<p>"(a) To be eligible for admission to the Academy a candidate must be at least 17 years of age and must not have passed his twenty-third birthday on July 1 of the year in which he enters the Academy."</p>
<p>Because I skipped a grade, I'll be 16 until November of my senior year. I'll turn 17 in November 2015 when I'm a senior. Does an applicant have to be 17 in order to START the Candidate Questionnaire? That seems like the first part of the application process.</p>