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The Secretary of the Navy may appoint 170 enlisted members of the Regular and Reserve Navy and Marine Corps to the Naval Academy each year. Additional sources of appointment are open to children of career military personnel (100 per year) and 65 appointments are available to children of military members who were killed in action, or were rendered 100% disabled due to injuries received in action, or are currently prisoners of war or missing in action. Typically five to ten candidates are nominated for each appointment, which are normally awarded competitively; candidates who do not receive the appointment they are competing for may still be admitted to the academy as a qualified alternate. If a candidate is considered qualified but not picked up, they may receive an indirect admission to either a Naval Academy Foundation prep school or the [[Naval Academy Preparatory School]] in [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]]; the following year, these candidates enlist in the [[United States Navy Reserve|Navy Reserve]] (or, in the case of prior enlisted members, remain in the Navy) and are eligible for [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]] nominations, which are granted as a matter of course. To receive an appointment to the Naval Academy, students at the Naval Academy Preparatory School must first pass with a 2.2 QPA (a combination of GPA and Fitness Assessments), although this is waiverable. A candidate must also receive a recommendation for appointment from the commanding officer. The appointment process has been criticized as giving preferential treatment towards athletes.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/opinion/21fleming.html?pagewanted=1 |title=The Academies' March Toward Mediocrity |date=20 May 2010 |newspaper=The New York Times |first=Bruce |last=Fleming |access-date=4 December 2018 |archive-date=4 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204103738/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/opinion/21fleming.html?pagewanted=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> | The Secretary of the Navy may appoint 170 enlisted members of the Regular and Reserve Navy and Marine Corps to the Naval Academy each year. Additional sources of appointment are open to children of career military personnel (100 per year) and 65 appointments are available to children of military members who were killed in action, or were rendered 100% disabled due to injuries received in action, or are currently prisoners of war or missing in action. Typically five to ten candidates are nominated for each appointment, which are normally awarded competitively; candidates who do not receive the appointment they are competing for may still be admitted to the academy as a qualified alternate. If a candidate is considered qualified but not picked up, they may receive an indirect admission to either a Naval Academy Foundation prep school or the [[Naval Academy Preparatory School]] in [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]]; the following year, these candidates enlist in the [[United States Navy Reserve|Navy Reserve]] (or, in the case of prior enlisted members, remain in the Navy) and are eligible for [[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]] nominations, which are granted as a matter of course. To receive an appointment to the Naval Academy, students at the Naval Academy Preparatory School must first pass with a 2.2 QPA (a combination of GPA and Fitness Assessments), although this is waiverable. A candidate must also receive a recommendation for appointment from the commanding officer. The appointment process has been criticized as giving preferential treatment towards athletes.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/opinion/21fleming.html?pagewanted=1 |title=The Academies' March Toward Mediocrity |date=20 May 2010 |newspaper=The New York Times |first=Bruce |last=Fleming |access-date=4 December 2018 |archive-date=4 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204103738/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/opinion/21fleming.html?pagewanted=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
Children of | Children of Medal of Honor recipients are automatically appointed to the Naval Academy; they only need to meet admission requirements.<ref name=2005-2005admissions/> | ||
===Admissions requirements=== | ===Admissions requirements=== | ||
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==Notable alumni== | ==Notable alumni== | ||
Graduates include over 50 U.S. astronauts, including six who flew to the Moon,{{efn|[[Jim Lovell]], [[Bill Anders]] and [[Thomas P. Stafford|Tom Stafford]] orbited the Moon, and [[Alan Shepard]], [[Jim Irwin]] and [[Charlie Duke]] were three of the twelve astronauts who walked on the Moon.}} more than from any other undergraduate institution in the U.S. Over 990 noted scholars in a variety of academic fields are Academy graduates, including 46 [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes Scholars]] and 24 [[Marshall Scholarship|Marshall Scholars]]. Alumni include one President of the United States, [[Jimmy Carter]], who is also a [[Nobel Prize|Nobel laureate]], as is Albert A. Michelson (1907 – [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]). 73 alumni have earned the | Graduates include over 50 U.S. astronauts, including six who flew to the Moon,{{efn|[[Jim Lovell]], [[Bill Anders]] and [[Thomas P. Stafford|Tom Stafford]] orbited the Moon, and [[Alan Shepard]], [[Jim Irwin]] and [[Charlie Duke]] were three of the twelve astronauts who walked on the Moon.}} more than from any other undergraduate institution in the U.S. Over 990 noted scholars in a variety of academic fields are Academy graduates, including 46 [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes Scholars]] and 24 [[Marshall Scholarship|Marshall Scholars]]. Alumni include one President of the United States, [[Jimmy Carter]], who is also a [[Nobel Prize|Nobel laureate]], as is Albert A. Michelson (1907 – [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]). 73 alumni have earned the Medal of Honor. | ||
<gallery class="center" caption="Notable graduates"> | <gallery class="center" caption="Notable graduates"> | ||
File:Albert Abraham Michelson2.jpg|[[Albert A. Michelson]] Class of 1873 | File:Albert Abraham Michelson2.jpg|[[Albert A. Michelson]] Class of 1873 | ||