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Dec awarded scholarship Jan DODMERB physical Feb DQ'd, AMI for waiver Mar waiver granted Jun 24-months passed since original injury/surgery This is anecdotal and was a super easy one to make sure an old injury had healed without issue. To manage expectations, I would expect med waivers to be...

Having read a million experiences on this forum, the answer is every time for a DODMERB assessment or waiver processing is different and the reasons are opaque.

DS had a timed DQ (24 months). Even though both NSI and scholarship activation would occur AFTER 24 months, DS was still DQ based on his physical date and had to go through the waiver process. We made sure to point this out when they asked for additional medical information (AMI). So, yes...

DS got a first board scholarship. This meant his sports-caused broken nose surgery was DQ and required a waiver. Ironically if he had made a later board he would not have required a waiver because he would have been outside the 24 month DQ range. It was aggravating but he got his waiver in...

If you are worried about the PT at NSI you've answered your own question: You need to do more. Excellent physical fitness is now a way of life from here on out. You don't need to be in SEAL or Marine shape but you should be in good enough shape that you're not worried about NSI. That is your...

Someone pls correct me if I am mistaken: 1. To activate a scholarship you have to pass a PRT. It doesn't need to be at NSI. That said, in my opinion, if you go to NSI and can't pass a PRT, you should not maintain your scholarship short of a significant mitigating circumstance. Injury or...

At USNA Mids golf for free. Might see if it's the same for USMA.

Not a benefit per se, but enroll in frequent flyer programs and frequent stay programs. It will pay off.

Big brother went USAFA. True story: his future wife of 40+ years thought USAFA was a punishment school for delinquents and didn't want anything to do with him.

Your description is exactly why I picked a different poison than the Navy. The Navy is smart using a 10m jump into water as it's fear management training since it has direct applications for them. All services have their own variations with the same as you say, fundamentals, as the desired...

My assumption is that USNA and other commissioning sources build them up to it. Ergo, they should be able to do it when the time comes and add a little swagger to their walk as a reward. If they can't do it with those resources then I have questions. The real reason for scary training isn't so...

They said everyone's first jump was always a "night jump". I concentrated on keeping my eyes open because I was afraid if I shut them I couldn't deploy my reserve and I felt sure I would need to. After the first jump it was always fun even though I've been injured. The ground's fault, not the...

My DS is currently a freshman They were able to send all non-scholarship to NSI and he said this was part of a broader policy to give everyone the same starting point so hopefully will happen in your unit. COTRAMID was strictly scholarship due to cost and Navy's limited capacity to host mids.

Don't game the school choice. Put down your real preferences. Google sandgram marine scholarship. Sandgram lays out what you need to do or rather be.

#30 declined Navy, going AF instead.