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That is excellent news and is what we are hoping for. Do we have to wait for USNA to request the FALANT or does it make sense for us to go ahead and have it administered and send the results (if positive) in?

Does anyone know how this affects the ROTC scholarship? He is definitely interested in a military career even if he does not get into USNA and would want to pursue that route if possible.

My son took his DODMERB exam a couple of weeks ago and we just received notification that he has failed it because, while he passed all of the medical tests, he was determined to be colorblind. I am also colorblind so it is not a huge surprise that he has inherited this trait, but it was a...

It does not seem unreasonable to me and I would also be curious. If my son gets one, I will ne happy to share.

My son is a rising senior and has completed and submitted his application to USNA. We believe he is a competitive candidate. Here are some of his stats: PSAT 206 SAT Math 760 SAT Verbal 670 Class rank: Approximately 15th percentile GPA: 5.0/6.0 5 AP classes JROTC Platoon Commander...

I thought pregnancy and/or children was an immediate disqualification. How did she get back in?

My son submitted his application information into the USNA CIS about a week ago and was pleased to find that he already has a nomination from his JROTC unit. Does anyone know if there is any differential value to a nomination? I.e. now that he has one, should he continue to pursue a nomination...