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Not to hijack the thread, but I had to add my 2 bits: Back in the 80's in Georgia, at a small college, I had a professor for a core required US History class who was Asian. His heavy accent was VERY hard to understand. A week or so into the course, he had some sort of issue with his throat...

Thanks for the great responses! It's funny, but what drove me here is the College Confidential website. It seems like the only reviews I found were from disgruntled kids. When the grammar is poor and the comments crass, I figure they are opinions that I would toss out. (Kind of like...

Padre101 that is a definite in our book. She needs to feel comfortable and that the college is a good fit for her. Maybe I am more of a concrete person than that, but I would like some comparisons of academic rigor, capability of professors, tutoring support, etc other than what the colleges...

Since this forum was such a huge help when my son was applying to USMA (current Yuck) I am reaching out for a bit of advice for the college search for my DS. She is not going the SA route, which is perfectly fine. (Not her cup of tea, let's say) So we are looking at several colleges. She has...

I have really been enjoying this thread! It's been a welcome relief to hear a little more "reality" out there. Quite frankly, I worry about some of these parents. What are they thinking? I am a mom of a 2019 at USMA. Yes, I am proud of him. Yes, I am worried about him. But maybe it's...

1. clofton6, 12 Dec 2014, TX-03, Senatorial Nomination(LOA) 2. MIgeek, 28 Jan 2015, Soldier, Sec Army Cadetship 3. NewJersey2019, 29 Jan 2015, NJ-11, Congressional Nomination 4. NCWestPoint, 1/30/15, NC-05, Congressional 5 UT 801,29 Jan 2015, UT-04, Senatorial 6. mo06mom (DS), 29 Jan 2015...

I usually stay at the Holiday Inn Express in Ft. Montgomery (just north of the traffic circle). It's very clean, and breakfast is included. I too have reserved R Day "just in case". They have a non-refundable price which is a little less than the regular price. I have reserved at the regular...

I have to chime in, as I had one of these "visits" just the other day. I live near a high security agency and everyone working there needs a security clearance of some level. So several times I have had an investigator show up at my door to ask questions about a neighbor, acquaintance, etc...

Sorry, forgot to post that this is all for USMA. MD is very competitive, but USNA is the biggest one applied to in the area by far.

DS has a competitive nom from Mikulski and a Pres. Nom. Already interviewed with his Rep, but no word yet. Just interviewed with Cardin today, so we asked the coordinator there and she said that generally Cardin will not give a Nom to a candidate that already has a Nom from Mikulski. We were...

I understand R Day will be June 29th this year. A Day weekend will be August 15th and 16th. The hotels are already filling up!

DS already got his competitive nom letter from Mikulski for USMA and a friend of his got hers for AFA. We understood that she would do the other academies first, then sort out USNA since there are so many more applying in her area to that academy. DS has another friend that interviewed the...

I was wondering the same thing. DS did make it through the DODMerb process for USMA and is qualified. I checked yesterday and USMA is still the only agency listed on his DODMerb account.

Thanks for all the replies! Checking today DS's portal changed as described above. The school he is not choosing states he is using it at another school. The school he is choosing states "pending". Will that ever change from pending? I will also have DS call the ROO at the school to give...

DS signed his acceptance letter for a four-year scholarship, it was scanned and emailed as an attachment to the email on the letter. It was also uploaded as a document to his portal on the 24th of November. It is still showing as pending, and we aren't sure what to do. Tried sending a message...