Recent content by IggyMom23

It is really just a police record check, and not a full background check, but different police departments have different ways of doing it. If you live in a smaller community, you should be able to take it to your local station and they will sign it for you. I live in a large city and my DS got...

I always wonder, on this forum and otherwise, of the parents who are baffled by their child’s rejection, and it’s a situation where they told their BGO/FFR etc. this in their interview. I know my son was asked in both of his interviews. I wonder how often it really happens that they do take the...

My DS always wore a polo shirt and khaki slacks to everything and always felt comfortable and appropriate. He did wear a suit and tie for his MOC interview.

So, I’m not proud of it (🤔 maybe a little), but I MEANT to say something like this at a party last summer when a stranger asked me if I was ok with DS being a baby killer. But I didn’t do it right and it came out completely different. But I didn’t have to talk to her anymore 😂

Your allergist can also have you complete an allergen exposure challenge if they do that for a shellfish allergy. It takes a couple of hours and you are gradually exposed to more and more of the allergen under the watch of the doctor. Then you basically pass or fail it. My DS got a rash from...

Also, I’m a USMA mom, not USNA, so take whatever I say with a grain of salt, as I’m no expert 😀. Just learned a lot with my DS applying to the academies and spent many, many, many, many, many hours and weeks and months trying to understand the process and then chill out when things were out of...

I had a whole paragraph written, but then I lost it when my phone died 😩. But OldRetSWO sums it up. I’ll just add that many many midshipman do not go to SS. People always say it, but it’s really true. At a panel of 5 or 6 midshipmen during my DS’s CVW, only one had attended, the others being...

No, these rejections are not indicative of the admissions process. They are totally different criteria. Your DS has great stats, ones that will contribute strongly to his academy application. SS has different criteria, and ones that are out of Your DS’s control, so it’s best not to take it...

This book is definitely eye-opening and a great perspective. I work in mental health and addiction and I always recommend it to people who are struggling, as a way to show that medication is absolutely necessary in a lot of cases, but it is only one tool in the toolbox. Without the follow-up it...

Conversation at my youngest son’s baseball game yesterday: Where did your oldest son end up? —He’s at West Point Oh, nice! That’s…Annapolis? —No, New York (Confused look) Oh, so what’s in Annapolis? —the Naval Academy (Scrunched up face) —Same idea, but Navy instead of Army. Boats and planes…...

My DS told me he prioritized math and science, and left English on the back burner most of the time. English and reading has always been his strength so he spent more time on the others. I gave him a 🤨 when he said that meant not doing the reading most of the time, but he explained that he could...

Last year, there were a couple of posts on here of appointments during and right after the couple of days of mass TWE’s, and then within days after that, people reported their status being updated to “waitlisted” as well.

Well he can rest knowing that at least he has the Falcon and put the others out of his mind until he hears from the others. But anything can happen!

And definitely he is still in the running for USNA if he hasn’t heard anything yet. So that’s still a thing 😂

Wow, what an emotional rollercoaster! I recall he was told his was a very competitive district and thus the TWE even with 2 noms. It seems to me that USMA still kept him in mind if after all this time if the VP mom showed up, and imagine he is very much still in the running. I’m not sure why the...