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    Mom brag

    Mine's not even taller. Holding my breath until the end of track season!
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    Selective Service Registration

    My son was in the same situation, so I went to the FAQs at the sss.gov site: "My son just turned 18 and will be attending the United States Naval Academy in the fall. He just received a registration reminder letter. Does he need to register? If a young man turns 18 at any time prior to...
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    Outside scholarship

    Also, if it is made payable to the college, it will be applied to your account. For more information see http://www.usna.edu/_files/documents/2015-2016%20Budget%20Book.pdf specifically page 5 of the PDF (numbered page 1). It's covered in section 1.
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    Outside scholarship

    That answer is up to the organization that is giving the scholarship. Most require that the scholarship be used for tuition or room and board. If they allow it to be used for other purposes, then you're okay. Washington Crossing Foundation gives out scholarships to cadets and midshipmen every...
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    Ohio Appointments

    DS just received an appointment to USNA. Received call from Senator Portman on Friday afternoon, and email from USNA on Tuesday.
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    Overnight Visit

    DS was just there for an overnight visit earlier this week. The weather was perfect while we are there (cool, but sunny) and I hope that it will be good when you visit too. The Holiday Inn Express is nice and close. We stayed there this past summer when we dropped him off for SLE. We had dinner...
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    Applying to ROTC after receiving LOA to an academy

    Thank you MemberLG and Kronk. I really appreciate your input. He'll go ahead and submit his ROTC application.
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    Applying to ROTC after receiving LOA to an academy

    If a young man has already received an LOA to an academy, should he continue to apply for a ROTC scholarship? He was 80% done with ROTC app when LOA arrived. Will he be wasting his and the ROTC board's time if he submits his application? Or is there a legitimate reason for him to do so? I...
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    LOE v LOA

    Yes, your application needs to complete before they will send you to DoDMERB. Also, at a parents' session at SLE drop-off this summer, the admissions representative told us that they are looking for 3 key items before they will look at your application: transcripts, test scores & essays.
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    Does USNA not superscore?

    USNA super scores and converts ACT scores to SAT scores.
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    Confused about ROTC and application

    If the board meets in October and the candidate is awarded an AROTC scholarship that has to be accepted within 30 days, how does this work if the candidate is also applying to the academies and highly competitive civilian colleges? For example, let's say a candidate was applying to USMA, USNA...
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    SLE or Boys' State

    My son's RC told him that Boys' State was more important for admissions than SLE, and that if there was a conflict, he should choose Boys' State. (He is fortunate enough to be able to attend both, with a one day break in between.)
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    Physics or AP Bio

    This question was asked at a parent session with admissions counselors and the answer was an unequivocal physics over biology.
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    CVW this weekend..

    I can't answer the question about whether CVW will be cancelled, but I can tell you about Friday as my son was on a CVW last month. They have a full day of activities for the parents, which are all optional. I don't remember the exact schedule, but there was an admissions briefing at 9:00 and I...
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