Recent content by futnavdad

jp@89 wrote: "Create a package that has documented tests of the degree of deficiency from military optometrists (if you can get into the military system) as well as a respectable opthamologist who can show photos of his eye as well as his exact degree of deficiency through multiple tests." I...

Waivers for criminals and felons. No waiver for my son who is an AP, A-, 3 varsity sports , 2 noms, color vision DQ'd student who will be going to a top "Plan B" college. Best of luck to the sons and daughters who will have to lead these losers with waivers...

maybe some stupid questions; but how do you know if you're on the wait list? is this something that develops after April 15th notices have gone out? are you notified you're on a wait list? thanks.

"The Superintendant at USNA will decide color vision waivers in April..." curious as to where you got this info? my son is also waiting on the same for color vision deficiency. Isnt Dobmerb/BUMED involved in the waiver after offer of admission? thanks.

This is incorrect/bad advice Profmom2. :thumbdown: My son was 17 and guess who had to be there and sign for him for his med exam at the exam office, his guardian/dad/me. My son plays varsity sports at school (like most applicants), which means practices keep him there till well past closing...

I'm no expert, but have you tried clearing the cache file on your browser?

"This is USNA specific: In the past, and I do not know how it is done currently, the only waivers the supe was involved with were the color vision waivers. All other medical waivers were left up to BUMED. Also in the past, and again it may have changed in the past 2 years, all color vision...

We received the official DQ letter today :frown: . And also a nomination from Senator Allard :thumb: I do some work in astronomy and remote sensing and filter or enhance color spectral ranges all the time to bring out selected features visually. I wondered if something like that could be...

Thanks for the heads-up USNA2012Dad, I joined the list and sent him/her a p-mail.

My son is applying to USNA and had to take a remedial Farnsworth Lantern test of his color vision at the AFA clinic. Basically he failed all the combinations except the Red/Green and the passed the Red green simple test. So apparently he has a color vision deficiency, but not color blindness...