Building a Midshipman
Subtitle: How to Crack the United States Naval Academy Application
Contributors: Penelope Windsor (Editor)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Structured Learning
Published: August 23, 2008
Place of publication: 18.99
Language: eng
Format: Ring-bound
Number of pages: 86
ISBN-13: 9780978780067
Subjects: Nonfiction / Education; United States Naval Academy--Admissions
Genres: military
First sentence: What are the three most intimidating failures of your life?
Description: You don't have to be a miracle-worker to the 10% of applicants accepted to a military academy, but you do need a plan. For the thousands of students who apply every year--and slog through the numbing concatenation of decisions preceding a nomination--there is no greater discouragement than the likely event that they will fail. This, though, is the Board's peek into an applicant's moral fiber and an important ingredient to the go/no go decision. In the words of James Stockdale, USNA '46 and Medal of Honor Winner: "The test of character is not 'hanging in there' when you expect a light at the end of the tunnel, but performance of duty and persistence of example when you know that no light is coming." This is the true story of Maggie Schmidt, an All-American kid who dreamt of attending the Naval Academy when her research into the typical Midshipman uncovered a profile alarmingly like herself. This book describes her background and academic interests, her focus, as well as her struggle to put together a winning admissions package. Along the way, you gain insight into the moral fiber that grounds everything she does and the decisions she must make that some consider impossible for an adolescent, but are achievable for thousands of like-minded teens. This workbook walks you through the long process, provides check lists of everything required, decision making matrices, goal-setting exercises to determine if USNA is a good fit for you, and a mix of motivation and academic advice to balance a decision that rightfully might be the biggest one most teens have ever made.
Notes: Includes worksheets, guidelines, index, pictures
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