# Rhodes scholarships and the US military academies

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**Created:** [August 10, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhodes-scholarships-and-the-us-military-academies/368215 "2006-08-10T21:52:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhodes-scholarships-and-the-us-military-academies/368215/1 "2006-08-10T21:52:52Z")

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Simple question: do students from military academies compete for rhodes scholarships on the same level as students from other schools? Is there some sort of arrangement whereby a few slots are guaranteed to the academies?

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhodes-scholarships-and-the-us-military-academies/368215/2 "2006-08-10T22:01:31Z")

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According to the [Wikipedia page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes_scholarship), there have been:

70 Rhodes scholars from the US Military Academy,  
34 from the US Naval Academy, and  
33 from the US Air Force Academy.

That pales in comparison to Harvard’s illustrious 315.