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My son is at the academy and he fit in with lots of groups in high school. He was very social and “regular”. He highly considered a big SEC school because of football, social life and honestly some options for partying. There are tons of kids like him at the academy. Sometimes he does wish he...

I highly recommend doing the appointment presentation. My DS wasn’t sure about it because he thought it might be too much attention on him and he’s pretty low key. But the person who did it called him and got to know him, and then presented it at scholarship night, and it was a truly amazing...

If you apply EA and are rolled over to regular admission, you will get a letter in your portal. I think those usually come out the last day. The letter will give some instructions on showing continued interest and possibly sending in more info- updated transcripts etc.

I think this past year the bus left at 4 for the airports on Tuesday, but I’m sure that can change and they won’t know for sure til about 2 weeks before. However lots of cadets share Ubers to/from the airport so that’s always an option.

I think my son had some similar anxieties- it is normal at 18 to be unsure of what path you should take for your future. The advice I gave my son was try CGA. If you don’t like it, you can switch to your other top school after a year. However it’s much more difficult to switch from your other...

I’d say don’t stress if you can’t make it to the Mystic Flag ceremony. Being from farther away, we had to make a choice to go for the flag ceremony or go at Labor Day. I did get stressed because it seemed like a lot of parents were going to the flag ceremony. After the flag ceremony, I was able...

I’d recommend waiting until after swab summer to see if your son Wants anything additional. At Labor Day my son mentioned a printer would be nice, so we Amazon’d one to him. In the fall he literally didn’t have a minute of free time for anything outside of school work, military obligations and...

When we dropped our swab off last year, we talked to one of the girls headed to flight school. She said there’s an intensive application process for flight school. And from that application, people are chosen to interview. She said because of the application process being time consuming, a lot...

We live a plane ride away and our first visit was a Labor Day followed by parents week. We got to FaceTime during the mystic flag ceremony and during stops while on the Eagle. For us that worked out perfectly bc we couldn’t have flown in for 3 different things and we got a lot whole weekends of...

My DS heard 2/25 last year. I think he was one of the first to hear. He was an EA applicant that was deferred. The wait is tough but hang in there!!

He was deferred 12/23 but found out he was accepted in late February. He’s there now and enjoying it!

He’ll hear by 12/23. The waiting is terrible! Last year my son completed his application by mid September but didn’t hear anything until 12/23. Good luck!

It seems like last year the 1st appointments might have been made in person on Bears Day- which I think is today. Not positive though. Good luck to everyone! It’s a ride but we’ll worth it!!

That’s a great sign. My DS found out from the coach when he received his appointment-the coach called him.

My DS didn’t but every sport is probably different.