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    Still in the game

    Patience... Fellow Sufferers, Though I'd put this interminable wait in Geologic Eras perspective... PROTEROZOIC 2.5 Billion Years Ago (BYA) First sponges emerge PALEOZOIC 540 Million Years Ago (MYA) Insects, Mollusks ORDOVIVIAN 505 MYA First land plants DEVONIAN...
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    Still in the game

    acronym confusion... Casnmas, Guess I'm old school, but I am not familiar with some acronyms you used... I assume NWL means National Waiting List. What does WCS stand for? Dadmiral
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    Still in the game

    Light at the End of the Tunnel? What a miserable occupation this waiting has become. This final month seems as long as the months and years that brought us here. Time slowed to a torturous crawl, each day limping toward into the next as we nurse ourselves on a cocktail of equal parts Hope and...
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    Still in the game

    I hear crickets... No mail today in Los Angles.
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    Where are the California appointees?

    to Wompwomp and currey My apologies. I meant to ask curry, but sent to wompwomp. Where is "here"? California or Florida? Congressional district if you care to share? Dadmiral
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    Where are the California appointees?

    Wompwomp... Hi Wompwomp, What state (California or Florida?) is "here"? And Cong. Dist if you care to share? Dadmiral
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    Where are the California appointees?

    (With apologies to "fast street" whose earlier thread ("Where are the NY appointees?") I have shamelessly plagiarized herein above... Fellow Sufferers, Of our 50 states, California ranks #1 in population. We have a whopping 53 congressional districts. Yet, as of this posting, "USNA Class...
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    Still in the game

    Shorts & flip flops... WompWomp, As you are awaiting the mail in shorts & flip flops, I surmise you are a resident of California or Florida? Our DS and his two angst-laden parents are sweating it out here in balmy Southern California. Best, Dadmiral
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    where are 2018's from?

    Congratulations! A great honor! Best of luck!
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    USNA Class of 2018 Appointment Thread

    Congratulations! Great honor! Best of luck at the Academy!
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    Dear Katcali, Congratulations on your Appointment and best wished for a great 4 years at the...

    Dear Katcali, Congratulations on your Appointment and best wished for a great 4 years at the Naval Academy! We live in Hollywood, California and are anxiously awaiting our son's notification from the Academy. May I ask which California Senator (Feinstein or Boxer) gave you a nomination...
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    Pro-Active Reporting of 7th Semester High School senior Grades — Definitive Answer?

    Most high school seniors should be in receipt of their 7th semester grades within the next week or two if they have not already received them. This forum has seen much discussion regarding the requirement for reporting 7th semester grades to the Academy, but a majority of replies to such posts...
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    Goat handling

    Goats Depends on the condition of the goat(s) you cared for. Admissions looks favorably upon goats that are headstrong (determined), in good physical shape, have no DODMERB issues. Few goats are leaders (in their herds). Most goats are followers, which is not the type of individual...
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    LOA and nom

    Hi ProudDad, Which Congressional District or city in California do you live in? I have heard that San Diego is a bit competitive due to the large number of Navy families there. I also hear (sometimes) that not as many kids from California apply to USNA as from other states... Dadmiral
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