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When I got my appointment a few months ago, one of my good friends asked me how big my plastic bubble was going to be. All joking aside, though, I got a nasty cough/cold thing a few weeks ago, and it's stuck around. It's ended up severely affecting my preparation for plebe summer...

2012mom? Thank you so much! What you wrote was much appreciated at this end -- especially by my own mother (she liked those graduation statistics!) (: I did an OV back in October and my host was in 10th company -- funny that I've now ended up in it. And Hurricane2012, I know I can't change...

Friend of a friend looked me up and I'm in Echo company, 10th platoon! Any scoop on 10th?

I've heard it's actually more competitive for girls than it is for boys.

I'm going to be on the women's crew team (I've rowed for two years/was recruited during the school year), and a few weeks ago the coach sent all of the recruited girls an email welcoming us to the team. Of the 18 or so girls who were "recruited," only 5 or 6 of us actually have any prior rowing...

I went last year, and from the pictures on the facebook page, I think this year isn't much different. They issue you tshirts and shorts to wear EVERYWHERE -- academic workshops, DC, everything. You also get a workout top that you wear with a pair of the shorts every morning for PEP. You have...

ALSO. Do we keep our wallets on I-Day, or do they take them away with our cell phones etc.?

My Dad, class of 1986, is insisting that he had a watch during plebe summer and that I should get one in order to survive my plebe summer. However, I swear I've heard from current mids and others that clocks of any kind are not allowed, and my watch will be confiscated. My Dad is very...

Out of curiosity, do reporting times ever correspond to company placement? If I'm reporting at 7:30, does that mean everyone else reporting at 7:30 is in the same company as me? Or is it random? Do we just meet up with our company later in Bancroft?

The women's rowing coach sent an email out to all of the recruits telling us there would be a sports briefing during plebe summer, so that's definitely happening. As for emailing the coach, I really don't have any advice for that. I emailed a lot of coaches at a lot of schools last year --...

Thanks, Dolphins! I've rowed the last two years of high school, and high school rowing has the same rule about novices -- everyone, regardless of age, starts out as a novice. And the collegiate rules are the same for all schools. Mens collegiate rowing, heavyweight and lightweight (and...

I don't know about the other sports, especially since I'm an incoming plebe, too, but I do know as a rower that crew is a pretty easy sport to get started in. Every rower is required to have a "novice year," where they spend a whole year (fall and spring season) just being in the "beginner"...

Thank you for answering me! Are there higher levels of "qualified," like "highly qualified" and LOA-worthy?

My BGO told me yesterday that my application has gone before the admissions board, and I have been designated "qualified." What does that mean?

I've turned in every part of my application and cleared my medical, but I still haven't done my BGO interview. My BGO was changed several times, and some of them never contacted me, or only sent me a form letter. I finally have an interview scheduled for September 10th. Unfortunately, I'm...

What if you have everything but the BGO interview? I have my CFA, medical, an all required documents turned in, just not the BGO (my BGO was actually changed 3 times, and my latest one took a while to reply to emails -- mine's now scheduled for Sep. 10th). I also went to NASS, so they have...