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Just wanted to stop by the forums and say thank you. These forums were so helpful to me as our son went through the candidate process over this last year. The more answers I could find here, the more I was able to understand how best to support him (and not nag him to death with tons of...

my son received LOA in the mail yesterday. Just finished up his interviews with senators and congressman over the last 3 weeks. thank you to everyone here on the forums for educating me, the more I learned from you, the more supportive I was able to become over these last many months of...

DS has received word for 2 interviews so far. Wondering what if anything would be good for him to take. I assume they have all components of his application? should he be prepared to distribute a packet of any kind of biography info?

How does a candidate receive their invitation to interview with MOCs? Old fashioned snail mail? or email, telephone? or possibly they all do a variety of those? How much notice is typically given?

my DS has everything submitted for all his MOC nomination packets. In addition to the teachers and coaches who have written rec letters as a part of his packets, a few other people have approached wanting to write letters as well on his behalf. Overkill? not appropriate? or definitely helps the...

My DS RSVP'd for a candidate visit weekend at USNA; and because we live fairly close (2 hours), had not anticipated the need for us to incur the hotel expense for husband and/or I to stay overnight the two nights he will be there. However, I just read in the email DS received about a parent...

Hello everyone! I have been reading around all of the forums over the last few weeks and finally decided to register. My son is a candidate for USNA, working his way through the process. I would like to thank all of your for sharing such helpful information from every aspect. It has been very...