Recent content by gstudent99

My son, who received an appointment to West Point (although several years ago now), played club lacrosse not associated with his high school. He listed it as his varsity sport and it seemed to be fine. He went to a small high school that did not have a lot of sports options. I think he...

With respect to "they will never find out". I work for a life insurance company. Use of prescription medicines are tracked. Insurance companies use a service called the Medical Information Bureau during the underwriting process. They can receive a report that includes any prescription...

I don't mean to be harsh but your question is basically: "I will continue to procrastinate, how long do I have before I am cut from the program?" Procrastination is a continuous choice, not some innate characteristic. You have to decide to change. It really doesn't matter when the cadre...

My son is at Ordnance BOLC at Ft Lee. Ft Lee is the home to the Army Logistics University which includes an on base "hotel" where the 2LTs live during BOLC. He is overwhelmed with his living arrangements. All through college he had roommates and felt he never had any private space. Now...

Its been a while but my son (AROTC scholarship) failed his first 3 APFTs. He passed the last chance of his first semester. His problem was PU form even though he had worked all summer to prepare. He is now a 2LT at BOLC excelling and having the time of his life.

oldcorpsdad - Just to clarify. I think you mixed up one of the stats. The 1254 SAT avg and the 22% female is for the of the Class of 2019 The 23 grads going to med school is for the class of 2015.

My son is in the same situation. He went to the local Naval Base (even though he is Army but it is the only military installation anywhere near where we live) and they would not issue him a new card because "he is not updated in the system yet". Even though he had all of his paper work with...

@paradoxer - My son is headed to Ft. Wainwright as well. Alaska was his first choice.

My son got his date today. June 22nd to Ft. Lee for Ordnance.

I guess I should have mentioned. My son got AD Ordinance. It was the 3rd choice he had listed but really didn't have strong preferences. He is just as happy with this as he would have been with his first choice.

Results are definitely in. My son just got out of his meeting and received his branching info.

Also on a complete side track: I am usually very aware of using the correct word for the situation (for example There-Their-They're). I have to admit that I had no idea there were 2 separate words: Accession - Ascension (and as a Catholic I know the difference between Ascension and...

@NewCollegeParent I think they have to include their ADSO choice now with their choices. As for the done deal question: My understanding is that if they would have gotten their choice without the ADSO then it is not applied. If it is needed then it is applied. I have no idea if that is...

This is more of a comment than a question but I would welcome comments from others. My AROTC MSIV son has to submit his final ascension choices on Friday of this week (I assume it is the same date for everyone but not sure) and he is definitely feeling the weight of his decision. Based on...

My son did CTLT at Ft Bliss early this summer before LDAC. He stayed in something he described as barracks. Not a hotel. It was a short walk to the mall that is on the base. He did not have linens or pillow either so he bought something cheap at the mall. He said he got everything he...