Recent content by 2013hopeful

MJM, Congrats to your son and your family! When DS received his USNA LOA, suddenly all the weight of anticipation, worry, and doubt lifted off his shoulders (and his parent's shoulders!). As others have said, receiving a LOA is great, now you need to make sure he meets all the...

PPW? Perhaps the greatest weekend in my life. We stayed in the Quality Inn at exit 29 on Highway 50. It is a nice, affordable place to stay. Nice people. Was able to get an extended checkout time from the hotel owner. We had plenty of room. Our DS never slept, watch TV, or any other...

Good luck in your quest to attend the SLE next summer. My son went to SLS last year and enjoyed it a lot. One thing that surprised him was the CFA. He had worked pretty hard to do well on the CFA. However, after flying to New York on Sunday and then taking the shuttle to West Point, he was...

My DS received an email from the Admissions office regarding his Company Assignment today as well. Company 27, O Platoon.

DS attended a private Christian school from K3 until his senior year this year. He had religion classes every year he has gone to school. The fact that you take religion classes probably does not matter one way or the other. However, you should still strive to do achieve the highest grade...

Grizzly, It seems from your question you will be applying for the Class of 2014 or later. Its great to get some of your questions answered early in the process; however, I would urge you to take a couple of hours to search SFA for answers to many of your questions before asking even the most...

V22CrewChief. Congratulations on getting as far as you have. Being an old Marine myself, I know you must surely have the steadfastness that all Marines have. I encourage you to continue your quest to become an officer with the same discipline you have attained as an enlisted Marine. The...

1. CadetMoore, Congressional, IL-19, 07 Jan. 2013 2. Roadking (DS) Supe Nom NJ Dec 15 2012 3. Rebel91 (DS), Congressional and SUPN, TX, Oct 2012 4. sjens (DD), Commanders, MO. 15 Feb. 2013 5. USMAFamily2017 (DS), Commanders, GA, 12 Feb 2013 6. B_rad_is_rad, Congressional, WY, 2/21/2013...

1. USNA2017Mom (DS), FL-07, Presidential, 10Sept2012 2. riveranduin, VA-11, Congressional (Senatorial), 21Nov2012 3. Starbuck(DS), TX-12, Presidential, 21 Nov2012 4. arrow (DD), CA-41, Congressional, 21 Nov2012 5. timetocarrigan, VA-11, Presidential, 20 Oct 2012 6. Pmh (DS), CT-1...

I looked at the linked provided by Patriotic and the schedule looks very similar to the schedule my DS and I experienced when we attended the CVW in October, 2012. The schedule was quite full of informative seminars and pretty much took up both days. DS did not get into NASS, so this was a...

Mitas, My DS received a LOA to USMMA in November of this year. From his experience, I can say it is not too early to take your SAT/ACT. In my son's case, he took his first SAT/ACT in his sophomore year mainly to guage where he was in the college prep process and to get a handle on where he...

My DS has a LOE and a nom, but no tab yet. I suppose (maybe hope is the better word), that the tab will show up sooner rather than later.

Congratulations Kinnem, Congratulations to your son and your family! I have read various posts on the SAF about the process you and your family have been going through. Being a former Marine, I think the preserverance our son has shown bids well for him on being a great Marine officer. We...

LOA arrived today LOA from USMMA arrived in mail today. This is about 3 days after his portal changed to read Conditional. Sometimes all this is a bit mindboggling. Continued best wishes to all applicants.

DS's application status on portal changed to Conditional today. Looks like LOA forthcoming. Good luck to all. Love this site and everyone who contributes to it. We have learned so much and have benefited so very much from everyone's knowledge and encouragement.