Recent content by jrangitsch

Reply to Multiple Nominations and "talking" For the Congressional Noms - it is impossible for one individual to end up on 2 Congressman's slates... because you can only compete in one district. For Senatorial Noms - which are state wide - there exists the possibility that a single...

Response to Multiple Nom Question This may be a little late in the thread, but having 2 Noms - one Senatorial and one Congressional places you into the competition 2 times - one competition is against the 9 other candidates in the Senators slate and then again against the other 9 on the...

ROTC Nominations In a nutshell, due to the way offers were made last year, the class filled up a LOT earlier than anticipated. Thats why some slots were left unfilled. In my own experience, our congressional district had 0 people get in last year because the one slot was offered to a candidate...

A nomination is a requirement to be considered for an appointment. That means you have to have a nomination to even be looked at by the Admissions Board for an appointment. Getting a nomination simply "checks a box" on the long hit list of qualifying items that the Admissions Board looks at...

Pardon the intrusion, but I am Field Force Officer (Volunteer) with USMA and I have several candidates who have been offered Noms to both USAFA and USMA. I am trying to get an idea of when the offers will be coming out of USAFA. Obviously, those candidates will have to be making decisions which...

Plans B, C and D Having a Plan B, C and even a D is a very good idea. There will be a LOT of disappointed, very highly qualified students over the next few weeks. My DS is on his 3rd try (in a very competitive area), has completed 2 years of college on an ROTC scholarship, but has thrown his...

Just Level setting for this thread Just to set expectations, the vast , vast majority of the Appointment Offers (the BFE) are being mailed right now, a few recruited athletes may have received offers since the Academy has to compete against "National Signing Day" and some soldiers may have...

Re: Grad gift ideas I am one of the ones who was just glad to graduate and see Thayer gate in my rear view mirror. I was also one the many cadets (new Lts) who got married immediately after graduation. Graduated 25 May, married 27 May at the Catholic Chapel. Both our families helped with the...

All the prior posts are accurate as to what you need to do, so I won't repeat them. The only thing I did not see was to retake the SATs (saw your post that you have a 2200 composite - not sure how it broke out for you) - yes - swallow your pride and take the SATs again - even though you may be...

Does anyone know what the laptop specs are for the upcoming class (2017)... I can usually find it on the Deans Site, but no luck as of now. If its not out yet, what were the specs for 2016?

Re: Triple Q Reading your post, it appears that you have done all that you can do at this point in time. I assume you competed for your Senatorial and Congressional nominations. I see from your post that they won't announce their nominations until Xmas time. Technically, the Congressional and...

DLee96, There is no dishonor in enlisting. Personally, I had the same "issue" when I graduated high school - I knew that my parents could not afford to pay for my college education, was in that middle class where your family is both too rich and too poor... I enlisted, spent 4 years in the...

Having been through this with 2 sons, - the quick answer is - basically yes - the essay is the same - do some polishing for the specific case, but I agree with the prior posts here - once you state your basic beliefs and qualities, the words will vary a little, but the basic foundation is the...

Asthma prescriptions are probably the most common issue that comes up in DODMERB reviews. Waivers have been granted for Asthma "findings" - so don't give up hope. The previous posts do give accurate summations of the process and all that. If you have not had any issues with Asthma, just go...

For the Class of 2017 and forward, LOAs will be few and far between....USMA is moving away from issuing LOAs as they have in the past. The rationale for using LOAs has been overcome by the increased competition for Service Academy slots as well as economic realities.