Of course, many recruits already know this by the time they enter the academy.
"Police recruits preparing to enter the academy this week are now being held hostage by the pathetic ineptitude in Albany".
They enter the academy at nine years of age, but they wait and they wait while Barça's first team, full of world champions, plays dream soccer.
He was valedictorian of his high school class but had to wait two years, until he was 17, to enter the academy.
He had been valedictorian of his high school class but had to wait two years, until he was 17, to enter the academy.
He was a police cadet for three years and had taken the test to enter the academy, but was waiting to see if he was accepted to medical school.
We've even given less-qualified students a backdoor into Annapolis — the Naval Academy Preparatory School, our remedial institution in Newport, R.I., for admitted students who are not prepared to enter the academy itself.
He also takes aim at the claim of law professors that their high salaries and low teaching loads (relative to other academics) are justified by the revenue they forgo when they enter the academy.
The competition, formerly known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy, had already caused controversy when it was announced that 16 top-flight clubs would be invited to enter their academy teams.
It provided that if applicants underwent several years of physical and fire safety training and worked as emergency medical technicians, they could enter the academy with scores as low as 75 on the physical exam and 85 on the written.
Candidates for admission to the academy must be unmarried U.S. citizens, have reached their 17th but not 22nd birthday by July 1 of the year in which they plan to enter the academy, be nominated by a congressman, take a competitive examination held annually, and meet rigid physical requirements.
