How do I get the ng-model of a select tag to get the initially-selected option?

Question

I\'m pretty new to Angular, so I may be going about this all wrong...

I have a similar to the following:

Answer 1

It works a whole lot better when you use ng-options on your select element instead of nesting option with ng-repeat.

https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ng/directive/select

Then you are capable of setting the ng-model with ng-init.