Recent content by raidermom2012

Thanks all for contributing. We received a letter of request for 7th semester transcripts yesterday. (report cards for that semester were just issued last week, and we had already had a request in with the school for transcripts, knowing they need to be sent). That is currently the only...

Thank you. And, oh, please forgive my ignorance to military terms - I'm a civilian. I learned the term BGO because our BGO for the naval academy has all but bent over backwards in helping us. But I know our local contact for USMA we have been in communication for 3 years now. I know him...

What do you do if you have a BGO that won't help and give an interview? We first made contact with BGO a few years ago - introducing my son, and letting him know my son's interested in going to USMA. BGO knew of our interest, but being only a sophomore, told DS to hold off till summer before...

One of my son's friends goes to GMC. (this is the 2 yr college - not the 4 year - North Georgia College - AKA Military College of Georgia, that is up near Ft. Benning). We actually have friends of my son's in both schools. If you have any specific qts, I can ask the students and see how...

chiming in here with a piggy back.... If the letter from MOC does not state anything with regards to principle or alternate. just that you have been nominated as one of his choices and you should be proud. So, if the MOC doesn't use a principle - does the appointment go to the top...

Take your SAT and ACT - and take them a couple of times each. Try to improve your scores. My son took SAT and ACT for the first time his sophmore year, and again Junior and Senior year. He was able to significantly improve scores with consecutive takes. Likewise, many applications will take...

While that C may have brought your GPA down for the first quarter, if you turn it around and bring that up to a B or A for the mid term, that will help in the long run. In the end - you want that transcript to have an A or B for end of class year. I know my son's school transcripts only show...

thanks all. I actually found the sports site and had my questions answered after posting here last night. I would have deleted this post if the forums would let me, so I didn't waste your time, but while I can click on edit/delete, there is no option to actually delete. Live and learn...

I actually have 2 questions. First one - regarding applications. We've been told that it might be advisable to apply for a sports related connection. Does anyone know how to go about this? Secondly, last weekends Army/Navy game had my husband questioning the sports process at the...

It's been 18yrs since I was a Navy wife. And boy did I forget the fingerpointing beaurcracy... Called USNA today to inquire about DS's missing dobmerb. RD admits he "must have fallen thru the cracks" and tells me to call DOBMERB. I reminded her that her instructions a month ago were...

I recently received a newsletter in the mail with a quiz "are you a helicopter parent" and my results were "borderline"... While I place alot of responsibility on my son, he comes from a split household where he spends 2 weeks here, 2 weeks at dads. While at dads, yes, I open some of his mail...

Hi, After some hold ups with the app process, I've found these forums which seem to offer a great deal of help. DS is a senior, hoping for his USNA appointment. (USMA 2nd choice but BGO won't give us the time of day). DS keeps a very busy schedule with dual enrollement, sports and ECA...

I was just reading an old forum post where someone posted that for presidential nom <quote> Honor Military and Naval Schools Any school designated by the Departments of the Army and Navy as an honor school with distinction may nominate five candidates from among its honor graduates. The...

ok, for clarification - we have been working with BGO and he has also been trying to contact the USNA regional guy he works with to find out why navy hasn't asked DOBMERB for DS' information. When we go to DOBMERB site, it shows that he is med qualified for Army and Airforce and those letters...

(previously posted in the usna forum)... My son's DOBMERB data is still not showing up on his USNA application. He completed the exams in September, the data showed up on his USMA and USAF apps in October, but it still hasn't shown up on USNA. I inquired with USNA regional rep in early...