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My son was a recent graduate of the Paul Revere Battalion (Harvard ). My impression is that while they do many things together, the cross town thing is not that big a deal, at least for the Cambridge Schools (Harvard, MIT, Tufts). Harvard covered transportation costs to MIT and the PT often...

Dear Yankee, I can only relay my DS experience. Summed up I would say that things that we might consider logical or common sense, often are discarded or passed over by CC in making some of these medical determinations. He originally answered affirmative to a query about having a history or...

As a father of an AROTC cadet at Harvard, I am not sure the "Criminal" perspective is very reflective of the Ivy league. There are clearly are challenges, particularly with critical mass. However given the crap-shoot that is the admission process, all of the other opportunities available to...

My son was DQed from by DODMRB for very minor blood abnormality which has no physical ramifications. Wanted to go to WP (where he had applied and received his nomination) but was denied waiver. Same time and within days of applying for it he was granted full medical clearance to attend...

Regarding discovery - it was via the questionnaire. Have you ever had a history of...?? Both Mom and I are in Medical field which is why we had him tested to begin with. Young kid , first child, had bloody noses - everyone thinks leukemia right:eek: Well that was our concern. The tests at...

Thanks for the support - I passed them along. It is possible that reapplication is on his mind. I think at this point he feels a little let down at the process. He was at a high after the summer seminars where he felt very competitive (even got an award at West Point), then an LOE. Felt...

Hi everyone, It looks Like DS journey has come to an end - at least for now. He was a 4.0 (97.5%) student who will finish with 8 AP courses (all tests to date at 5). 2100 SATs, 3 season varsity athlete, team captain in multiple sports and all-conference honors in several as well. Has...

He answered truthfully a question regarding bleeding problems. When he was 4 he has some significant bloody noses. He underwent some vigilant testing (both mom and I are in medical field which caused some level of overreaction in our first baby boy:redface:) which found slighly low levels of a...

Waivers can be granted without a conditional offer of appointment or LOA. USNA waived my DS, (rather quickly) even though he did not have a nom (before slates were turned in) and he will not have a nom as our district and senators make you choose 1 academy to seek noms for and he chose...

@ Goaltoserve Thanks for the input. Out of curiosity how long did it take for a waiver from USMA?? It is strange to me that it takes this long when there is no additional info required and no additional tests requested etc. The DQ was because he has some abnormal blood tests that might...

@ LG .... Agreed. One of the unknowns is how much his med condition played in congressional nom. The ALO said in first meeting with him last year, at which I was present, that they would never give a principle nom to candidate that wasn't med cleared, since if he were DQed I guess they would...

That is the way I was seeing it too and that is almost exactly how I put it to him last night when we briefly talked about it. Thought I would see if there was some angle I was missing or didn't understand before he calls SEn office back this PM or tomorrow. Thanks for quick response. As for...

DS has an LOE for USMA. He was DQed for med reasons, remedial info requested as part of original review. A waiver was requested in November - no requests for additional info have been made. In our district can only apply for nom to one academy. Requested USMA as that was his first choice. He...

That is the jist of it. Obviously hoping that USMA hasn't gotten around to their waiver requests yet?? The waivers were requested on 11/20 and no additional info was requested before Navy cleared. So hopefully for him Army is just a bit slower The Nominations in our district are principal...

Seems you do not need a nom for waiver to be considered. DS applied to both USNA and USMA but congressional requires applicants to choose only one for nomination. After a lot of thought, DS chose USMA. Received a DQ in November after review of remedial records. Received word on friday...

Thanks for the great info. I guess the perspective my comments were addressing is that the poster seems as or more committed to medicine than a military career and in that case USNA might not be the path of least resistance to get to a medical career. That said the path of least resistance...

I am Med school faculty who has dealt with admsissions/promotions - I have no academy knowledge other than trying to help my son navigate the process - so take the advice below with that in mind. Much of the above advice seems to be right on. In my opinion there are several additional...

CFA and PFT My son has finisihed academy applications to WP and USNA and nominations are being assembled for mailing etc. He is starting to turn his his attention to his current plan B which is AROTC. He was wondering if his CFA test results can be used for the the PFT (2 min sit-up, 2...

Heard the same thing from my son attending current session - portal opening delayed until July 23/24 (can't remember exactly which he said)