Recent content by mattlukemom

You should ALWAYS have a Plan B. Since the whole USNA admission process is ever changing and it seems no one is in "for sure" - please have a plan B. My DS definitely wanted USNA, but also had a full Navy ROTC scholarship to another school (applied and was accepted to) - it helped with the...

I have booked the Thanksgiving and Christmas break flights already. I tried to book Thanksgiving several weeks ago and Soutwest was already sold out, so I booked on an available airline and ended up paying almost $500 for a usually less than $200 flight. So of course I have already booked...

My DS who is a plebe there now, said he will be hosting one of the High School students - he was excited about the opportunity. He had wanted to go to the Academy for many years, so excited when he got in, survived Plebe Summer and so-far-so-good, is diving right in to the academic year. It's...

My son knows his watch/duty schedule for the next couple of months - it's in one of their 3000 E-mails from USNA so far:smile:

Can't even think that getting to visit my plebe next week-end could be used in the same paragraph as beware of spoiling him. He worked very hard to get into the Academy and I know Plebe summer has not been easy... This is the first time we get to see him all summer, I'm so proud of what he's...

Good call from our son also, everything seems to be going well, new datailers are "cool". Says everyone is sick and because of that they're actually getting a little more sleep time. So now, as his mom, I'm worried about him being sick. It's so hard, because for the last 18 years I have taken...

My son said that he didn't know the song (Build me up Buttercup) but could pick up on it pretty quickly - he told me to check out the song on You Tube, assuming I had never heard of it:shake:

read the thread about the first phone call - lots of advice about encouraging them and hanging in there

ditto :):wink:

We too had a very positive phone call (could hear the wind but must have been pre-storm) - everyone is asking how he's doing, can't say he's having "fun", but do think he's starting to figure it out. In one of his letters, he said that "it's a daily rollercoaster, up and down, but usually by...

This is probably on here somewhere but can't seem to find it. What does a plebe have to swim plebe summer to validate out of swimming?

It's so encouraging to read all of the above. My son will be starting this summer. It was very surreal at first. For those of you who have midshipmen and those of you who will have plebes there this summer, it is truely an elite group and I can see now why so many people consider other...

this calendar doesn't have parents week-end, do you know when that is for 2010?

After all the anticipation and work, and waiting and worrying - yes! my son finally got his appointment to USNA:smile: But now comes more questions, what do we need to do now, as a mom who is always so organized I can't help but to feel the need to be doing something (other than enjoying my son...

1. Freedom - Appointment Dec. 17th - Greater Atlanta area, GA 2. cracked123- LOA- Nov. 9-Silver Spring, MD 3. falconchic88's son-Appointment 22 Oct 09- OH 4. marciemi's son - Appointment - Dec. 22, Declined Feb 10 WI 5. Mumsyto3's son - LOA - Sept. 3, Nom Jan. 14, Nom Feb 1, Appt Jan. 29 6...