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I've had my heart set on the academies(particularly West Point), but on Friday I found out that the USMA doctors denied me from medical waiver consideration. I'm hoping ROTC will have a different view on my conditions which I believe to be very borderline between DQ and a waiver. But, since...

It sucks being told that you can't do something when you know that you could have done it and that you would have given it everything you had. My Regional Commander called me today to inform me that the USMA doctors had denied my medical waiver. The news was crushing and likely means that...

Although I've been nominated to USMA and USAFA, I'm also medically disqualified. Therefore, I'm keeping an open mind about where I'll be attending school in the fall. In order to help pay for these schools, I'm applying to national and local scholarships that I qualify for. Most of the...

I've recently gained a few leadership positions in my school and I want to update USMA to strengthen my file How do I go about adding activities to my file and getting them verified by my school? I was thinking that the respective updates, along with a letter from my counselor verifying...

AVIS(attitude visible in school) award 10th and 11th grade Men's Baseball: 2 letters, 2 conference scholar athlete awards, senior co-captain Peer Tutoring 10th, 11th, 12th grade School Newswriter: 12th grade Environmental Club: 12th grade. Founding member and Vice-President. Created the...

I know cadets with are issued Birth Control Glasses, but I'm wondering what are the rules for contacts? I'd imagine they would be allowed during the academic year but not during military training. If anyone knows, please let me know. Thank you, Jim

I have a few question regarding national and local scholarships. I understand that if the scholarships are applicable to expenses beyond tuition, then they can be accepted by USMA cadets and deposited into the cadet account. My question is this: say I were to receive a $10,000 scholarship...

Everything is checked green in my file. I figured something would tell me that my file is complete. I emailed the admissions team to find out but was wondering what everyone else could tell me. Someone told me once that my file is not complete until the office tells me that it's complete. So...

Just wanted to see where others are at in the process and hopefully I can help some people out. So far, I've interviewed with Sherrod Brown's office. The academy Coordinator said once Rob Portman's office completes their interview, the 2 will meet and all nomination eligible candidates who...

Hello. I've just recently joined the forum and although I can see this question is asked a lot, I'm looking for feedback as to where my application stands. I'm a senior applying for an appointment to the class of 2018. I've interviewed with 1 senator's committee so far and thought it went well...