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Just to give some variance on how the LOA seems to work (we're new to this too), my son attended all 3 summer seminars with 2 other boys from different states. Obviously with different strengths. My son was working on completing his packet in mid July for USNA. He was having trouble with one form his principal was not completing correctly online. The principal finally got that form in on July 21. A couple hours later my son was called by his regional director and they had a long conversation. Again, a couple hours later, he received an email telling him to contact them about a change in his status. He called, and was told he was being offered an LOA.
However, in the past month and a half, he hasn't received anything "official" in the mail. Not an actual letter. But his B&G officer contacted him and told him he'd received a notice of it. He's gotten an email telling him about it. And when he contacted his congressman's office asking if he should submit his packet or wait for the LOA, they told him they already had the copy of the LOA. So I know it's real, but my point is if you're just waiting by the mailbox (like he did for the next few weeks after they told him about it
), it may not be the right course.
Incidentally, going back to my summer seminar point. Both other boys he went to the seminars with received LOA's from West Point, very shortly after he was notified about his Navy one. He never received any communication from them. Out of the 3 boys, only one (not my son) was a recruited athlete. From what I understand from his conversations (okay, texts) from them, they first received an email telling them if everything was correct that they had submitted so far, THEN they'd be offered an LOA. Neither of the boys had begun, let alone completed, their USMA application at that time (it wasn't open yet), other than what was in for summer seminar. On the flip side, obviously my son's from USNA was held until he got that last form in, so it seemed as though the packet had to be completed. Finally, none of them have gotten anything from USAFA yet, although they have all completed their applications there.
Good luck to everyone! Not trying to divert the thread here, just offer a different experience!
However, in the past month and a half, he hasn't received anything "official" in the mail. Not an actual letter. But his B&G officer contacted him and told him he'd received a notice of it. He's gotten an email telling him about it. And when he contacted his congressman's office asking if he should submit his packet or wait for the LOA, they told him they already had the copy of the LOA. So I know it's real, but my point is if you're just waiting by the mailbox (like he did for the next few weeks after they told him about it
), it may not be the right course.Incidentally, going back to my summer seminar point. Both other boys he went to the seminars with received LOA's from West Point, very shortly after he was notified about his Navy one. He never received any communication from them. Out of the 3 boys, only one (not my son) was a recruited athlete. From what I understand from his conversations (okay, texts) from them, they first received an email telling them if everything was correct that they had submitted so far, THEN they'd be offered an LOA. Neither of the boys had begun, let alone completed, their USMA application at that time (it wasn't open yet), other than what was in for summer seminar. On the flip side, obviously my son's from USNA was held until he got that last form in, so it seemed as though the packet had to be completed. Finally, none of them have gotten anything from USAFA yet, although they have all completed their applications there.
Good luck to everyone! Not trying to divert the thread here, just offer a different experience!
