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Romad said:
Which housing area is your son choosing? Mine wants the Honors Dorms in the Quad.
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No dorm this time around. He has already experienced the campus atmosphere since his older sister was there (8/07-5/11). We promised him great rewards for his efforts and he really wants to live off campus. Plus it gives us a place to stay on football weekends. The four years that our daughter was at AU we never had to get a hotel on football weekends when we went down to feed those starving students and we would like to keep that tradition going if the boy ends up there. I would rather put my money in feeding the kids than a hotel.
 
usmcparent said:
No dorm this time around. He has already experienced the campus atmosphere since his older sister was there (8/07-5/11). We promised him great rewards for his efforts and he really wants to live off campus. Plus it gives us a place to stay on football weekends. The four years that our daughter was at AU we never had to get a hotel on football weekends when we went down to feed those starving students and we would like to keep that tradition going if the boy ends up there. I would rather put my money in feeding the kids than a hotel.
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I can see that, it's expensive for sure, we live a little more than 2 hours from there so we'll just drive in and out. We actually have a place close by UNA (my wife was a professor there) So we're probably going to be passing each other sometimes :shake:

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Romad said:
I can see that, it's expensive for sure, we live a little more than 2 hours from there so we'll just drive in and out. We actually have a place close by UNA (my wife was a professor there) So we're probably going to be passing each other sometimes :shake:

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We have a bout a 4 hour drive. We have done the go down and head back home on the same day and will never do that again.
 
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Hello.

My son is a candidate for the USNA 2018. I am new to this forum and have a few questions.

What does BFE and BCT stand for? I am sure this is a silly question, but I am a newbie...

The chatter on this thread talks about holding onto the safety of the Auburn acceptance until a certain time? My son will also be applying to Auburn and Univ. of Alabama as safeties. What is the advantage of holding onto these acceptances.

Any help/advice you could give would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks so much!
 
Basic Cadet Training - ie "boot camp" for cadets at a Service Academy (SA) during the summer before their first academic year

Big Fat Envelope - acceptance letter and info

Many folks think it's wise to hold onto other school options as long as possible, up to including completion of BCT in case young man/woman in question changes their mind (or gets injured). That way they still have a fallback plan to attend school without missing the fall semester. When you consider that many of these kids have merit money and/or scholarship offers that go away forever once they officially reject them, it starts to be a compelling reason to hold onto the other option(s) for as long as possible... even if that means you lose deposits etc. "Insurance" is the key concept here.
 
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