My son has his CVW this weekend. I didn't even think that parents were invited. In any event, I'm dropping him at the airport tonight, and off he goes.
Any advice on how he should conduct himself while there? He's a well-mannered kid, so I don't mean "please, thank you, sir". I think he has that covered. But are the candidates evaluated in any way while they are there, and if so, how?
They are, but it's not some hard-core evaluation process. His hosts will just fill out a form after he leaves and (theoretically) it gets passed through the chain of command through to admissions.
For reasons that are beyond my comprehension, drags sometimes do baffling things, including:
-Wearing their varsity letterman jacket and expecting mids to be impressed
-Wearing sweatshirts that display the name of other colleges
-Wearing (basically) gym clothes to classes
-Forgetting to bring jackets when their CVW is in November and so consequently wearing their host's uniform jacket (my favorite)
-Not going to anything their host does or expressing zero interest in what they're doing
-Having gross hair or nasty, patchy little beards
As a general rule, if your son does none of these things he will be fine (to candidates: wearing nice-but-not-weird-nice attire, as in collared shirt and khakis, is a good call). The CVW is his chance to get an inside look at USNA. If he takes that opportunity (relatively) seriously and uses it to pick brains, take part in different activities, and have fun, then he's doing the right stuff.