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DS Received Company assignment today in Northern California. C Company, 6th Platoon. Last year there was a great thread with nicknames and comments on vibes of various Companies...Any upates on that?

Anecdotal Evidence from CVW Just came back from a CVW and met a surprisingly large number of candidates with unaccepted appointments who admittedly are waiting to see what other college acceptances materialize, with the Ivies in most cases being the preferred option. (After a terrific CVW, my...

Small comfort? Just came back from a CVW and both DS and I met a surprisingly large number of appointees/appointee parents who are on-the-fence about the USNA and are really holding out for possible offers from the Ivies. I am sure it's the same each year--after the dust settles, a good...

Great suggestions and insights...now I am getting pretty excited! Bringing my running shoes and hope I don't embarrass Plebe-to-be if he sees the old lady running the perimeter on Friday morning... Also looking forward to the crabs and model ships...and the crabs

I am accompanying the DS to the CVW next week and, besides the USNA parent presentations, and the Mid Store of course, I would appreciate any recommendations as to useful/informative things I can get done while I am on-site, that might be awkward as the year goes on, or that involve parents...

Thank you all so much for the insights...I thought it might have been well-intentioned "encouragement" on the part of the BGO. But very had to argue with already over-stressed adolescents... Will continue with original intention of acceptance, after CVW!

I am hoping some of the voices of experience can help us out here... My son (who received an appointment offer in mid-January) had decided to go to a CVW in March. (Although his decision to apply was not of especially long standing, his parents think that there is about a 100% chance that he...

Remaining CVW Dates (Full?) My DS received an invitation to the CVWs through the March 31-Apr 2 dates. We have called and emailed the office for over a week to try and arrange the date, but have not heard back. Is this normal? I know they are busy with the Summer session applications, but...