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Son received an LOA in late October of his senior year in HS pending Dodmerb completion. Within 2 weeks of that he received appointment. Since he already had been accepted to another college, he just figured USNA was also rolling admission. Knowing he had a lot going on in the fall of his senior...

My son, now an ensign, was a Chemistry major. It was definitely a challenging path for him. He was mildly interested in medical corps and according to him, a C in physical chemistry put a fork in that path anyway. However, he hasn't entirely shut the door on that or grad school for chemical...

Completely anecdotal but my son and both his 2014 plebe year roommates all applied and all 3 were turned down for NASS

No. Not necessary.

This is of course anecdotal, but I have been on the yard for 3 I-Days in the past 5 years and have never seen a plebe with cornrows.

The whole day is a whirlwind-more for them than you. I remember the time we had with the freshly shorn mid after the oath. He was obsessed with keeping the dixie cup cover "just so" and had a general deer in the headlight look about him. We kept our good-bye's intentionally low-key and positive...

My 1/C mid sounds a lot like yours. While becoming a naval officer was a goal of his, USNA was not his Plan A. I was concerned he didn't have the right temperament to succeed there. Outwardly, he has an extremely easy-going, laid-back way about him. Through observing him at his sport and other...

No can really say-it's a very individual thing. I have heard as a rule the college course taught at the college level is more challenging than its high school version. It just may be better preparation as one is grasping the rigor and pace of college academics. In my sons case he scored a 5 on...

I should have mentioned he's a chemistry major. After the fact, he felt taking Chem ll at the college level would have been a good buffer before jumping into the beast, aka O chem.

My mid validated both chem l and ll. However, he has said in hindsight he wishes he took chem ll at usna

Completely agree that military and service academies are not for everyone. It certainly sounds like you have your mind made up. I just wonder if you permit your child to do the same?

Maybe they meant USN produces more pilots? Navy flight school in Pensacola trains Navy, Marine and Coast Guard pilots. And I think the USNavy is still the worlds 2nd largest Air Force.

I've heard my 1/C mid on occasion, over the past few years, wish mid life was as easy as Plebe Summer was.

I'm still traumatized by that picture :eek2:

IDay feels like it was yesterday. It was a tough day-the mid just looked completely lost. Now, I can't believe we are rapidly approaching commissioning in May, 2018. When they tell you the time flies by, believe it.