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The address listed on the USNA site is correct to use during plebe summer. You don't have to necessarily have to include Wilson Rd, but as an earlier poster indicated not including "Wilson Road" could cause an issue/questions at the post office where it is dropped off. It never did for us...

It's all positive! Plebe summer is chock full of experiences very few others in the world get. Physical training at 0530 (while difficult at times) makes you a stronger person both physically and mentally. Damage control, obstacle courses, weapons training, sailing, drill, marching, rate...

You will receive an email with the portal log-in information.

No. Unless something drastically changes (doubtful) they do not get to stay away for any nights during PPW. Friday they are dismissed following noon formation and have to be back on the yard by 2200. Saturday leave begins after the formal parade and they again must return by 2400. Sunday...

Adding to what @helmsdown wrote-- PPW will be the first time plebes will be able to spend time with family since Iday. For some it would be the only time to be with family until Thanksgiving or Christmas. The PPW schedule is pretty much the same year to year. On Friday plebes are released on...

The last couple of years, the football team has a practice (open scrimmage) at the stadium that PPW Saturday. However, if memory serves, the practice would conflict with the formal parade. You'll want to see your plebe in the parade. Plebes are then released for the day immediately following...

Typically, no, they cannot stay off the yard overnight. My 2020 Mid was released after noon formation on Friday and had to return by 2200. Mids can leave the yard Saturday after the formal parade... and have to be back by midnight. He was able to leave the yard again Sunday morning at 0800, and...

It certainly was true during the Plebe summer of 2016. Candy and other "junk food" was in fact confiscated within my DS's company. I can't speak to whether it happened last summer. I would also suspect the degree of enforcement may differ depending on each company-- as are a number of...

Plebes will be issued absolutely anything and everything they will need on I-day. Three phone calls will be scheduled during plebe summer. The official dates and "guestimated" times will be announced on I-day and posted online too. Even though plebes don't have much free time, some companies...

What your DS is getting is essentially a "golden ticket" for class of 2023. Since your DS didn't win his slate (for whatever reason) and he didn't get an appointment this time around. Only admissions knows why. Going forward, that leaves two options. Attend a 4-year university and reapply...

Your online application will include an area where you are to enter email addresses of your English and math teachers. Admissions will contact the teachers through email, and the teachers will submit their letters of recommendation online.

You can either use your 12th grade math teacher (if you haven't already done so in a previous app) or you must use a college professor. Since USNA admissions also "strongly suggests" college applicants to mirror a plebe class schedule, you may want to reconsider your current college schedule to...

Anyone can apply. However, an initial online preliminary application is reviewed, and if the applicant meets certain admissions criteria, they then become an official candidate that can continue onto the full application. They then get access to the USNA portal.

If memory serves, for my 2020 Mid during PPW, was released after noon formation on Friday and had to return by 2200. Could leave Saturday after the formal parade... and had to be back by midnight. He was able to leave the yard again Sunday morning at 0800, and had to be back by 1800. There was...

Both my DS/DD each received about ten letters of reference from a variety of sources. They then followed the individual MOC rules of how many to send with the app. Some of the same letters (the best) went to both Senators and our Congressman. However, they brought an envelope with a...