Recent content by ChuckUSNAdad

DS is in Men's glee. He made the competitive choir in high school which helped at tryouts. The main benefit is that it gets him off the yard for outside concerts which was especially great as a plebe. As mentioned, spring break is always a great getaway and it is a great excuse to fly out to...

You will see a lot of lacrosse sticks outside alumni hall at the start of I Day. It is Easy to pick each other out and make fast friends.

I see you are AZ in a previous post. Best finds for me among the twenty or so that I list are the USNA lucky bag Facebook page and the USNA Flickr photostream.

If you are a Washington parent, I have a where's Waldo guide posted on our club's Facebook page.

Check out the USNA Maryland parents club website, they have a great I-day guide to check out.

Heard from others who got an email yesterday with company and platoon info.

If you think an obsession with checking this forum is bad, you may be in for a surprise come plebe summer when the real obsession with looking through thousands of photos for your mid sets in, and they all where the same uniform and have the same haircuts.

Keep in mind we have not heard anything with respect to super scoring between the old and the new SAT format. This does not rule out super scoring, but keep in mind lots other universities are not super scoring those SATs taken pre March 2016 and those since. Also tip, that there are lots of...

Not at 5 years, have not even hit 2 for 7 yet. My encouragement ( and free plug) is that the mid parent clubs can be super helpful through the transition for a non-military family. It does not take long before one starts wearing navy apparel and decorating with anchors. Whether they go corps...

Better to start with a girlfriend back home than to turn down an appointment entirely to stay together. Just saying!

My DS (3/C '18) ended up waitlisted for SS and found out about his slot in late April as I recall. Hang in there.

My 3/C DS was outside the 10% class ranking since there was a big pack of lower extracurricular activity/more time to study smart kids at his smaller high school. To compensate, keep adding leadership activities to your resume and demonstrate how you are checking out that a armed forces career...

Hang in there, keep working hard and you will accomplish great things, perhaps just on a path different from that which you were anticipating.

If in SoCal, this is a great concert! If in NorCal, checkout the 3+ men's glee club concerts next week in the Bay Area.

Just Dad; great post! Congrats on the two upcoming launches! I hope you will consider being a part of the Washington USNA parents club community for some great plebe year support. With respect to SAT/ACT prep, we are taking the midsib through Jean Burke's college prep genius 2 day seminar...