bluejayburrito
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- Jan 26, 2020
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Hello all, I have lurked here for some time but made this account to post. I am a current junior and I plan on applying to USNA and USAFA. I would like to apply to USMA too, but I’ve only recently made this decision while the others have been discussed and dreamed about for much longer. My parents are fully supportive of my application plans for USNA and USAFA, but every time I mention West Point they get skiddish. They tell me to “focus on two” and if I’d “really see myself in the Army.” I also understand that for nomination purposes, my MOC allows three preferences. I have this itch in my heart and mind that if I don’t apply to West Point, I will always wonder “what if?” I tried to bring up SLE and they shut that down too. I even thought about applying to SLE just in case I don’t get into the summer seminars but decided that an acceptance would result in a not so pleasant conversation of me breaching their trust. I can fully see myself in all three branches, but they think I’m apparently not Army material. I just want to serve the country as an officer, and I would like to do so at a service academy if possible. I understand I am rambling at this point, but I have nobody to talk to since no friends are going through this process with me and my parents will not reason out anything related to the WP or the Army. Any advice is appreciated.