Recent content by egri

When I went to my MOC interviews, my mom drove me there, dropped me off, and went shopping during the interview. She did not even get out of the car, as per my request. I got all the moral support I felt I needed at other points in the process, so I didn't need her there, and it was nice to not...

After reapplying and not getting in, I am going back at it for the third time. I'm currently at URI (University of Rhode Island) studying Industrial and Systems Engineering. I like it here a lot, but Annapolis is still my top choice.

Me too! Was it intentional that your above post was the 1967th reply on this thread?

I also got the TWE last week. My stats are 630M/710V. Eagle Scout, Industrial and Systems Engineering major, college reapplicant, member of AROTC. HS GPA 3.2. I had two nominations, one from each Senator. Reapplying for 2019.

Let's not even get in to how much easier the process is for mail slots, or the advantages that PO Boxes have over normal mailboxes.

Although we need about 200,000 more to beat Air Force.

On a lighter note, this thread now has more views than the most-viewed thread on the USMA forum. Beat Army!

No luck here in Rhode Island. Will reapply for the second time when the 2019 app opens up.

I think the role of the antigay policy in driving away members is overstated. If that was the main reason why the BSA is losing members, then the Girl Scouts, who have allowed lesbians in for the past decade, would be seeing an increase in membership. Instead, the Girl Scouts have lost more...

Not yet, but I'm not a principle nominee/LOA holder/recruited athlete.

My parents never checked my portal. They didn't have the password, and didn't need them. Their involvement in my application process consisted of helping me practice for the interviews, proofreading my essays, and driving me to and from the interviews. That was all that I needed, and really...

True. To be honest I was surprised by how supportive people in my town are of scouting. Even the teachers at my high school who politically are to the left of Karl Marx (and I'm in RI, so there are plenty of them) thought highly of scouting.

I'd disagree here. Most of the kids in my high school were impressed with my friends and I who made Eagle, and it was the norm for the kids who were involved in scouting to wear something scouting related to school, even on non meeting days. Not a uniform, but a troop fleece or cap. Ditto for...

Maybe it's my inner Libertarian speaking, but I would have liked to see the BSA let each individual troop decide on a policy, given that this is a very polarizing issue and there's not a whole lot of consensus at the national level over what to do (and that the inmates are running the asylum at...

My regional director told me to send it to Halsey Field House.