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Parent of a 2016 swab - that was a rough day, especially for him. The CGA did a great job in telling us what to expect and how to support them but, nonetheless, I'm anxious to hear how it's going when/if we get a letter from him. I figure no news is good news.

DS received a TWE yesterday (MD-03). He'd already commited to the CGA though.

Depends on where you're coming from but Southwest has a large presence at BWI.

Mum, thanks and totally agree that it's their choice. I do want to encourage my DS to visit to the schools for another look before he decides. I definitely liked KP when we visited and the options. I'm glad to hear your DS is ok and feels KP is the right place.

He's not applied bc of a free ride but bc he wants to service his country. With that, each of the SAs offer excellent paths to do so, it's disappointing to me to see KP be devalued, underfunded and ill maintained. I don't think the M\N should have to deal w/ such safety hazards.

I have been following this situation as well and, as a concerned parent of a prospective 2016 M/N, I'm not encouraged to counsel him to go to USMMA. He's been accepted at another SA and is waiting on word from a third. I like the options available to MMA grads but find these conditions and...

For info, my son was fortunate to receive a BFE in the wed 1/18 mail. Hope the other EA applicants get word soon and best wishes.

Same here, my DS son had receieved an nom from Mikulski in Dec and got a nom from MD-3 last week, so he got a similar, congrats but defer letter from Cardins's office. Made sense, now waiting for the USNA to hopefully say yes.

Yes, he attended AIM last summer and got a good idea what he could be in for.

I've been wondering the same thing. Heard from Mikulski (senior Sen) but not from Sen Cardin or our Rep (MD-3). Glad we're not the only ones.

Thank you, my DS had not heard of it but then he's not from an under-represented population. Good luck and enjoy the visit.

What is this event and when?

Unsat, as the parent of a class of 2016 acceptee, this is disturbing. I wonder what else is being missed or neglected.

As LITS says, your CGA major has little to do w/ ensign's assignments, except engineers will likely be that on their first cutters. The major may have some bearing on a subsequent PG school application at the O3-O4 level. The USCG is in a surprising number of countries, particularly in the US...

Answers notwithstanding, i have the same concerns about the budget. Times are tough and cuts need to be made. The difference btwn the SAs and colleges are we should be able to see what the govts intentions are through the authorization and appropriations bills that fund the services and DOT...

Hello, these forums have been very helpful and much appreciated. Question - do the SAs and MOCs google candidates, as part of there background checks, to look at what's on their FB pages and any twitter acct? My DS started a twitter acct about 2 months ago that i wasn't aware of and his...

One could also think of the nom process as giving all MOC a vested interest in each of the SAs, except the CGA. It keeps political support and perhaps helps with budgets. The CGA doesn't have this process but gets their admissions numbers scrutinized by some MOCs.

Thank you, we will definitely visit in the spring. He did an overnight last spring during our exploring phase and look forward to returning.

Congratulations, my DS received his nom letter from her office yesterday too. Our details are very similar. He and we are very excited. :biggrin: