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    USNA Class of 2018 Appointment Thread

    To add to the list, quote the message, add your name and details on the next line, then remove the "quote" symbols at the beginning and ending of the post you are adding too. Check your work by selecting "preview post". If it is OK, then select "submit post". If you are a parent, you can...
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    Cost of Education

    Does anyone happen to know what the Cost of Education is for USCGA? I would like to take the money out of my daughter's 529 plan and not have to pay the 10% tax on the distribution. I found a similar thread that has the expenses for USAFA...
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    NASS Acceptance

    DS applied Jan 31, received e-mail of acceptance on Feb 4th, received letter in the mail on Feb 7th.
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    USNA Summer Seminar 2013

    It is good to know that we can expect a letter in the mail with more information! I also realize that it may be longer than 5 days since they are moving offices. I will be patient.
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    USNA Summer Seminar 2013

    Same here. DS received a brief e-mail saying he was selected and that they were moving offices. No information was included on what session he was selected for or where to send the money, etc. I'm hoping the e-mail wasn't a mistake. Here is the complete e-mail: "Hello and...
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    USCGA or USAFA?

    I graduated from USAFA, but my daughter is currently a freshman at USCGA. So I am sort of unbias. USAFA is bigger and has more options (majors & careers). USAFA is stronger academically. I think the freshman year is much easier at USCGA, once academics start. For instance, freshman...
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    Scholarships

    My DD had a $1K scholarship that she applied to her expenses (books, uniforms). Each scholarship is a little different (some have stipulations, etc). It also depends on who the check is made out to. Call the academy. I found them helpful.
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    LOA Received Today!!!

    Recruited athlete Whenever people pick on recruited athletes, I take it very, very personally. I was a recruited athlete to a service academy 20+ years ago. My stats: 420 SAT reading but a 800 SAT math. I participated in my sport all 4 years at the academy, was a team captain my senior year...
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    Class of 2016 - R-Day....

    Where can we find photos from R-day and Swab summer? Just wondering if there is a website that I may be unaware of that I should be monitoring. Thanks...
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    Letter prompts base to change flight suit rules

    Col Elton's previous assignment was at Hurlburt Field which is AFSOC headquarters. I believe this command has had a similar policy for the last few years of not wearing a flight suit unless performing actual flight duties. So his new policy at Cannon (an AFSOC base) would be more aligned with...
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    Schedule for Eagle?

    So how do they get to Halifax or the other ports? Bus or plane or train?
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    Please help with some advice for my daughter

    If something were to happen, I would advice her to talk to a chaplain, even if she isn't religious. The chaplains are really the only ones that have complete confidentiality. Besides counseling or just listening to her, they also understand the system and can advise her. Furthermore, she...
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    BOT?

    On the schedule is a Fall and Spring BOT. What is this?
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    Parent's Weekend/Columbus Day

    This year, Parent's Weekend is Oct 5-7 and Columbus Day is Oct 8th. Will the parents be able to spend any time with their child on Columbus Day?
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    Question about military storage

    scanner, scanner, scanner! That is what I remember from our last claim. As they try to make the claims process more electronic, I found it took more time scanning all the inventories, receipts, travel orders, etc. I don't know how many electronics you were going to take with you, but I...
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    Real purpose of STEM

    DS and his friend both got into STEM this year. They are both white males. Don't know the stats on his friend, but my DS had a 36 English ACT score in 7th grade with a 32 composite. Quite a number of other poster who received acceptances are also Caucasian. I don't think it is as much of...
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    Smaller class sizes what does that mean down the road?

    I do think who is joining the military is changing, but for a different reason. Usually, military brats follow in their parents footsteps. However, for the current high school aged military brat, they have grown up with their parents constantly deployed. I know very, very few kids who want to...
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    Self motivation

    It's good to know that it isn't unusual for kids not to know what they want to do when they are older. It seems like all of my son's friends have their lives planned out, which is causing him a tremendous amount of anxiety because he isn't so sure. On top of that, he really doesn't have any...
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    Smaller class sizes what does that mean down the road?

    I'm not concerned about my daughter's career at all or anyone entering the military. The questions that I posed were just pure curiosity of what people were thinking and their predictions. I doubt the powers that be could even answer the questions correctly because there are too many...
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    Smaller class sizes what does that mean down the road?

    USAFA data Here's USAFA data going back not just 10 years, but 30 years. The first number is the number that reported in, the second number is the number graduating: 2016: 1050ish/TBD 2015:1137/TBD 2014: 1294/TBD 2013: 1376/TBD 2012: 1348/TBD 2011: 1304/1021 2010:1334/1001 2009: 1390/1046...
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