Applications for the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs fell to 9,604 from 12,430 last year, said Meade Warthen, the academy's chief of media relations. The Naval Academy, as of Jan. 31, reported that applications had dropped to 11,140 from 13,922 at that date in 2004. And at West Point, the number had fallen to 10,774 from 11,881, academy officials said.
So, we're getting down to about 10 applications for each slot... You can bet your bottom dollar that more than half of the application pool is extremely well qualified, mentally, morally, physically....and motivated...but you are right, Unk,...the trend is not good...
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