Norwich --> Dream to USNA

As many of you know throughout my notorious presence on the SAF for almost 2-years, and my ridiculous indecisiveness, has ultimate led me through many tough decisions, of what I seek to do before I earn my commission into either the USN or USMC.

In August of 2022, I will be attending Norwich University, with the Corps of Cadets, participation in the Drill Team, possibly getting involved in the returning Rifle Team as a Varsity Sport, and notably with participation in NROTC.

Will attendance at an SMC look favorable in my reapplication, as I have already begun the process? I've taken the time, and re-written my Personal Statement, in order to show maturity over the past year.

Other than the advice of really taking a plebe-like courses in Calculus, and other difficult courses, are there are more recommendations that some may be able to offer, and help potentially get through this journey.

Notably, even if I were to receive an offer to NAPS, I would be willing to accept it.

IMO if you show you can do college work they are not going to send you to NAPS to help prepare you to do college work.

As far as a sport are you a national quality shooter or someone on the rifle team?

As far as documenting your improved maturity over the past year you could document your many posts here.

How you make a plan and then stick to a plan.

As always good luck on this plan and on the next ones as well

Respectfully, one specific thing you could do, since you asked, would be to take a writing class. Perhaps a class in editing. Or sports writing. But the kind of writing class that emphasizes concise type writing (dropping all the added, fluffy words). It will help you develop your mature writing. Presently, your posts have a lot of extra, unneeded and actually improperly used grammar/words that make it sometimes even hard to follow along as a reader.

At the very least, make sure you essay is void of all the added, unnecessary stuff (especially the improper words…). Have it edited by a good proof reader!

I would advise you to wait to write/submit your essay until you have attended Norwich. That’s where you will be able to show your greatest growth…imo.

Good luck at Norwich!

Some of the best officers I have met commissioned out of Norwich University. You will be in good hands there.

I had a co worker that was a Norwich Alum, flew Helos for the Army, and now works for Fortune 50 company.

My only nugget of advice here is to give the Corps of Cadets at Norwich a fair shake. Good on you for following your dreams, but a lot of people are really enjoying themselves by time application time rolls around. Uprooting themselves to start completely over in a new place becomes unattractive. There is no validating Plebe Summer or Plebe Year. Moreover, you get the same commission regardless of commissioning source.

Additionally, I would not advertise your reapplication to anyone who doesn't need to know. Obviously, you'll have to talk to some people (most likely your NROTC unit and other members of the various constituencies at Norwich), but take some time to be a cadet and observe who you can tell things to and who to steer clear of. Some may help you out and some might take it as a personal slight that you are trying to leave.

In short, focus on being a competent cadet and a good person. Navy might work out. Norwich might be where you graduate. Why not take advantage of what Norwich offers while you're there?

Usnavy2019 said:

My only nugget of advice here is to give the Corps of Cadets at Norwich a fair shake. Good on you for following your dreams, but a lot of people are really enjoying themselves by time application time rolls around. Uprooting themselves to start completely over in a new place becomes unattractive. There is no validating Plebe Summer or Plebe Year. Moreover, you get the same commission regardless of commissioning source.

Additionally, I would not advertise your reapplication to anyone who doesn't need to know. Obviously, you'll have to talk to some people (most likely your NROTC unit and other members of the various constituencies at Norwich), but take some time to be a cadet and observe who you can tell things to and who to steer clear of. Some may help you out and some might take it as a personal slight that you are trying to leave.

In short, focus on being a competent cadet and a good person. Navy might work out. Norwich might be where you graduate. Why not take advantage of what Norwich offers while you're there?

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I agree with Usnavy2019...I am a Norwich grad and it, more than anything (except my parents and grandparents), made me who I am. I gave some thought of applying to USAFA after my first year at Norwich, but ended up staying and am glad I did. My first assignment after graduating from Norwich had me going to graduate school on the Air Force's tab, and what a wonderful opportunity that was. At age 24 I finally got into to USAFA--as an active duty professor. By the time I was 39, I was the president of a public college. I am not telling you this to brag, not one bit. I am only using it as data to support this claim: it was my family that formed me, and that upbringing led me to Norwich; it was Norwich that educated me and made me a man. Without Norwich I can assuredly say I would not have had the professional success and achieved the personal happiness I have. Norwich, like all military academies, stands the best chance of all the types of colleges for "making" you successful. Though, I don't think it is necessarily what leads you to success as much as it really the type of person who chooses that kind of challenge. Norwich and like institutions then refine them.