<p>My son has been accepted at USNA. It is not easy to be accepted there even though the academic requirements are a little easier than some other highly ranked schools. The process is just not the same as applications to civilian schools and I think it is nearly impossible to rank the service academies against civilian schools.</p>
<p>In addition to USNA my son has applied to U of Chicago and Williams. I doubt those schools will value my son’s leadership nearly as highly as USNA. They also won’t care what any member of Congress thinks of him, or how many push ups he can do. However, my son’s ACT score was much more impressive at USNA than it was at those schools. It’s just really really really different.</p>