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Originally Posted by clifp Correct me if I am wrong but my understanding is that Annapolis class ranks are a function of GPA and demerits.

Yes, that's true. But then, the academies have always been more glorified boy scout camps than genuine universities. Remember Winston Churchill's comments regarding West Point (as quoted in Randolph S. Churchill, Winston S. Churchill, Volume One - Youth, page 270):

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I am sure you will be horrified by some of the Regulations of the Military Academy. The cadets enter from 19-22 and stay four years. That means they are most of them 24 years of age. They are not allowed to smoke or have any money in their possession, nor are they given any leave except two months after the first two years. In fact they have far less liberty than any private school boys in our country. I think such a state of things is positively disgraceful, and young men of 24 or 25 who would resign their personal liberty to such an extent can never make good citizens or fine soldiers. A child who rebels agains that sort of control should be whipped - so should a man who does not rebel.