<p>JMPO - and in plainer English than Whistle Pig: NAPS is primarily for racial minorities and recruited athletes (often the same) with a sprinkling of enlisted personnel.</p>
<p>I am an african american and hispanic female who is also a recruited tennis player</p>
<p>lol … aplages … I’d say you’ve cut to the chase. 
And with every passing admissions seasons, more so except on those coming in from the Fleet and the Corps. </p>
<p>When there are a fixed number of spots and certain segments and consequently individuals are deemed more desirable appointments on the basis of being in those segments rather than on the basis of their merit, then there must be segments that must be diminished to accommodate those to “grow.”</p>
<p>It’s pretty simple except when it fails the public, tax-payer scrutiny test.</p>
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My “guess” is that your stats are not high enough for the USNA but too high for NAPS. Keep in mind that NAPS is NOT for the next 300 or so applicants for the USNA that barely missed the cut.</p>
<p>Congrats on your Foundation Scholarship!</p>
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<p>May well be. While I’ve not seen the Foundation scores …</p>
<p>Over a 5 year period, NAPS respective mean scores caucasian M-593 V-570; AA M-543 V535; Hispanic M-580 V-569. Scores range from 410 to 800 in M and 370 to 800 in V.</p>
<p>Obviously, with a NAPSTER (rare without a doubt) scoring perfect in M or V, those rare birds have other significant issues that prevented their being deemed appointable to USNA.</p>
<p>I’d like to thank all of you who commented on this thread but I’ve decided that I am going to reject my offer to NAPS. I want to be a Navy SEAL - that has been my goal since I was in the 6th grade - and I want to STAY a Navy SEAL. I do not want to rob someone of the opportunity to attend NAPS. Thank you for all of y’alls advice and good luck to all other NAPS and USNA hopefuls who read this.</p>
<p>Brandon, your life is yours to mess up as you will.</p>
<p>With all due respect, watching the incredible odds of this one, you’re nuts. You’re entitled to be “nuts.” Yours is your life to mess up. Throwing away a gift of a freebie ride to NAPS may haunt you for the rest of your days. Don’t make this decision frivolously or in the fog of youth. Things change … especially for SEAL wannabes. </p>
<p>You asked for none, and you’ll get no applause from me.</p>
<p>Agree 100% with WP. The opportunity that you currently have in hand is far more valuable than a long shot SEAL dream. At the very least consider going to NAPS for a year and then make a MORE informed decision. But…as WP said…"…your life is yours to mess up as you will".</p>
<p>Hey man, it’s just not what I want… so back off. Funny that you say all of this stuff about “wannabes” because my mother thinks the exact same thing. You two are the exact kind of people that I can’t wait to just prove wrong. Thanks because i needed that & i’ll remember how much of a wannabe I am.</p>
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Yep…pretty funny. Good luck.</p>
<p>Dittos!</p>
<p>The wannabe is ALWAYS the precursor apprentice to “Willbe” and the great “I am!” </p>
<p>As you’ve discovered, genuine advice is not always what we so hope to hear, and rather, what we need to hear. No offense intended. One of the lessons might be don’t ask if you can’t be told. </p>
<p>And #2 might be that becoming a SEAL requires total coachability, teamwork, and a right attitude. Lone rangers can get lonely in this pursuit.</p>
<p>Your mom sounds like a very loving woman of great wisdom who presumably knows her son well. Stick close to her. I’m confident her counsel is as well-meant as that you’ve gotten here. And I’m more confident her desires for your joy exceed those for her own.</p>
<p>Keep us posted and prove us all to have been dumbern fenceposts and similarly unwise. You’d not be the first to expose that. Break a leg!</p>
<p>And may it be some compensation that you and I agree that NAPS isn’t for you.</p>