Recent content by LiveGold15

you definitely need to make getting your nomination package together and sent off before the deadline a #1 priority. your act score is great. if you don't like your sat score, don't send it. i don't know anything about how your senators/congressman choose their nominees because they are all...

bring a lot more socks and underwear. also, bring some powder detergent to wash the shirts they issue you. you'll have to wash them in the sink, but it's better than the alternative.

i believe you have to wear the BCGs during Beast. After Beast you can wear whatever you want.

i'd try my hardest to find time for a sport.

Good to know. Thanks Hurricane 12.

I'm pretty sure that as of next year a Midshipman will no longer be able to service select Marine Aviation. So you will first have to compete at the Academy to be a Marine and then you will have to compete with other Marines at the basic school for an aviation slot. I know this doesn't really...

I asked about validating when I went on my CVW and came away with an almost unanimous "validate if you can!".

For anyone who is second guessing themselves or thinks they are having a change of heart: Request a CVW. I received an appointment in December, and I've had a lot of thinking time since then. It had been over 9 months since I had stepped on the Yard, and around March, I began to second guess my...

Sure. I wish I would've taken a camera last year. I wouldn't recommend taking a camera to PEP in the morning. Or mock sea trials. You'll know your schedule enough when you get there to know when you should and should not have a camera.

Can someone tell me what I'd need to do to try out as a walk-on for women's lax at USNA?

I am also a half inch or so below the minimum height requirement. Shortly after I received my BFE from USNA I received a letter stating that I was given a waiver for my height. However, it also specifically stated that this waiver is not a waiver for getting into the aviation community. So I...

I am assuming you are talking about the first group of appointments. I do not think that its mostly recruited athletes, but I could be wrong. I think it is mostly LOA recipients and other very strong candidates who got some kind of early nomination. I have an appointment (received it in...

Haha I believe so! I have heard stories of NASS attendeess, Plebe, and New Cadets who did not lay low and it did not end well for them. It's better for the Cadre to not be expecting you!

Facebook group is a bad idea. Even worse is everyone in that group deciding to wear a certain color shirt to I-Day. Cadre have facebooks and look for these types of groups.

Yes, AIM USCGA's summer program. You could probably google "USCGA AIM" and find it.