p>Must be hard to make a proper Navy rack with it being up high and against the bulkhead. How did you do your corners on the bulkhead sides, Z? Did you pull the mattress off, make it up, then place it back?</p>
<p>This question is about as trivial as underwear, hee.</p>