Hey folks, what was the date on this recent round of TWE packets?
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My DS TWE was sent on 4-1-14
Hey folks, what was the date on this recent round of TWE packets?
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Hey folks, what was the date on this recent round of TWE packets?
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i am so sad for you allIt's been a fun game. DW and I chased Bob down yesterday while DS was cleaning out the family sedan in preparation for Prom. We didn't want him to get a TWE right before his big night. We found Bob a few streets down and he laughed at us catching him. He opened his door and started sifting though our street.
Bob: "Oh ****." I knew then it was over. I asked if it was there and he said "yes." And it was. I gave all the mail back to Bob but the TWE and asked him to deliver as usual and not tell DS if he ran him down to get the daily news.
DW and I collected ourselves and went home. DS was gone. I had a moment. She had a moment. Then we bucked up and put our game face on. DS informed us that a lot of TWE were showing up on this thread. He stated that he was not going to check the mail. He didn't. We did the "parent part" of prom and got to watch DS have the time of his life.
DS came upstairs this morning to our bedroom after being up all night at the "non-crazy" all night home for "Promers." We asked how it was and he said, "It was great. I will tell y'all about it after church. I've got to get there or I will be late. DID IT COME YESTERDAY?" .........pause............"Yes, son, It did." "Ok, I'm going to church." and off he went.
His plan B is God's plan A, and we are happy. He will be too. His future is my alma mater and here in our town. 100% paid for and we will get to see him more often than if USNA had become our reality. There are bright sides for all of us who have been or still are on this wonderful island. For us, it was just a vacation....a LOOONG vacation! You have each helped us by making the long days bearable. Thank you.
I will continue to check in and encourage you. Those with "Princ./Prim Noms", fight like hell! Those who are still waiting, take heart! You've lasted so far and will soon know. TWE's, hang onto those letters and remember this time, for it may very well be that the education God wanted for Our DS/DD's was achieved when it showed up.
Carry on and God bless each of you.
Tennessee Dad
It's been a fun game. DW and I chased Bob down yesterday while DS was cleaning out the family sedan in preparation for Prom. We didn't want him to get a TWE right before his big night. We found Bob a few streets down and he laughed at us catching him. He opened his door and started sifting though our street.
Bob: "Oh ****." I knew then it was over. I asked if it was there and he said "yes." And it was. I gave all the mail back to Bob but the TWE and asked him to deliver as usual and not tell DS if he ran him down to get the daily news.
DW and I collected ourselves and went home. DS was gone. I had a moment. She had a moment. Then we bucked up and put our game face on. DS informed us that a lot of TWE were showing up on this thread. He stated that he was not going to check the mail. He didn't. We did the "parent part" of prom and got to watch DS have the time of his life.
DS came upstairs this morning to our bedroom after being up all night at the "non-crazy" all night home for "Promers." We asked how it was and he said, "It was great. I will tell y'all about it after church. I've got to get there or I will be late. DID IT COME YESTERDAY?" .........pause............"Yes, son, It did." "Ok, I'm going to church." and off he went.
His plan B is God's plan A, and we are happy. He will be too. His future is my alma mater and here in our town. 100% paid for and we will get to see him more often than if USNA had become our reality. There are bright sides for all of us who have been or still are on this wonderful island. For us, it was just a vacation....a LOOONG vacation! You have each helped us by making the long days bearable. Thank you.
I will continue to check in and encourage you. Those with "Princ./Prim Noms", fight like hell! Those who are still waiting, take heart! You've lasted so far and will soon know. TWE's, hang onto those letters and remember this time, for it may very well be that the education God wanted for Our DS/DD's was achieved when it showed up.
Carry on and God bless each of you.
Tennessee Dad
It's been a fun game. DW and I chased Bob down yesterday while DS was cleaning out the family sedan in preparation for Prom. We didn't want him to get a TWE right before his big night. We found Bob a few streets down and he laughed at us catching him. He opened his door and started sifting though our street.
Bob: "Oh ****." I knew then it was over. I asked if it was there and he said "yes." And it was. I gave all the mail back to Bob but the TWE and asked him to deliver as usual and not tell DS if he ran him down to get the daily news.
DW and I collected ourselves and went home. DS was gone. I had a moment. She had a moment. Then we bucked up and put our game face on. DS informed us that a lot of TWE were showing up on this thread. He stated that he was not going to check the mail. He didn't. We did the "parent part" of prom and got to watch DS have the time of his life.
DS came upstairs this morning to our bedroom after being up all night at the "non-crazy" all night home for "Promers." We asked how it was and he said, "It was great. I will tell y'all about it after church. I've got to get there or I will be late. DID IT COME YESTERDAY?" .........pause............"Yes, son, It did." "Ok, I'm going to church." and off he went.
His plan B is God's plan A, and we are happy. He will be too. His future is my alma mater and here in our town. 100% paid for and we will get to see him more often than if USNA had become our reality. There are bright sides for all of us who have been or still are on this wonderful island. For us, it was just a vacation....a LOOONG vacation! You have each helped us by making the long days bearable. Thank you.
I will continue to check in and encourage you. Those with "Princ./Prim Noms", fight like hell! Those who are still waiting, take heart! You've lasted so far and will soon know. TWE's, hang onto those letters and remember this time, for it may very well be that the education God wanted for Our DS/DD's was achieved when it showed up.
Carry on and God bless each of you.
Tennessee Dad
It's been a fun game. DW and I chased Bob down yesterday while DS was cleaning out the family sedan in preparation for Prom. We didn't want him to get a TWE right before his big night. We found Bob a few streets down and he laughed at us catching him. He opened his door and started sifting though our street.
Bob: "Oh ****." I knew then it was over. I asked if it was there and he said "yes." And it was. I gave all the mail back to Bob but the TWE and asked him to deliver as usual and not tell DS if he ran him down to get the daily news.
DW and I collected ourselves and went home. DS was gone. I had a moment. She had a moment. Then we bucked up and put our game face on. DS informed us that a lot of TWE were showing up on this thread. He stated that he was not going to check the mail. He didn't. We did the "parent part" of prom and got to watch DS have the time of his life.
DS came upstairs this morning to our bedroom after being up all night at the "non-crazy" all night home for "Promers." We asked how it was and he said, "It was great. I will tell y'all about it after church. I've got to get there or I will be late. DID IT COME YESTERDAY?" .........pause............"Yes, son, It did." "Ok, I'm going to church." and off he went.
His plan B is God's plan A, and we are happy. He will be too. His future is my alma mater and here in our town. 100% paid for and we will get to see him more often than if USNA had become our reality. There are bright sides for all of us who have been or still are on this wonderful island. For us, it was just a vacation....a LOOONG vacation! You have each helped us by making the long days bearable. Thank you.
I will continue to check in and encourage you. Those with "Princ./Prim Noms", fight like hell! Those who are still waiting, take heart! You've lasted so far and will soon know. TWE's, hang onto those letters and remember this time, for it may very well be that the education God wanted for Our DS/DD's was achieved when it showed up.
Carry on and God bless each of you.
Tennessee Dad
I've enjoyed reading your posts regarding your mischievous but clearly good-hearted mail man.
As a parent of a double TWE recepient (USAFA and USNA) I am right there with you. Your post today brought tears to my eyes as well as a smile to my face.
Like you, we are watching DS grow as he processes and makes meaning of all this. Like you, it was healing to see him laughing with friends and just enjoying the moment before heading out to senior prom last night.
These kids are fighters who I believe will ultimately benefit from TWE's and other obstacles they encounter in the future.
Here's to God's Plan A!!!!!
My DS also received principal nomination, yet USNA sent him a TWE, while West Point appointed him. Confusing, to say the least. There is more if you are interested. Send me a PM if you want to know MOC response to situation. My purpose is to let you know, you are not alone in an identical scenario; Only difference, WP was DS's first choice.Well guys the same thing happened to my DS. His nomination says the following:
"Dear Mr. DS, I am pleased to inform you that based on the recommendation of my Military Academy Screening Committee, you have been selected as our primary nominee to the United States Naval Academy and also as a nominee to the United States Air Force Academy and the United States Military Academy. The Academy will make an Offer Of Appointment and will notify you directly if you are appointed. We are proud to announce that you have also been chosen."
When we first received the nomination back in December I questioned the MOC rep because I found the last sentence strange and if "principle" and "primary" the same thing. He to told us congratulations and that DS will be receiving a appointment to USNA and that "principle" and "primary" are the same just that each MOC uses different wording.
Several months go by expecting to receive a congratulations call from the MOC for being appointed to USNA but he calls congratulating DS for being appointed to USAFA. DS was happy but USNA is his first choice so asked the MOC if he knew when he would be hearing from him again for USNA. He told him most likely in the next few weeks. Yesterday by our surprise instead of receiving that long awaited call, DS received a TWE "waitlist".
So my question is to BGOs or anyone that would know, what should we do? Has this happened before? I was told that primary nominee and principle nominee are the same thing just different wording. This was told to me by the MOC rep.
So sorry for all of the TWE's this weekend. For those of you who are committed to reapplying, I would like to share this with you. My district had only two openings this year. Both of those openings were filled with college freshman, one of which was a a recruited athlete with a LOA. In short, not one high school senior from my district received an appointment to the USNA.
My B&G Officer shared this information with me to show just how much USNA values re-applicants with college under their belt. He approximated that about 40% of the Class of 2018 will have some college or prep school.
I have a great plan B in place at Georgia Tech and I am excited about moving on. Congratulations to all those who received appointments and best of luck to all candidates "still in the game"!
Well guys the same thing happened to my DS. His nomination says the following:
"Dear Mr. DS, I am pleased to inform you that based on the recommendation of my Military Academy Screening Committee, you have been selected as our primary nominee to the United States Naval Academy and also as a nominee to the United States Air Force Academy and the United States Military Academy. The Academy will make an Offer Of Appointment and will notify you directly if you are appointed. We are proud to announce that you have also been chosen."
When we first received the nomination back in December I questioned the MOC rep because I found the last sentence strange and if "principle" and "primary" the same thing. He to told us congratulations and that DS will be receiving a appointment to USNA and that "principle" and "primary" are the same just that each MOC uses different wording.
Several months go by expecting to receive a congratulations call from the MOC for being appointed to USNA but he calls congratulating DS for being appointed to USAFA. DS was happy but USNA is his first choice so asked the MOC if he knew when he would be hearing from him again for USNA. He told him most likely in the next few weeks. Yesterday by our surprise instead of receiving that long awaited call, DS received a TWE "waitlist".
So my question is to BGOs or anyone that would know, what should we do? Has this happened before? I was told that primary nominee and principle nominee are the same thing just different wording. This was told to me by the MOC rep.
It's been a fun game. DW and I chased Bob down yesterday while DS was cleaning out the family sedan in preparation for Prom. We didn't want him to get a TWE right before his big night. We found Bob a few streets down and he laughed at us catching him. He opened his door and started sifting though our street.
Bob: "Oh ****." I knew then it was over. I asked if it was there and he said "yes." And it was. I gave all the mail back to Bob but the TWE and asked him to deliver as usual and not tell DS if he ran him down to get the daily news.
DW and I collected ourselves and went home. DS was gone. I had a moment. She had a moment. Then we bucked up and put our game face on. DS informed us that a lot of TWE were showing up on this thread. He stated that he was not going to check the mail. He didn't. We did the "parent part" of prom and got to watch DS have the time of his life.
DS came upstairs this morning to our bedroom after being up all night at the "non-crazy" all night home for "Promers." We asked how it was and he said, "It was great. I will tell y'all about it after church. I've got to get there or I will be late. DID IT COME YESTERDAY?" .........pause............"Yes, son, It did." "Ok, I'm going to church." and off he went.
His plan B is God's plan A, and we are happy. He will be too. His future is my alma mater and here in our town. 100% paid for and we will get to see him more often than if USNA had become our reality. There are bright sides for all of us who have been or still are on this wonderful island. For us, it was just a vacation....a LOOONG vacation! You have each helped us by making the long days bearable. Thank you.
I will continue to check in and encourage you. Those with "Princ./Prim Noms", fight like hell! Those who are still waiting, take heart! You've lasted so far and will soon know. TWE's, hang onto those letters and remember this time, for it may very well be that the education God wanted for Our DS/DD's was achieved when it showed up.
Carry on and God bless each of you.
Tennessee Dad
My DS also received principal nomination, yet USNA sent him a TWE, while West Point appointed him. Confusing, to say the least. There is more if you are interested. Send me a PM if you want to know MOC response to situation. My purpose is to let you know, you are not alone in an identical scenario; Only difference, WP was DS's first choice.