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Does anyone know when the registration opens for SLE 2016? Admissions just says January 2016. There are no active links to it yet.

How do they select candidates for junior cvw's? Is it from STEM camp visit?

My 11th grade DD is a little weak in the leadership area. She won't be able to be a sports captain until her senior year and does not have a lot of other leadership opportunities. At the armed forces tent area tonight at our states fair, we learned about the Sea Cadet program. Does anyone...

Since all the SA's seem to ask a question about having a sibling who attends an academy, I was wondering how much or how little impact that has? My son says there are a "ton" of sibs in the brigade. Obviously every sibling is different, but do they look at the performance of one to get an...

My DD is now strongly looking at applying to a few of the SA's (USNA, USMA and USCGA). She was not on the advanced math track, but has excelled in math. She is now considering doubling up her junior year with trig and pre-calc. My question is how much does it matter that you have taken calc...

DS now has appointment to USNA. He's not sure if he should notify USCGA and if it would make any difference to them. He is 50/50 as to which he likes better, but was waitlisted at USCGA.

If you look at the appointment thread there seems to be a lack of folks from New York on it. I see only one from NY and I know he had a LOA. Is this abnormal or is NY just a late state? Given that we have the 3rd largest number of representatives in the country, I would have expected more by...

Just had call back from local congressman's office to a question DS had asked about scheduling interview. Based on previous posts here I asked how the numbers looked. Staffer said numbers are much lower than in the past. She also indicated this was true with the NY senators as well.

DS just got a call from the NROTC CO saying he was awarded 4yr scholarship. What happens next? He has listed his five schools and has applied to all. Not sure how school assignment works.

My DS is scheduled to have cvw this Thursday. What happens with shutdown?

My DS's BGO said his status now shows as qualified and he needs to focus on the nomination. What does that mean? Can he still be considered for LOA?

My DS is applying to USNA, USCG, USAFA and NROTC for the class of 2018. One thing to consider is how sequestration will affect the various services. He plans to stay in beyond the 5 yr requirement. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? I know USCG is the smallest of the services, but not...

My DS has a few new eca/honors and didn't know if he should contact admissions and let them know about them. He was voted in as vice president of Mu Alpha Theta (math honor society), he was one of 3 kids in his school asked to compete on his schools Double Down team, (local tv show where kids...

If your DS went to NASS, is there some type of report done on DS and does the admission board have it and consider it? Is there a typical time frame from when your DS's admission packet is fully received to when the board looks at it? I am aware that the numbers grow the longer you wait...

My DS completed interview with local recruiting office and was told they wanted to recommend him for ISR a couple of weeks ago. Apparently they want him to commit to the NROTC option now. It will be many months before he hears anything from USNA or other academies on an appointment. His first...

My son checked the DoDmerb site yesterday and it said a DQ letter was going out for color blindness. When I asked him about the test he said he got 3 or 4 wrong. He said he sees all the colors and the numbers, but focuses in on only parts of them. We had him do the plates 3 times and he got...