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Sons ALO interview is tomorrow. He is worried that he will be in uniform. He is a reapplicant. He attends a SMC, his interview is in the morning and must wear his uniform during the academic day.

Anyone reapplying or have kids reapplying to USAFA? Son applied to 2021 and is reapplying for 2022. Son is working on his new application. He's noticed there are some changes from last year's application.

Son didn't get an appointment to academy last year. He has accepted an ROTC scholarship and will be attending Texas A&M. Son intends to and has already started to reapply to the academy. When would be an appropriate time for him to let his new ROTC unit know his intentions? He feels kind...

DS school counselor is asking me about a certificate or award for sons NROTC and AFROTC Scholarships for senior awards at graduation. Do those exist? All son has are emails informing him of his status. I can have him log into his account, take screenshots and print those out. Is there...

Son was awarded 2 rotc scholarships. NROTC and AFROTC, both cover tuition, book stipend, monthly stipend and fees. What fees are included? As I go through son's itemized statement list I see a list of various fees for haircuts, laundry/dry cleaning, sports passes, corps fees. I am just...

Son who was previously Reboarded earlier in February received an email with his updated status this afternoon. He was awarded a Type 7 scholarship. Yes, I posted on Friday that he had received notification on Friday he was also selected for NROTC scholarship. I am still in shock.

Don't know how DS did it considering he submitted his application at 10:30 pm on the night the application closed at midnight. He just forwarded me an email he received around noon today that he was selected for an NROTC Scholarship. Still in shock.

Son just forwarded me an email from an officer in the detachment of one of his selected schools congratulating him on being selected for an Afrotc scholarship. Son had no clue. He has been trying to keep busy and staying away from checking his portal everyday. He wasn't selected last board...

DS just got back from an overnight visit to A&M with the corps. Son was accepted to school of engineering there. He's applied to USAFA, has congressional nomination and is awaiting his fate. He's working on his plan B. What are others experiences there? Has anyone went to A&M and...

DS has applied to both USAFA and USNA. This morning we have noticed that his DoDMERB status has changed to QUALIFIED for USNA and still has Remedial Requested for USAFA. Is it possible to be qualified for one academy yet have more remedials to do for the other?

Son had a message this evening from Senator Cornyn. Senator Cornyn's selection committee will be meeting on November 18. Has anyone heard anything/ gotten any information from Senator Cruz? Is anyone experienced with the Texas process? This is his first time (our families first!) time...

Ok, My son has a low pulse rate. (He is an athlete, cross country runner, soccer player). He has had yearly checkups and always healthy. This has NEVER been an issue in his life. His resting pulse rate came back too low and a remedial for an Electrocardiogram has indicated. Does anyone...

Does anyone have an estimate on the time frame it takes for a remedial to be reviewed and a decision made? Son mailed his documentation and forms a couple weeks ago. Remedials were for some minor things - when braces will be coming off, dermatologist visit to looked at a couple freckles...

First child applying and confused! Son just logged into the website and saw he had a remedial requested for 4 minor things. 1. He has a mole on his neck. They want it looked at. 2. At the time of exam he still had braces on his teeth. (Braces off last week.) 3. They forgot to record his...

Ok... son is attending session 2. Do summer seminar attendees need to bring bed linens? It's not listed on packing list. Thanks in advance!

Has anyone attending a CVW in April gotten any confirmation emails? We received something last week about additional ID required for residents of different states but nothing else. On the confirmation page when we submitted the request it stated not to contact them and that we would have...

Sigh.... son just discovered this morning burried in his spam folder an invitation for a CVW. It was sent on February 2. He is a junior and applied to summer seminar. The invite states it has no bearing on his summer seminar placement decision. I'm just curious were these offered to all...

I don't post on here very often but I read a lot!! Hopefully all of the experts / experienced folks on here will have some insight advice or at least some feel good reassuring stories for darling son! Son is going to be applying for the class of 2021. Like everyone else I read about on...

Any hotel recommendations for Colorado Springs? Son is doing an AFA sports camp in a few weeks. He is flying by himself but we are flying there at the end of the week to pick him up and are going to stay a few extra days to do some exploring in the area, visit campus and do some sightseeing...

Are there campus tours during the summer? Our son is a sophomore and is planning on starting his application next year. He is attending one of the sports camps this summer. He is flying by himself there but my DH is flying there to pick him up and spend the weekend in Colorado Springs. Are...