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    medical turnback

    Praying your DD has a speedy and complete recovery. As a fifteen year sufferer of MS, I am familiar with the attacks on myelin that cause numbness and weakness. Thankfully, the body has a wonderful capacity to recover. It sounds like she is in good hands there at the academy. I wish you...
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    Class of 2016-Mailbox Stalkers Club

    Thanks! I'm sure your DS will be successful as well!
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    Class of 2016-Mailbox Stalkers Club

    TWE here too DS received a TWE today.:frown: Thank you Insider for the small warning, it did help to cushion the fall. I was concerned how DS would take it but he said he kind of expected it at this point and then went right to work on his ROTC stuff (that oddly arrived the same day)! He's a...
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    Class of 2016-Mailbox Stalkers Club

    Thanks falconfamily. As a family, we know this is the door DS was called to walk through and while it may not be this year, it will happen. I'm so proud of him for having the strength to dream big.
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    Class of 2016-Mailbox Stalkers Club

    ? So does that mean everyone still waiting is getting the non-select letter or are there still a few spots left?
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    Class of 2016-Mailbox Stalkers Club

    You have to be an incredible student, leader, athlete and person of great character just to get to this point! Don't let anyone take that away from you. Everything you have done to achieve the honor of being called a USAFA Candidate will continue to serve you well for the rest of your life...
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    Class of 2016-Mailbox Stalkers Club

    CristalLee, My thoughts exactly. I spent much of the evening, late into the night reading last years appointment thread just to get a feel for how everything played out last year. I think you may be right, but maybe admissions is altering the deadline by batch in order to control the knowledge...
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    Official USAFA Class of 2016 Appointment thread

    This is soooo stressful!!!!:eek: Thanks for the encouragement YorkieMom, USAFA2012Mom, Dad and all those praying! I have been so afraid that DS won't get in over the last week! I'm driving myself NUTS (not that I wasn't already)!!! I keep wondering if something went wrong with his file...
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    Class of 2016-Mailbox Stalkers Club

    Congrats!! Congratulations to you!! :jump1:
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    Class of 2016-Mailbox Stalkers Club

    Thanks A sincere thank you for the prayers for all of us that are still waiting. It is becoming sooo stressful! DS seems extremely tired, I think it is getting to him now...
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    Class of 2016-Mailbox Stalkers Club

    Congratulations!! Congratulations to all who received appointments so far!! You are deserving young men and women for sure! :groupwave:
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    Class of 2016-Mailbox Stalkers Club

    Congratulations!!! :groupwave: We got the same letter on Saturday! It does help you breath a little easier, doesn't it?
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    Class of 2016-Mailbox Stalkers Club

    Congratulations!!! I wish you and your family the best!! I'm so relieved for you and your DS that the waiting is over and he can move on to setting his sights on the USNA. He will do great things! To quote my DS "In the end, all that matters is we will be serving our great nation". I'm sure...
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    Class of 2016-Mailbox Stalkers Club

    Well, we went away on Spring Break (you know, to get away from stalking the mailbox for a week) and came back home to find the AFROTC scholarship is secured!:thumb: Wooo Hoooo!!! DS is, of course, still hoping to hear soon from the USAFA, but we are so blessed to have plan B ready to...
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    Class of 2016-Mailbox Stalkers Club

    Thank you! That's good to hear! We are still hoping for the best. :smile:
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    Class of 2016-Mailbox Stalkers Club

    Yes...best to you! I know how difficult the wait must be for you. We will know the final outcome soon. DS backup plan is A&M ROTC.
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    Class of 2016-Mailbox Stalkers Club

    :shake: That would be good, mother and son both in bubble wrap! :wink:
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    Class of 2016-Mailbox Stalkers Club

    I was thinking that would be a great addition to the mattress!
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    Class of 2016-Mailbox Stalkers Club

    Haha! Will do!:wink:
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    Class of 2016-Mailbox Stalkers Club

    Junk mail fake-out Darn those big white envelopes from colleges! DD is a sophomore with great test scores, so we are getting tons of college mail for her now. That's two times now that I have gone to the mail box to see a big white envelope, causing my heart to flutter and my knees to go...
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