Recent content by Chris Grey

My recruiter and the email I got told me that I could choose whatever college I wanted to go to, and the scholarship would be given to me for that school.

I got one early Monday- 4 years to the college of my choice

Thanks!

On Monday, I was awarded an NROTC scholarship to the college or university of my choice. While that's fantastic, Navy is still my first choice. If the Academy knows that I have a scholarship, will that deter them from accepting me? I've wanted to go to USNA since 8th grade, and I've used the...

Hi, I'm a rising senior in high school, and I'm applying to USNA, USAFA, and USMA, with USNA as my top choice. I had a couple of questions regarding my DoDMERB. I have some mild to moderate acne, and I am taking Solodyne and topically applying tazorac and aczone currently. I just had my...

Ok, thank you.

Thanks. My argument would be that I excelled in school without the meds this past year, and I took both the ACT and SAT without them.

October of 2014

I took medication for less than a year. I decided that I didn't like it and it wasn't helping A) my performance in school and B) my chances of getting into a service academy, if I continued to take it.

Thank you both for your replies!

Hello. I filled out the first part of my DoDMERB yesterday, and it asked if I have ever had a learning disability. I was treated for ADD about a year ago, but according to my and my parents' research, ADD is not a learning disability. I don't want to report ADD if I don't have to, but I don't...

Great. I've had no issues with social media. Nothing with cyber bullying, alcohol, drugs, or the like. Thanks for your answer.

Hi. This is my first post here. I was wondering, what kind of background checks do the academies do when look at your application? I read the SF 86 and it's mainly just making sure you're not a terrorist. Do they look at social media and texts as well? I have nothing to hide on either, no...