Christcorp
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Yes, there is a category called: Children Of Deceased Or Disabled Veterans. This category is where the case of my cousin's son would fall under. However, that is not what my aunt was speaking of, and of which I believe she is mistaken/wrong. I don't believe that ANYONE is authorized an appointment to any of the academies. They may be authorized a nomination, and the academy might bend over backwards for someone, but "Authorized", they are not.
e.g. Do you think if my cousin's son, once he's old enough, can apply to Westpoint with a 2.0 gpa, 18ACT, etc... and be "Authorized" an appointment. In other words, my aunt is believing it's an "AUTOMATIC" for her grandson. It is not. Everything we've discussed here is based on "Nominations". That is much different than an "Appointment".
And yes, you can use the word "Legacy" and split hairs between nominations and appointments, but all I'm saying, and that Pima seemed to be eluding to, is that the word can be misleading. That happens to be a major problem with a lot of parents of applicants/cadets and the applicants themselves. They consider the academy the same as a civilian college. Some parents think they still have legal rights of their child and all the things they could do with a civilian college is discussed, they think is the same at the academy. It's not. We all know that. However, there are plenty of people that will mistake the word legacy when used in reference to the academies. Yes, technically you're correct because the legacy is the nomination, not the appointment. But there's a lot of non-military related individuals who will associate the word legacy with: "I automatically get to go to the academy". Yes, semantics. But also easily mistaken by the layman.
e.g. Do you think if my cousin's son, once he's old enough, can apply to Westpoint with a 2.0 gpa, 18ACT, etc... and be "Authorized" an appointment. In other words, my aunt is believing it's an "AUTOMATIC" for her grandson. It is not. Everything we've discussed here is based on "Nominations". That is much different than an "Appointment".
And yes, you can use the word "Legacy" and split hairs between nominations and appointments, but all I'm saying, and that Pima seemed to be eluding to, is that the word can be misleading. That happens to be a major problem with a lot of parents of applicants/cadets and the applicants themselves. They consider the academy the same as a civilian college. Some parents think they still have legal rights of their child and all the things they could do with a civilian college is discussed, they think is the same at the academy. It's not. We all know that. However, there are plenty of people that will mistake the word legacy when used in reference to the academies. Yes, technically you're correct because the legacy is the nomination, not the appointment. But there's a lot of non-military related individuals who will associate the word legacy with: "I automatically get to go to the academy". Yes, semantics. But also easily mistaken by the layman.
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