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Admission to the Naval Academy is a complex process they used to call the “Whole Man” process, perhaps now the “Whole Person” process. First of all, candidates must get through the nomination process. That is, they must apply for and receive a nomination from a Government official that has the authority to nominate.For example, each US Representative is allowed to have a total of five people either attending or nominated to attend each of the military academies each year. If a Congressperson has five people currently attending, he or she has no available slots to make a nomination until one of those five graduates or leaves. If the same Congressperson currently has three Midshipmen in attendance, then he or she can nominate two. Most nominating authorities use a competitive process to determine who they will nominate. The competitive process can be anything the Congressperson wants, but usually is based on academic record, SAT scores, etc.Once an individual is nominated, the candidate is evaluated and scored by the admissions board. The candidate must meet minimum standards for SAT scores and Grade Point Average. The admission board then considers a wide range of factors that may include participation in leadership-building organizations like the Girl or Boy Scouts, participation in school governments, participation in charity organizations and events, participation in varsity school sports, etc. Letters of recommendation also are considered, especially if from an individual who is known and respected. A candidate whose parent or sibling previously attended and graduated may be given some additional consideration for that. Only about one out of every 20 thousand candidates end up being selected and attend.I would be very surprised if the negative service record of a parent had any influence on the admissions board, unless they had committed some particularly egregious violation of military law and custom, although I suppose it is possible that such information, if known, could influence the admissions board.

As him to provide proof of his hard work and how it compares to others, preferably others who have earned raises in the same amount of time. This would be work that is above and beyond the expected 9–5 type work, not things like working late because he failed to get work done during the regular work day.For example, assuming he is a programmer, did he learn and implement a new library in a project? Did he create a project timeline with milestones and deliverables, particularly if he’s not a project manager? Did he teach himself something useful and applicable to his work that will be utilized in a forthcoming project? Did he help acquire new customers, or recommended useful applicants that were later hired? Did he volunteer to participate in a significant event, like hosting a Girl Scouts STEM event? Things like that.If he just entered data into a spreadsheet, moved papers from one pile to another, attended meetings, etc., then that is expected work level and not worthy of a raise.I keep a weekly tracker of everything I accomplish during the week. When it is time for evaluations, I can immediately show exactly what I have accomplished each month, preferably with results. That way, my employer knows how I compare to everyone else and can objectively decide who gets a 3% raise for going above and beyond, who gets a 1% raise for meeting standards, and who is on the short list to be fired.

TL; DREdited. To remove some personal information. For the record, I don't go around telling people my IQ. It is over 150, so I am qualified to answer this question. I am interested in sharing my experiences with people if it can be helpful, reassuring or entertaining in a positive way. However, the tone of a number of comments have disinclined me toward sharing too much personal information on this topic, so I will retain the parts of my answer that are more universal.Frankly, I don't understand the need of some people to so boost their own egos that they feel compelled to make snide comments about others, whether it is in specifics or as a blanket statement.Yes, my IQ is exceptionally high. I am also fortunate that I am a well-rounded individual. Credit for both those things go to my parents. One is the result of nature, the other was nurture. My parents gave me a solid foundation to build upon, which I shall continue to do until the day I die.Both of my parents were exceptionally intelligent, and had they taken tests for multiple intelligences, would have scored high in several areas. My father was a mechanical engineer with several patents. My mother won awards for journalism in high school and graduated at 16. I suspect they both had IQs over 150. My mom didn't put a lot of credence in IQ scores as an accurate measure of intelligence, and my dad didn't really care. They both believed that effort and results were more reflective of intelligence than IQ tests.Does having a higher than average IQ make life easier? In some ways, it does. There are many different ways of thinking and problem solving. Some people are detail-oriented, able to focus on details that gestalt thinkers often miss; those same big-picture people are often fearless and more adaptable than other people may be, but they miss crucial details that make things actually work. Some people follow instructions well, and once they learn the rules can be left alone and be relied upon not to get distracted or go off-track. Some people don't just color outside the lines, they use a different color altogether. Some people are linear thinkers, others are more intuitive (the matchstick thinkers, as another poster reminded me).I am one of those rare individuals who is capable of both logic and intuition, and I have learned, with age and experience, to understand how other people think. I am very fortunate to have the ability to assimilate new information very quickly, at a much, much faster rate than most people. Some of that is genetic, some of it is my personality, and some of it was taught to me by my teachers and more significantly, by my parents.I had parents who placed a high value on knowledge and intuition, education (formal and otherwise), creativity and imagination, curiosity and exploration, critical thinking skills, ethics and morality, logic and rationality, respect for oneself and for others, self-discipline, compassion, social participation, loyalty, honesty and integrity, initiative and persistence, sacrifice and hard work. They expected a lot of me and my sister (who also tested over 150), and they didn't let us get away with just skating by on our intelligence. They also made sure we were involved in activities that expanded our horizons. We took classes in creative and performing arts and languages. We participated in activities like swimming, gymnastics, kayaking and tennis. We were in the Girl Scouts. We kept busy. We were active. And probably most importantly, we were allowed to fail. If you never fail, you never learn how to pick yourself up and try harder.Intelligence doesn't develop in a vacuum. There are physical and psychological components. Certain medical conditions can affect cognitive functions, as can a wide variety of medications. Some people don't respond well to pressure, while others thrive in it. Some people test well, and will therefore score higher than someone who does not. A person with a learning disability may not score high on an academic test, but that doesn't reflect their intelligence. In fact, I have known several people with dyslexia who have done very well for themselves despite low test scores in school. They don't have high IQ scores because the testing environment puts pressure on them to perform in a way that does not come naturally for them. People with higher IQs - and I mean 130 or higher on the Wechsler scale - love tests. Or to be more precise, we enjoy a mental challenge. So the testing environments play to our strengths, as do puzzles. I have more puzzle games and books on my phone than any other kind of app. I suspect that is the case for most people with excessively high IQs.It is important to remember that the brain is a complex organ that changes over time. When you learn new things, the brain actually changes physically to integrate the new information.Learning is living. Learning actually grows the brain.Whether you are doing something mental or physical, learning new things keeps the brain active. The more active the brain is, the healthier it is. People talk about the fallacy that you only use 10% of your brain. The part of your brain that is dedicated to cognitive and conscious functions is relatively small compared to the parts devoted to autonomous, unconscious functions, such as respiration, circulation, digestion, hormone regulation, cell production, the immune system and the nervous system. Yet when you learn new things, changes occur throughout the brain, not just in the cognitive areas. This is especially true when you learn things that require some physical activity. It could be something relatively simple like knitting, or something precise like building a castle out of toothpicks, or something more complex like learning to dance. It doesn't matter what your IQ is, you still need to continue to develop it.The most important thing you can do with a high IQ is analyze yourself. You have the ability to determine your strengths and weaknesses, to recognize which qualities you have that are assets and which are liabilities. You have the means to improve yourself, much more so than someone who lacks those analytical skills. Fix what you can, acknowledge the rest, and always remember to continue forward.Cliché warning: We're all human. As humans we all have our own flaws. Some of my flaws I share in common with a lot of the people who responded already. I do get tired of having to explain things to someone who I think ought to know better and really have to fight my sarcastic side. (You have a B.A. and yet you have no idea how to figure out a percentage on a calculator? Did you major in ThumbTwiddling at Boondocks College?) When I was younger, I didn't always know how to relate to people. I learned. My mom, who excelled in interpersonal and emotional intelligences, was my role model for this. I observed her interactions with others and learned how to be around others. I continue to work at my social skills and I improve with age and experience.Like most intelligent people, I tend toward perfectionism. After all, who knows me better? Who else knows what I am truly capable of? (Who else besides me doesn't care about ending a question with a preposition?) In my teen years I was very susceptible to criticism by my peers, not because I thought they were right (sometimes they were, sometimes they weren't), but because I knew I could have done better. I was my harshest critic. I still am, but I am not quite as hard on myself as I used to be. I still have to tell myself to quit dwelling on my mistakes and get over it.There are some things to keep in mind in any discussion of high IQ test scores.There is a difference between facts, knowledge and wisdom. Facts are information, IQ tests reflect familiarity with certain information that is considered to be important by Western standards. This means that tests like the Stanford-Benet and Wechsler have a cultural bias. This bias is not always taken into consideration by the person assessing the test results. An individual can be very intelligent and be knowledgeable about things that IQ tests do not evaluate. This is why assessing multiple intelligences is so important. IQ tests also do not measure wisdom. Some people with excessively high IQs never acquire wisdom, whether because of a lack of effort, personality traits or other reasons. Wisdom requires being open to change, and some people with high IQs have difficulty dealing with people and seek comfort in a routine and can become resistant to change.Three things I had and still have to learn through experience. Being a "genius" might be a help or a hindrance, but in the end what matters most is the effort expended in the pursuit of wisdom.The first thing I had to learn was to understand when my perfectionism was an asset, and when it became a liability. That came about as I discovered more about the world around me and gradually realized that I was different and yet not so different. Our individual experiences are uniquely our own, but the feeling of being different is a universal one. And that we all see things our way, and that acknowledging other people's opinions as valid doesn't negate our own. Where I see the flaws, the things that didn't work the way I intended, others see what worked, or my "mistakes" may say something meaningful to them. Or they might dislike something I was pleased with. And it's okay, because they are opinions, not valuations. I studied graphic design and after a variety of jobs, found one where I could put both my creative and persnicketty sides to use, in custom printing. I could use my knowledge of graphic design and I could develop my people skills by finding out what they wanted and putting it into effect. I derived a great deal of satisfaction from creating the perfect invitation, banner, signage or program for my customers' events. In fact, if I hadn't developed a debilitating nerve condition I would still be doing it.The second thing I had to learn was how to relate to others without coming across as bossy. I know I still do at times, but unless I am doing it deliberately, it happens less frequently the older I get. And again, that comes from seeing others as individuals with their own value. I learned how to be a good teacher, and how to be a good supervisor. And I did it by learning how to relate to people. Experience makes a tremendous difference.Just for the record, I believe that being able to communicate with others who may not be as "intelligent" as you are is one of the smartest things anyone can do. To express a complex idea in its simplest form is a sign of what some refer to as an elegant mind. To make something clear, concise and comprehensible to everyone without seemingly dumbing down the content or arrogantly pandering to what you think of as the lowest common denominator, that ability is the one that distinguishes the genius from the intellectual. Neil Degrasse Tyson is a genius. He can take complex topics and break them down in a way that can be grasped by millions.The third thing I had to learn is that there are significant differences among intellect, intelligence, common sense, street smarts, ignorance, and stupidity.Intellect Also known as book-smart. It indicates a well-educated and erudite individual. The intellectual is often attracted to subjects that are logical, precise and consistent. Intellectuals enjoy a good debate, and more often than not, are able to explain their opposition's argument as well as their own. Intellectuals are often considered to be the opposite of the street smart person.Street smart Street smart usually refers to knowledge development through real life experience rather than school or books. Street smart people understand the implied rules of their social group, and know how to survive in their environment. Street smart people "get" other people, often well enough to be able to persuade them to do things their way, or in a more negative way, can manipulate or con them, or falsely convince them of their sincerity.Some intelligent people can also be manipulative. However their ability stems not as much from their personal experiences as it does from a general understanding of how people think, an interest in psychology or social behavior. It is often accompanied by an air of superiority.Common sense Some people see common sense as something that is innate. Others see it as something that is at odds with intelligence. I see it as something that needs to be taught in much the same way as intelligence is taught. Yup, there I said it. Intelligence is taught. Let me repeat that, with emphasis.Intelligence and common sense is both innate and taught.Some people come by it a little more naturally than others, learning effortlessly. Others have to work at it a little harder. Common sense is related to wisdom. It is acquired more by observation and experience. If a person with a high IQ is not exposed to people with common sense at a young age, it will be more of a struggle to learn as an adult. Not impossible, but more difficult.Ignorance Ignorance is not the same as stupidity, although most people I hear use them interchangeably. Ignorance simply means a lack of knowledge in one area or another. There is a "cure" for ignorance, and that cure is called education. And it doesn't have to mean formal education in a school. In fact, a lot of things can only be learned from experience. Sometimes, simply exposing ignorance to a new situation is all that is necessary to eliminate it.Stupidity Stupidity is a different beast altogether. Stupid knows what is true but refuses to acknowledge it. Stupidity is doing the same thing, the same way over and over, and expecting different results each time. Stupidity is refusing to learn from your mistakes, or from the mistakes of others when they are offered up as an example. Stupid stubbornly clings to false beliefs, even in the face of incontrovertible evidence of the truth. Even a genius can be stupid.I feel compelled to point out that there is nothing wrong with making mistakes. I have seen people whom I know to be intelligent falling into the trap of doing nothing because they are terrified of failure. Failure is something to be embraced. It means you tried. You did something. Look at failure as a learning experience. Watch a child learning to stand, to walk, to talk. They don't give up and they try again and we cheer them on. People with extremely high IQS are often their own worst enemies, finding fault even in their successes. They need to stop berating themselves and learn instead how to be their own cheerleaders.Yup, still TL; DR. Oh well, what can I say? I like to expound on subjects near and dear to my heart. One of the reasons I didn't get hung up on having a high IQ as a child is because my mother never told us our IQs. I didn't find mine out until I was an adult.At 22, I was hospitalized with seizures caused by meningitis and septicemia and was given antibiotics that I turned out to be allergic to. I had such an adverse reaction that I wound up in a coma for six days. When I came out of the coma I was put on intravenous morphine for the pain. The morphine caused vivid visual and auditory hallucinations as well as medically induced aphasia. I tried to ask the nursing staff to discontinue the morphine but I couldn't make myself understood. If I was asked a question I could say yes or no, but I couldn't put my thoughts into words. I unplugged the drip line from the pic line twice, but instead of asking me about it, the nurses just redid it. I guess they thought I pulled it out accidentally. After two days I was so desperate that I finally pulled out the pic line. They had a psychiatrist come in to see me that afternoon. The aphasia hadn't completely worn off and I was still struggling with words. They thought I might have brain damage and I thought the same thing. My dad had aphasia after a seizure during open-heart surgery left him with brain damage. So I had an idea of what I was experiencing, I just didn't find out until later that my aphasia was a reaction to the morphine. I was afraid I might have had brain damage so I willingly took all the tests they gave me. Those tests included the Wechsler tests. I was as surprised at my results as the psychiatrist. I knew my IQ was high, but not as high as it was. I always associated scores in that range with mathematicians, physicists and other science geeks. I have always been intrigued by science, but my passions were more creative - writing, drawing and painting, design, music, dance and theater. I am a classically trained singer, but I also have done musical theater. I was a music major before a hand injury left me with nerve impairment my left hand. It's hard to play piano, flute, violin or guitar with only one hand. I studied computer programming, but my need to indulge my creative side led me to graphic design. I am currently two courses away from my bachelor's degree, but a series of incidents have aggravated my physical disability to the point where I am unable to go to school. I am working on rehabilitating myself to a point where I can go back to school. It will take time, and I will turn 50 before I get my degree, but I will finish it. I just have to be patient and persistent, traits I have in spades thanks to my parents.In fact, I attribute most of my proficiency in multiple intelligences to my parents actions and influences.I am naturally musical, but it was my parents who bought me instruments and paid for lessons. It was my parents who played all kinds of music, from opera to jazz to folk to rock-and-roll to standards.I am bodily-kinesthetic, but it was my parents who paid for dance lessons, and tennis, gymnastics and swimming lessons. My parents took me to auditions and rehearsals and encouraged me to excel. And that encouragement is still with me to this day. I am going to aqua therapy to recover from a broken pelvis and when I hit a plateau, I remember how my parents would cheer me on when I was younger.I am ridiculously gifted in verbal-linguistic skills. The natural ability is inherent, but it was my parents who surrounded me with books. It was my mom who walked with me to the library where I got my library card the day after I turned four.I am also very visual-spatial, and again, it was my parents who encouraged me to explore my world through art.I don't have a photographic memory, it just seems like it to people who meet me. I do have an exceptional memory. Some of the medications I take for my medical conditions can impair memory and reasoning, but so far I haven't had too many problems with it. However, on really bad days when I have to take stronger medication to function, I do notice it makes it harder for me to concentrate.In high school, I had an awful teacher for Algebra and Geometry. I lost a lot of my enjoyment in mathematics thanks to her, but I still do well on standardized math tests because of my abilities in Logical - mathematical intelligence.My interpersonal abilities I learned from my family. My father was naturally easy-going and my mother was very empathetic, and by observing them I developed better people skills. When it comes to intelligence, I really lucked out in the genetic lottery. Not only were my parents intelligent, but they provided me and my sister a nurturing and supportive environment.Okay, okay, TL;DR. What can I say? I was given a t-shirt that sums me up fairly accurately: Help! I'm talking and I can't shut up!So if you hung in there and read all this, thank you.