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    2C Parents Weekend

    I felt eating with the Brigade in King Hall was the highlight. The interactions with some of the 2C midshipmen that we had grown to know and seeing them and how they interacted (might not be the right word) with the plebes at the table was interesting. By the way we did not choose to eat in...
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    Mid store shopping before and on I Day

    God how I miss the mid store. Not only to stock up on USNA gear, but on visits where we found we forgot something sunglasses, sneakers anything the mid store is your best solution. Good luck new USNA parents!
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    A different perspective as you prepare for Induction Day

    Some great insight on these pages and definitely reflects the differing perspective of the plebe summer experience for the individuals plebes. However, I think for our family the biggest surprise may have been how it impacted us, not just our plebe. First of all our plebe had attended Summer...
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    Place for crabs?

    We took our son to Cantlers the day before IDay and again right after the Herndon climb. Reasonable and relaxed.
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    I Day Woes

    To those of you who saw their son or daughter in what appeared to be in a distraught condition when you left them on I day let me share our experience. Our son did everything on his own, I was concerned when he applied because he didn't even let us review any of the info that he sent to USNA...
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    Questions re: Family Weekend after Plebe Summer

    For Afb, We had three for PPW plus our mid and decided to go with the largest suite at Loews, it was expensive but the living space was huge with plenty of space for our mid to stretch out nap etc. To this day our son talks about how much that weekend meant to him and we would not have changed...
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    USTS summer training block

    My son did OSTS when he was there and enjoyed it, think they sailed to Mystic, Connecticut and said they were treated very well when they got there but the locals. In fact he enjoyed it so much he later went through some type of training class to be the xo on the sailboats his 2nd class year to...
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    Annapolis Restaurants/Where To Eat 2016/ I-Day CVW Visit Graduation PPW

    I mentioned the Boatyard in Eastport which was our go to place for four years but also for newbies Galway Bay although an Irish restaurant in my opinion had the best crab cakes I have ever eaten, which was a bit of a surprise. We return to Annapolis once a year for a football game or some...
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    Hotels USNA Annapolis 2016 I-Day PPW Parents Weekend Commissioning Week CVW

    Just my .02 cents. Hotels in downtown Annapolis (DTA) are much more expensive but in my mind if you can afford it go for it as they are very convenient. For both I Day and PPW we utilized the Loews hotel (we rented a suite for PPW). But truthfully any of the DTA hotels would work but we went...
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    Fun stuff to do before I-Day

    We arrived a day before I day and just walked around Annapolis went for crabs at Cantlers but to be candid our son seemed to be getting into plebe mode (nervous intensity) and probably did not really care what we were doing and neither did we as we were in "there goes our first kid leaving the...
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    Commencement Advice

    A lot of the advice already given is good stuff so I won't repeat it but will point out a couple things that caught us off guard that you may wish to think about. Having a meeting place afterward is a great idea, however unless their friends have the same meeting place that idea can get shot...
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    IDay & PPW Lodging

    Son graduated a couple years ago, stayed at Loews every chance we had. Great location you can walk to the yard although they ran shuttles to the yard on the morning of I day. It is a no stress hotel. You dont have to worry about traffic, bridges, driving. Park the car and enjoy your time...
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    12 quit on I-Day

    I would be shocked I would be shocked if it turns out that, that number of candidates dropped on I Day. To be fair a lot rumors spread quickly about drops on the first day and during Plebe Summer and for the most part the Plebes are kept in the dark about what they are going to be doing next...
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    CVW Issue

    Call admissions You have attended NASS and you still have an interest in USNA so call admissions and ask about a winter CVW. My son attended NASS received a CVW invite and requested it be moved to the winter. In the interim he received an LOA and accepted his nomination. I recognize that you...
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