NAVYALLTHEWAY hits brick wall. DD received her rejection email this morning. No NAPPS, no foundation, not even another month on a wait list, just a big R. Two nominations, Senate and Congress. Summer Seminar attendee. Navy Sports Camp attendee. Maxed out CFR at SS. No medical issues, 31 ACT. Attended private prep high school, 3.9 GPA, took calculus, chemistry, and physics. Took Spanish all four years, was a BB scholar, four-year elite athlete ( meaning she played one sport year round) three year varsity letter winner, voted team captain senior year, voted member of student council, held numerous leadership positions throughout her four years, attended basic leadership summer camp, advanced leadership summer camp, lead and organized retreats, freshmen indoc, and student athlete leadership meetings, sang in the choir, tutored underprivileged kids, and even held a part time job, but the Navy said no thanks. To those of you who got appointments congratulations. To those who didn't, like us, forget about it, the Navy doesn't want you. she is fortunate to have ten other schools that have accepted her, and we get weekly responses from all of them. We won't look back.
& went the OCS route. I've told my kids it was the best & worst decision of my life. When I got to my 1st duty station, no one gave a you know what about how I was commissioned. I was low on the pole of importance and my platoon sergeant made sure I knew it. No one really cared how anyone got commissioned. And I learned being an officer was far more than saying "I'm an officer". Long story short, it will sting & hurt. But nothing every worth achieving comes easy or everyone would do it. I know the experience I had in the service truly changed who I was, but it also came at a cost. Not sure I'm making sense. Just a parent feeling a lot of emotion & knowing I can't fix this for anyone. Life is out there- go & get it.
fingers & toes crossed for you