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Despite my handle, my DS is USMA '17. On a sports board on which I participate, we were discussing the announcement of the future sites of the next 5 installments of America's Game; it came up that it would be cool to move the game around to Chicago/ Dallas/ Seattle/ ETC. I disagreed because of...

I get a kick out of receiving our 21 year old DS' grade report. It was his choice when he enrolled and has since never changed it. Would you feel differently if your financial obligation was bigger? Maybe only the Freshman year, especially if he had achieved similar results to what he has...

Our oldest son is in Beast right now at West Point. As you could imagine, he achieved almost every superlative at his JROTC unit in high school, This past spring, we told the instructors, whom we absolutely respect and admire; that another "flyboy" would be joining their group. Oh the...

(Disclaimer: I don't know if this belongs in this forum, so mods, please move if it should go in off-topic. I just thought a lot of folks might relate to this in this section) So a few nights ago, our DS's high school recognized the Seniors who have received scholarships, achieved high...

Why would one prep school be approximately $12k, another $16k, and yet another a whopping $41k for full year tuition, fees, and uniforms? They all claim to have what it takes to prepare the candidate for an appointment. Why the wide range of cost, if they do the same job?

Our son took the CFA at SLS this summer and had the green light on the Candidate Portal for the last 2 months. Now it says this: Not Received Candidate Fitness Assessment (CFA) not on file Enter information for your CFA official >> 1. How does one go about verifying what he...

I am a parent of a prospective student that is currently in his Junior year of High School. He has been accepted for SLS at USMA and has had an initial interview for SLS at the AFA, as many others on this board have said, he is still listed as "Applicant." Just want to say, "Thank you !"...