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I recommend going. My son went to several and we learned that there is a list of who attended and this goes into your file. Attending expresses interest in the school and the school looks favorably on that. It's also where he met the Field Force rep who was very helpful during the application...

Well, my son was homeschooled so I'd say that being homeschooled gave him an advantage for admissions. I set out a curriculum program that prepared him for college work. To answer your question - bloom where you are planted. Every schooling option has plusses and minuses. Emphasize the plusses...

That was hands down the best video ever done for AN. I tear up every time I watch it. Every. Single. Time.

When my kid was at WP for the summer program, he told us - "We *got* to do PT in the rain." That's when we knew - this kid belonged at WP. He's an OG now. :)

Also put your phone and a charger into a separate ziplock bag with a label. It will be taken from you and you won't get back it until the end of beast

Some years they allow plebes to travel in civilian clothing and some years they do not, so to some degree, you won't know all of your needs until you are at WP. But you will have shopping options near WP to handle those needs that you don't yet know about. Also, each room is allowed a few items...

Just wanted to encourage you. My son (OG 2020) was homeschooled all the way through. There are plenty of homeschooled kids at WP. I can't answer too many specific questions because I did this about 9 years ago and my memory is a tad fuzzy on the finer details. I did write a one-page...

My son was in the class of 2020 and that class had the $2000 required deposit in advance of RDay. If a cadet couldn't pay it, then it came out of his pay over time. How nice that they no longer have this requirement for the cadets.

@Cuz If you choose WP, then you'll find many classmates who were also accepted at Ivies.

Lots of possible outcomes. Our kid was supposed to go to Polk after BOLC but it turned out that where he went to BOLC needed more of these newly minted 2LTs to stay, so he ended up staying there and never went to Polk. That sure was an unexpected turn of events.

@Pattonsghost - my daughter in law did the ROTC program at Texas A&M. She had a terrific experience there and would recommend it to anyone. She married my son who is a WP grad. Both loved the time at their respective schools and I think that each would have been unhappy at the other's school...

Article in Stars and Stripes about a new policy that will let cadets who become parents while attending a Service Academy keep custody of their children. Cadets at the service academies can now have children while attending school...

You have an excellent path ahead of you. My son, a WP grad, married a fellow officer who went the ROTC route. She has zero regrets for choosing the ROTC path. They have compared notes and feels that her path was a much better path for her. You may find the same thing. A SA and ROTC are both...

I suspect that a tin of home baked cookies (made by the student) would be appreciated.

My son (WP grad) did something similar. As did many others. He has no regrets with this decision. I don't think you are missing anything. Some people are simply very adverse to any kind of loan and so they opt to not take this loan.