Congratulations! Did he have an LOA?My DS applied to four of five SAs, as well as all ROTC branches - and then felt obligated to apply to all the schools with ROTC programs he had listed on his apps. Certainly a "one thing led to another" process. But we felt like the numerous interviews and filling out civilian school, as well as SA, applications were all beneficial in the grand scheme of things. He accepted his offer of appointment to USNA last night, and was advised by his BGO to go ahead and withdraw all other apps in progress, as well as decline the ROTC scholarships and civilian school offers - in writing. He said this saves other academies and schools precious time in their deliberations, since DS has already made his choice.
My DS applied to four of five SAs, as well as all ROTC branches - and then felt obligated to apply to all the schools with ROTC programs he had listed on his apps. Certainly a "one thing led to another" process. But we felt like the numerous interviews and filling out civilian school, as well as SA, applications were all beneficial in the grand scheme of things. He accepted his offer of appointment to USNA last night, and was advised by his BGO to go ahead and withdraw all other apps in progress, as well as decline the ROTC scholarships and civilian school offers - in writing. He said this saves other academies and schools precious time in their deliberations, since DS has already made his choice.
He accepted his offer of appointment to USNA last night, and was advised by his BGO to go ahead and withdraw all other apps in progress,....
Far be it for me to disagree with a BGO on any academy matters but in this instance, au contraire mon frère.Everything I have read on this forum and advice from individuals who have gone through the process suggests that SA bound appointees keep a plan B in place till they are safely on campus for I day.
Having a Plan B (civilian college, ROTC) is a great idea. However, I do not believe that you are allowed to accept more than one appointment to a SA.Lots of older (often contentious) threads about Plan B options. It is only early January and as mentioned above a lot can happy between now and time someone actually starts an SA. About the only thing that wouldn't make sense would be to accept appointments to multiple SA's as the chance of injury would equally impact all of them.
Yes, LOA arrived online Oct 2. Everyone breathed a sign of relief until we realized it might still be challenging to secure the nomination. Thankfully, he received that on Dec. 20. It was a pretty great Christmas gift!Congratulations! Did he have an LOA?My DS applied to four of five SAs, as well as all ROTC branches - and then felt obligated to apply to all the schools with ROTC programs he had listed on his apps. Certainly a "one thing led to another" process. But we felt like the numerous interviews and filling out civilian school, as well as SA, applications were all beneficial in the grand scheme of things. He accepted his offer of appointment to USNA last night, and was advised by his BGO to go ahead and withdraw all other apps in progress, as well as decline the ROTC scholarships and civilian school offers - in writing. He said this saves other academies and schools precious time in their deliberations, since DS has already made his choice.