Recent content by Branno the Bronze

To add to what Hurricane said, you may get to choose your roommates coming out of plebe summer, but ultimately it's up to your training staff and there are no guarantees. I'm a plebe right now and my company didn't get to pick our roommates. So just be aware that there could be significant...

I was selected for HOBY and went my sophomore year. The only thing I learned from it were some irritating cheers we were forced to do at periodic intervals (if you go, you'll understand what I mean--and you'll hate the word "outstanding", too), and I'm fairly certain a couple of the speakers we...

Yep, I found out today that I got a nomination from Hutchison for USNA, so it looks like those notifications are starting to go out. Good luck!

I live in Texas, just got an LOA today dated August 31.

Just received an LOA in the mail. I live in Texas 6th district. GPA: 3.96 Class rank: School doesn't rank, but probably 3 or 4 out of 100. ACT: 36 english, 36 reading, 34 math, 34 science SAT: 800 CR, 760 M, 790 W Three varsity sports (cross country, swimming, track) and captain for...

Agreed. I was in Charlie-4-1 and all of the squad leaders were female, as well as our platoon leader. Also, each squad had about 2 females out 7 or 8 members total, so definitely more females at NASS.

That sounds about right. We had 3 females in my squad of 13, but another squad in my platoon only had 1 female, so there was some variation. Granuaile, I don't know if this is really what you were asking, but speaking as a female, I can assure you that, at least at SLS, I didn't feel like I...

Yeah, the same thing happened to me. There's some small text and a link to a paper version of the form at the bottom of the page, so I emailed my teachers a link to that form. The instructions say you can have your teachers print out the form, fill it out, and fax it to USAFA.

Yep, I was at session 1. It was awesome! I was 5th platoon 7th squad. Swagged up!

Whoops, sorry! Anyway, if I understood correctly at SLS, if you can demonstrate proficiency, they should permit you to validate.

During SLS this year I went to math for one of my classes. A few of the other attendees had questions about validating math classes at WP and the professor told us there was a placement test for math during Beast. So while you may not be able to validate just because you took this online course...

This year, the first session was May 31-June 4, second session was June 6-10, and third session was June 13-17. The dates probably won't deviate too far from that next year, because summer seminar has to be done by the time BCT starts in late June. Best of luck!

UBAR!!!! And I'd like to add, one of the most valuable things about SLS is the ability to interact closely with cadets who have been at WP living the life for at least 2 years. You will be in a squad of about 12 or 13 people and much of the schedule is squad leader time, where what you do is...

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Keep in mind that for summer seminar, your grades and stats aren't everything, and even having good grades and test scores isn't enough to guarantee you a slot. My ALO told me that one thing USAFA does with summer seminar is they try to spread it out geographically, so that they don't have a...