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NavyGenerationSkip said:
Does anyone ever think that maybe the letter from the Academy is lost at some post office somewhere?
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YES!! So funny you say that, because we have been laughing about that for months...we thought maybe, when the snow finally melted, after being there alllll winter, we would find a BFE had been dropped in there somewhere. Or we speculate on the possibility of mail theft in our area. Or if our mail lady is sober...how would you know? I've even had a nighmare after DS moved away to plan B in August, we got a letter from USNA stating since you never achnowledged our offer, we're gonna close your file...yikes!

This a crazy process!
 
If only lost or mis-delivered mail weren't such a common occurrence in our neighborhood.
 
Nothing in Chattanooga

Just wanted to join the group...DD away for spring break. So she has freedom from the ritual of mailbox stalking! Any more Tennesseans on here?
 
Dial the gate said:
YES!! So funny you say that, because we have been laughing about that for months...we thought maybe, when the snow finally melted, after being there alllll winter, we would find a BFE had been dropped in there somewhere. Or we speculate on the possibility of mail theft in our area. Or if our mail lady is sober...how would you know? I've even had a nighmare after DS moved away to plan B in August, we got a letter from USNA stating since you never achnowledged our offer, we're gonna close your file...yikes!



This a crazy process!
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I had always hoped when the mound of snow at our mailbox melted the BFE would be there. But only dirt. Still heartbroken for DS. The days are getting tougher for me this week. Hopes dashed in one walk to the box.





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I had dinner with a friend last night who's son is a plebe this year. On
I Day last year a female soccer recruit ran from the yard when she realized she would have to serve 5 years. How does that happen???! How does a student not get that if you go to a service academy YOU OWE SERVICE!


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TNMom said:
Just wanted to join the group...DD away for spring break. So she has freedom from the ritual of mailbox stalking! Any more Tennesseans on here?
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Middle Tennessee here. Good Luck TNMom!
 
Prepswimmom said:
I had dinner with a friend last night who's son is a plebe this year. On
I Day last year a female soccer recruit ran from the yard when she realized she would have to serve 5 years. How does that happen???! How does a student not get that if you go to a service academy YOU OWE SERVICE!


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The entire answer to your question lies within the body of the question.
 
Prepswimmom said:
I had dinner with a friend last night who's son is a plebe this year. On
I Day last year a female soccer recruit ran from the yard when she realized she would have to serve 5 years. How does that happen???! How does a student not get that if you go to a service academy YOU OWE SERVICE!


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I, too, have heard similar stories...directly from my son's BGO. It's very frustrating to them too, as now that spot is gone. He told us that is why they (BGO) try very hard to know the heart of the person they are interviewing to make certain that this is really what they want to do. He also made sure, that we as parents, knew what our son was "signing up for." How this happens year after year, certainly makes one shake their head in disbelief.

Very frustrating....and very bitter to hear, especially when your son and others, want this so badly...
 
Everybody buckled up and ready for the next 2-3 mail days? I knew I should have installed that mailman camera...
 
This is politics at it's best. The SA's like any other publicly funded school has quotas it must maintain. Anyone refusing to believe this is not facing reality. Sugarcoating reality is always the politically correct way to do things, but we all know that operationally these quotas must be filled. Certain people are given certain selections because they very nicely round out the needed personnel for a given class. Some would say that's a sour grapes attitude. Quite the contrary, that's a realist attitude.
 
Prepswimmom said:
On I Day last year a female soccer recruit ran from the yard when she realized she would have to serve 5 years. How does that happen???! How does a student not get that if you go to a service academy YOU OWE SERVICE!
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I also have a plebe. This is NOT exactly what happened in Iday last yr, at all. Iday is rough. It is meant to be. From what I have been told, the worst moments of plebe summer is the morning you wake up AFTER Iday and are in bed and for a split second think of the lines from that Talking Heads song:

"And you may ask yourself
Well...How did I get here?
And you may say to yourself yourself
My God!...What have I done?! "

Many kids were shell-shocked, even though they knew exactly what they were getting into and thought they were completely prepared. Your PTR packet spells it all out. The coaches spell it all out. I simply dont buy any nonsense about kids not knowing so that's why they left. Just NO. That is NOT the case. There were quite a few kids crying. there were kids who didnt want to take the oath of office at the end of the day. It is a long, hot, scary, frightening, loud, exhausting, overwhelming, intense, emotional day. Until you are an 18 year old going through Iday, dont judge. In fact regardless, just don't judge.
 
Vista123 said:
I also have a plebe. This is NOT exactly what happened in Iday last yr, at all. Iday is rough. It is meant to be. From what I have been told, the worst moments of plebe summer is the morning you wake up AFTER Iday and are in bed and for a split second think of the lines from that Talking Heads song:

"And you may ask yourself
Well...How did I get here?
And you may say to yourself yourself
My God!...What have I done?! "

Many kids were shell-shocked, even though they knew exactly what they were getting into and thought they were completely prepared. Your PTR packet spells it all out. The coaches spell it all out. I simply dont buy any nonsense about kids not knowing so that's why they left. Just NO. That is NOT the case. There were quite a few kids crying. there were kids who didnt want to take the oath of office at the end of the day. It is a long, hot, scary, frightening, loud, exhausting, overwhelming, intense, emotional day. Until you are an 18 year old going through Iday, dont judge. In fact regardless, just don't judge.
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I have known this friend since junior high school in the 70's - she is not prone to exaggeration. I just reiterated a story she told me last night. I am not judging nor do I think she would make it up. It must have been something she witnessed or she would not have said it. Don't be so defensive.


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Prepswimmom said:
I have known this friend since junior high school in the 70's - she is not prone to exaggeration. I just reiterated a story she told me last night. I am not judging nor do I think she would make it up. It must have been something she witnessed or she would not have said it. Don't be so defensive.


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All I can say, is that we were there, on the lawn, right next to the parents and that is not what happened. Period. I understand why your friend may have wanted to tell you that version of the story, and I understand why you would want to feel that this is true.
 
Depch said:
This is politics at it's best. The SA's like any other publicly funded school has quotas it must maintain. Anyone refusing to believe this is not facing reality. Sugarcoating reality is always the politically correct way to do things, but we all know that operationally these quotas must be filled. Certain people are given certain selections because they very nicely round out the needed personnel for a given class. Some would say that's a sour grapes attitude. Quite the contrary, that's a realist attitude.
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I do not think it is sour grapes. Realistic attitudes will get us through this. DS said on numerous occasions that if he did not get in he would be a victim of the numbers game. He is right.


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Vista123 said:
All I can say, is that we were there, on the lawn, right next to the parents and that is not what happened. Period. I understand why your friend may have wanted to tell you that version of the story, and I understand why you would want to feel that this is true.
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So you are accusing her of lying to make me feel better? You don't know my friend. Perhaps you are talking about 2 different instances. She is a very matter of fact person - she has never sugar coated anything.


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