THE PLACE

Location: Annapolis, Maryland. 25 miles to Baltimore & Washington Athletic Facilities: 22 World-Class Athletic Facilities Brigade Services: Barbershop • Alumni Hall • Sailing Center Armory • Navy Marine Corps Stadium Midshipmen Store • Boat House Laundry • Ice Rink • Stadium Cobbler • 3 Pools • Rifle Range Post Office • 5 Fitness and Weight Training Medical, Dental, Optometry Indoor Training Facilities Physical Therapy • Golf Course Midshipmen Development Center • Soccer Stadium

USNA | ADMISSIONS BRIEF IT’S NOT ABOUT 4 YEARS – IT’S ABOUT THE NEXT 40!

#1 Public National Liberal Arts College #1 High School Counselor Rankings #6 Undergraduate Engineering Program

#1 Highest Paid Early-Career Graduates

#2 Highest Paid Mid-Career Graduates

#10 Best College in America

96.5% Freshman Retention Rate

USNA | ADMISSIONS BRIEF THE BRIGADE OF MIDSHIPMEN

All 50 states, territories, and foreign countries Diverse, cultural heritages Sailors and Marines Leaders, academic scholars, varsity athletes

Brigade

3396 75% 1136 25% Total 4532

USNA | ADMISSIONS BRIEF CORE CURRICULUM

4/C 4/C 3/C 3/C 2/C 2/C 1/C 1/C Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring Fall Spring

Naval Leadership Ethics Leadership Law

Seamanship Cyber Navigation Navigation Practicum

Electrical Calculus Calculus Calculus Math Cyber Engineering

Weapons Naval Naval Chemistry Chemistry Physics Physics Engineering Engineering Engineering

Humanities Humanities English English Civilization Civilization Elective Elective

Naval Gov’t Elective History Electives and majors courses are taken in additionUSNA to core | ADMISSIONS curriculum BRIEF THE COLLEGE CLASSROOM

Small Class Size Student to Faculty Ratio 9:1

Individual lecture halls and small labs

10-25 students per section

Close Contact with Faculty Faculty teach both lectures and labs Tutoring and Extra Instruction Support Extracurricular Activities

Civilian to Military Faculty Ratio ~1:1

USNA | ADMISSIONS BRIEF MIDSHIPMEN DAILY SCHEDULE

5:30am Personal Conditioning 7:00am Formation & Breakfast

8:00am 1st - 4th Academic Periods

12:00pm Formation & Lunch

1:30pm 5th – 6th Academic Periods

4:00pm Athletic Period

6:00pm Formation & Dinner

8:00pm- Academic Study Period 11:00pm

USNA | ADMISSIONS BRIEF VARSITY - USNA competes at the NCAA Division I-A Level

MEN WOMEN • Baseball • • Basketball • Crew • Crew • Cross Country • Cross Country • • • Soccer • Golf • Swimming / Diving • Gymnastics • Tennis • Lightweight Crew • Track (indoor) • Heavyweight Crew • Track (outdoor) • Lacrosse • • Soccer • Golf • Sprint Football • Squash • Swimming / Diving CO-ED • Tennis • Intercollegiate Sailing • Track (outdoor) • Track (indoor) • Offshore Sailing • Water • Rifle • Wrestling

USNA | ADMISSIONS BRIEF CLUB SPORTS

MEN WOMEN CO-ED • Boxing • Boxing • Cycling • Pistol • • Rugby • Judo • Power lifting • Lacrosse • • Karate • Triathlon • Rugby • Ice Hockey • Marathon • International Pistol • Soccer • Volleyball

USNA | ADMISSIONS BRIEF INTRAMURAL SPORTS / OTHER ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES

FALL / SPRING / SUMMER ATHLETIC 5 Sports Voted Each Season ACTIVITIES • Battalion Sailing • • Racquetball • Brigade Boxing • Basketball • Volleyball • Golf Tournament • Frisbee • Fieldball • Half Marathon • • Soccer • Softball • Lacrosse • Climbing Wall • Street Hockey • Iron Man Contest • Combat Fitness • Judo • Kayak Race • 10K Run • 3-Point Shoot • Strongest Mid • Swim Relay • Track Relay • Wrestling

USNA | ADMISSIONS BRIEF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Cultural Music Service Black Studies Club Church choirs Lucky Bag (year book) Filipino – American Club Drum and Bugle Corps Midshipmen Action Group French Club Glee Club Mids for Kids German Club Gospel Choir Nat. Eagle Scout Association International Club Masquerader (theater) Trident Newspaper Korean Midshipmen Club Pipes and Drums Tutoring Latin American Studies String Ensemble

USNA | ADMISSIONS BRIEF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Academic • American Nuclear Society • Debate Team • Foreign Affairs Conference • Model United Nations • Oceanography Club • Society Engineers • Society of Military Engineers

Religious Military Professional • Baptist Student Union • Combat Arms team • Campus Crusade for Christ • Dolphin Club (Submarines) • Fellowship of Christian • Flying Club • Catholic Midshipmen Club • Infantry Skills team • Jewish Midshipmen Club • Scuba Club • Muslim Midshipmen Club • Semper Fi Society • Freethinkers & Atheists Club • Silent Drill

USNA | ADMISSIONS BRIEF INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Russia Ukraine

, Germany Canada Japan

France China Sweden

Spain • 2 Turkey

Morocco Qatar Colombia Taiwan

Senegal Jordan

Oman Egypt Singapore Chile South Africa PAY AND BENEFITS

All Midshipmen receive: Full Scholarship Tuition Room and board Medical & Dental coverage

Midshipmen stipend ($1017/month) Pay grows through the years; $100 - $600 per month depending on grade

USNA | ADMISSIONS BRIEF

SUBMARINE WARFARE AVIATION SPECIAL WARFARE MARINE CORPS 2015 SERVICE ASSIGNMENT Class of 2015 Graduated 1,070 Officers

UNRESTRICTED LINE RESTRICTED LINE/STAFF CORPS

Assignment Male Female Assignment Male Female SWO (Conventional) 125 62 Information Warfare 6 2 SWO (Nuclear) 22 12 Intelligence 7 4 Submarines 125 15 Oceanography 0 1 SEALS 31 0 Medical Corps 8 4 Explosive Ordnance Disposal 14 1 Civil Engineering 6 0 Naval Pilot 196 37 Supply Corps 13 3 Information Naval Flight Officer 57 18 4 0 Professional Marine Corps Pilot 88 5 Marine Corps Flight Officer 1 1 Marine Corps Ground Officer 140 31 Updated 6-02-15

USNA | ADMISSIONS BRIEF STEM - SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS

Hands-on academic program exposing young students to the possibility of a STEM career 6-day program in June Taught by professors and Midshipmen in USNA facilities Applications for STEM 2016 open January 4th, 2016

www.usna.edu/admissions/stem

USNA | ADMISSIONS BRIEF NAVAL ACADEMY SUMMER SEMINAR

• 6-day program for high school students during the summer between Junior and Senior year • 2,550 rising seniors attend and experience life at USNA • Not a requirement for application to USNA • Applications for NASS 2016 open January 13th, 2016 www.usna.edu/admissions/nass

USNA | ADMISSIONS BRIEF BASIC ELIGIBILITY

At least 17 years of age and must not Unmarried, not pregnant, and have no have passed 23rd birthday on July 1st legal obligation to support a child or of year of entry other individual

United States Citizen by I-Day Good Moral Character

USNA | ADMISSIONS BRIEF THE ONLINE APPLICATION

• Personal statement • Fitness Assessment • Activities Record • Academic Information • Math Recommendation (completed by previous or current year teacher) • English Recommendation (completed by previous or current year teacher) • High School Transcript (by mail) • College Transcript (by mail) • Official SAT or ACT scores

USNA | ADMISSIONS BRIEF PHYSICAL QUALIFICATION

Candidate Fitness Assessment Athletic Participation • Basketball Throw • Community Athletics • Pull-Ups • High School Sports • 40 Yard Shuttle Run Administered By • Sit-Ups • Physical Education Teacher • Push-Ups • Commissioned Officer • 1-Mile Run • BGO

USNA | ADMISSIONS BRIEF MEDICAL QUALIFICATIONS

Department of Defense Medical Examination Review Board (DoDMERB) schedules medical exams for all officer accessions DoDMERB medical exam will be scheduled when candidate completes 50% of the application Status reported to candidate & Office of Admissions Each Service Academy/officer accession program has different standards for entry

USNA | ADMISSIONS BRIEF NOMINATIONS

Nominations are required • Domicile requirement Most students eligible to apply to • Nominating sources have at least 4 nomination sources: varying deadlines • Vice President • Check your nominating sources • Both U.S. Senators for individual deadlines • Congressional Representative (or • Congressional websites are the delegates to Congress for students best source of information residing in US territories only)

USNA | ADMISSIONS BRIEF THE CANDIDATE CYCLE

Summer Seminar Application Opens All Candidates Admissions Application notified of Status Board Deadline Preliminary Begin taking Deadline to open College Signing Application ACT/SAT new application Deadline Opens

Summer PLEBE JUNIOR YEAR Seminar SENIOR YEAR SUMMER

JAN FEB APR JUN SEPT DEC 31 JAN 31 APR 15 MAY 01 JULY

USNA | ADMISSIONS BRIEF ADMISSIONS PROCESS

Eligible to COMPETE for an appointment to USNA

Admissions Physically Medically Obtain a Board Qualify Qualify Nomination

Official Candidate

Preliminary Application

USNA | ADMISSIONS BRIEF PREPARATORY SCHOOLS

Naval Academy Preparatory School Foundation Program

• Located in Newport, Rhode Island • 18 civilian/military Prep Schools across the nation • ~230-250 students, Sailors, • ~50-60 students and Marines

Extra academic preparation prior to USNA NO separate application!

USNA | ADMISSIONS BRIEF ADVICE FOR ADMISSIONS

Strong Foundation in Math and Science

• Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus & Calculus • Chemistry and Physics (with a lab if possible) No minimum GPA

• Strive to be in at least the top 20% of your high school class

Take your SAT/ACT early and often (No minimum)

AP/Honors/IB Courses are encouraged

Well-rounded

• Demonstrated leadership potential • Active in athletic and non-athletic activities

USNA | ADMISSIONS BRIEF