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Prep School
WeatherMom,
If your daughter has any of the "candidate books" from any of the service academies, they all discuss extensively that "perseverance" in applying is noted by the admissions boards. They further note that a third of each incoming class comes from the academy's prep schools, their "civil prep" programs, or some previous college. And, the prep school is not at all considered a "failure" by the admissions folks. You can search the posts on this and the CC forum and find so many positives about the prep option that you may think it is a blessing in disguise -- so many people who have done it believe it to have been. As one person said, for example in the civil prep option, those who take advantage of it make up the first members of the next class.
She should do some research on it and ask others -- her academy reps, curren cadets and mids, academy graduates, etc. -- about it. Think of it this way -- what if she gets "the thin letter" with no options, or the thin letter with another one that says "the admissions board has forwarded your name to us (AOG, Falcon Foundation, USNA Foundation)" and they are, in effect, saying -- not this year, but next -- that you need another year of academic prep. The phrase "consider all your options" implies there is more than one way to accomplish a goal, sound advice for what life throws at you, as she has already discovered, and continues to do! Good luck!
WeatherMom,
If your daughter has any of the "candidate books" from any of the service academies, they all discuss extensively that "perseverance" in applying is noted by the admissions boards. They further note that a third of each incoming class comes from the academy's prep schools, their "civil prep" programs, or some previous college. And, the prep school is not at all considered a "failure" by the admissions folks. You can search the posts on this and the CC forum and find so many positives about the prep option that you may think it is a blessing in disguise -- so many people who have done it believe it to have been. As one person said, for example in the civil prep option, those who take advantage of it make up the first members of the next class.
She should do some research on it and ask others -- her academy reps, curren cadets and mids, academy graduates, etc. -- about it. Think of it this way -- what if she gets "the thin letter" with no options, or the thin letter with another one that says "the admissions board has forwarded your name to us (AOG, Falcon Foundation, USNA Foundation)" and they are, in effect, saying -- not this year, but next -- that you need another year of academic prep. The phrase "consider all your options" implies there is more than one way to accomplish a goal, sound advice for what life throws at you, as she has already discovered, and continues to do! Good luck!