NAPS 2024 Waitlist

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justdoit19 said:
I’m so very sorry to hear that.

Yes he will. And it’s that same attitude that kept him to the very last minute, that they had to say ‘not this year’.

Refocus. Regroup. And come back with vigor if that’s his choosing. God speed.
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Man don’t be sorry. When he gets home from his volunteer work at https://warriorridge.org/ I’ll hear him out. College and Army ROTC awaits him, as well as the first team of veterans from the 101st airborne that are reuniting on the 22nd.

West Point , Annapolis, Coast Guard Academy, and ROTC are his options going forward. Navy had a monopoly on him, and he gave them all he had. That’s all that can be expected based on his raising. I’m proud of him all his successes, and all his knowledge acquired via shortcomings.
 
Anyone make it? Anyone “still alive?” I hope someone on here can go up there and show them what a July waitlist/dang near overlooked “kid” can do!
 
Hearing the NAPS Class of ‘24 is slightly smaller than usual does quite sting a bit. DS was more than ready to show up, I know everyone else here that didnt get the call was the same.
 
profec291 said:
Hearing the NAPS Class of ‘24 is slightly smaller than usual does quite sting a bit. DS was more than ready to show up, I know everyone else here that didnt get the call was the same.
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Yeah I know, it’s really a punch to the gut when you get the denial. I hate it for these kids.

The Napsters get their first call home tomorrow so I’m sure there will be lots of them second guessing why they signed up for this. When they are lamenting to their parents why they decided to subject themselves to this, it will be good to remind them that there are dozens of kids who would’ve happily taken their spot.
 
blhenrywalpole said:
Yeah I know, it’s really a punch to the gut when you get the denial. I hate it for these kids.

The Napsters get their first call home tomorrow so I’m sure there will be lots of them second guessing why they signed up for this. When they are lamenting to their parents why they decided to subject themselves to this, it will be good to remind them that there are dozens of kids who would’ve happily taken their spot.
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I have found, mostly by reading this board, that admissions is omniscient and perfect with their secret formula. They are so perfect in their ultra secret paradigm and their omniscience that mankind looks at them with reverence.

Irregardless I am confident of this. My son, and many like him on the waitlist….will take the nature of the oath explicitly…if given the opportunity to do so. I am as confident of that as I am in my DS NOT taking advantage of the new sex change program offered to service members by the military.
 
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Amuck do not need
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Kentucky9 said:
I have found, mostly by reading this board, that admissions is omniscient and perfect with their secret formula. They are so perfect in their ultra secret paradigm and their omniscience that mankind looks at them with reverence.

Irregardless I am confident of this. My son, and many like him on the waitlist….will take the nature of the oath explicitly…if given the opportunity to do so. I am as confident of that as I am in my DS NOT taking advantage of the new sex change program offered to service members by the military.
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Agreed.

Here’s another punch in the gut: A NAPSter quit on the first day and two more are leaving tomorrow.

It’s a disgrace that these kids - quitters - took spots from others who really wanted it…
 
blhenrywalpole said:
Agreed.

Here’s another punch in the gut: A NAPSter quit on the first day and two more are leaving tomorrow.

It’s a disgrace that these kids - quitters - took spots from others who really wanted it…
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They did not take spots from others that wanted it.

The assumption of course is others that “wanted it” wouldn’t have left, for whatever reason.

I would add that admissions isn’t omniscient - but they certainly know what we don’t - the needs of the navy and the pieces they need.
 
A1Janitor said:
They did not take spots from others that wanted it.

The assumption of course is others that “wanted it” wouldn’t have left, for whatever reason.

I would add that admissions isn’t omniscient - but they certainly know what we don’t - the needs of the navy and the pieces they need.
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Sure they did. If they accepted an appointment, only to quit, then they took a spot from someone who otherwise would not have quit.

On the FB page, it looks like a few more are planning on quitting as well. Really sad to see. Another gut punch to those who truly wanted it, only to have their opportunity given to someone who simply threw it away and quit.
 
blhenrywalpole said:
Sure they did. If they accepted an appointment, only to quit, then they took a spot from someone who otherwise would not have quit.

On the FB page, it looks like a few more are planning on quitting as well. Really sad to see. Another gut punch to those who truly wanted it, only to have their opportunity given to someone who simply threw it away and quit.
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How do you know that the ‘someone’ would not have quit also? There is no way of knowing this. Attrition is built in to the system. If there was zero attrition each class would be smaller. Knowing it and doing it are two different things. Quitting day 1 is a panic response. They didn’t give it a fair shot. And that sucks, but it happens, unfortunately. The others stood in the arena and said it’s not for them. Will they regret it? Maybe. If we knew who was going to quit or not make the cut along the way, then admissions could all quit their jobs because they would be millionaires as fortune tellers. At the end of the day attrition is part of the process. I would rather them quit along the way then get in front of those who have enlisted and have an officer who is not fully present. It’s just like combat, I watched some of the biggest and baddest Marines piss themselves and cry the first time we had bombs land on us. Some do the quietest most fierce Marines were young men and women you never would have guessed. You never know until you enter the arena.
 
blhenrywalpole said:
Sure they did. If they accepted an appointment, only to quit, then they took a spot from someone who otherwise would not have quit.

On the FB page, it looks like a few more are planning on quitting as well. Really sad to see. Another gut punch to those who truly wanted it, only to have their opportunity given to someone who simply threw it away and quit.
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People leave for various reasons, including ones who didn’t “threw it away and quit.”

It is unhealthy to have this mentality, imo.

The right mentality is improving the next time so your numbers make the cut.
 
A1Janitor said:
They did not take spots from others that wanted it.

The assumption of course is others that “wanted it” wouldn’t have left, for whatever reason.

I would add that admissions isn’t omniscient - but they certainly know what we don’t - the needs of the navy and the pieces they need.
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The needs of the Navy? Isn’t it to support and defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic? Needs of the Navy? If they are different than anything outside of the oath, where can I access them?

I understand they need a running back that can hold onto the football at the goal line, competitive NCAA teams (before they quit and transfer too), but at what point do you consider these little darlings grow up and honor their word? Honor their essay?
 
Pretty bold to assume they need to grow up and honor their word, honor their essays.

The Naval Academy gives them two years to determine if they want to continue.

Pretty bold to assume your child wouldn’t quit, or get injured, etc.

I will leave it at this level of thinking is unhealthy.
 
A1Janitor said:
Pretty bold to assume they need to grow up and honor their word, honor their essays.

The Naval Academy gives them two years to determine if they want to continue.

Pretty bold to assume your child wouldn’t quit, or get injured, etc.

I will leave it at this level of thinking is unhealthy.
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My child is inconsequential to Naval admissions. Hell he hasn’t received his white envelope yet.
 
NavyHoops said:
How do you know that the ‘someone’ would not have quit also? There is no way of knowing this. Attrition is built in to the system. If there was zero attrition each class would be smaller. Knowing it and doing it are two different things. Quitting day 1 is a panic response. They didn’t give it a fair shot. And that sucks, but it happens, unfortunately. The others stood in the arena and said it’s not for them. Will they regret it? Maybe. If we knew who was going to quit or not make the cut along the way, then admissions could all quit their jobs because they would be millionaires as fortune tellers. At the end of the day attrition is part of the process. I would rather them quit along the way then get in front of those who have enlisted and have an officer who is not fully present. It’s just like combat, I watched some of the biggest and baddest Marines piss themselves and cry the first time we had bombs land on us. Some do the quietest most fierce Marines were young men and women you never would have guessed. You never know until you enter the arena.
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If you quit on day 1 or the first week into I-Doc, you obviously are the type of person we don't want leading our sailors and marines. We don't need quitters leading our sons and daughters.

Whether attrition is factored into admissions is a moot point. If you accepted an appointment, took your oath, only to quit, then you did in fact take a spot from someone else. There's no getting around that fact.
 
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