Recent content by Deirdre

To echo WAMom: great job, all of you! Good luck on the academic year. If any of you are in B-2 you'll meet my son

West Virginia University guarantees admission for in-state with 2.0 gap. BUT if a student has a 3.2 or above gpa, is an in-state resident & graduated from an in-state high school, the student automatcally receives the Promise Scholarship which covers tuition. Kids in AROTC or AFROTC can use...

My DS, a rising yuk, and his roommate both had their XBox360s with them the 2nd semester of last year. DS's grades dropped some (fortunately, not a lot) so the game machine is going to keep me company at home this year. He figures he can play on one of his buddies' game systems but it won't be...

Several years ago my sister asked where my son wanted to go to college. When I told her USMA at West Point, she said, "No, not high school. Where does he want to go to college?" I had to resist an almost overwhelming urge to not bang my head against the wall. After being the butt of family...

Sorry about that. USMA. He's wanted to be a soldier since he was about 5 and had his eyes on no other college once he heard about West Point.

Hi all- I just stumbled upon this forum and have found most of the information very useful. Thanks everyone who's posted before. We live in West Virginia and my son just received his appointment.