Candidates for admission are judged on their academic achievement , demonstrated leadership , athletics and character .
People wanting to study at the Academy are judged on their academic achievement , leadership , athletics and character .
Most well-known is article 1 , which sets out the four criteria for statehood that have sometimes been recognized as an accurate statement of customary international law : In addition , the first sentence of article 3 explicitly states that `` The political existence of the state is independent of recognition by the other states . ''