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    VatTech Corps of Cadets

    The recruiting lady is Rewa Mariger, and I agree--she is top notch! Her briefings are so well-organized. Our oldest son is in his second year there, and he absolutely loves it. He is AFROTC though, not Army. We have been very impressed with the Corps Commandant, and his leadership. It seems...
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    PE Teacher Eval

    Right . . . but he had taken the CFA at West Point during summer seminar. So admissions told him to find this lifeguard trainer guy instead. He has a LOA, so this should all be a formality, but you never know. Admissions was really patookie about the whole thing, and it made me really glad we...
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    PE Teacher Eval

    So now there will be an issue with a lack of consistency in PE SOEs, as they get ones from PE teachers years prior who barely remember the kid, or know nothing about their actual fitness state. A homeschooled friend of ours (who obviously has never had a PE teacher) was asked to find the guy...
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    Virginia Nomination/Presidential Nomination Question

    We are in northern VA District 10, and last year my ds had Presidential nominations to WP and USAFA, and our representative's nom, as well as Sen. Kaine's nom. to USAFA. So he was triple-nominated to USAFA from a very competitive district--and he got an appointment to WP but not to USAFA. So...
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    Summer Seminar Controversy

    Am I remembering correctly that you are in VA as well?
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    Summer Seminar Controversy

    This was my ds as well, although he ended up turning down his USMA appointment, and he'll be going to VT on a 4 yr. AFROTC scholarship. To piggy-back off what Pima was saying earlier (I think she is in VA), we are in VA-10, which is one of the most competitive districts in the US. Even though...
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    Appointments from NWL

    Does anyone know if those appointments from the NWL (top 150, I believe?) were offered on Friday, or are they still to come? It seems like, from the appointments thread, that most of the Friday appointments came from members of Congress, but it's hard to tell. Just curious if anyone knew the...
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    Virginia Tech ROTC Questions

    Hmmm, my ds had a little bit different letter from VT admissions. His congratulated him on being admitted into the engineering department "as a freshman cadet", but didn't say anything else about the Corps. Then later he got a letter from the Commandant. I'm not sure how it works with 4...
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    VA-10?

    We're there too and haven't heard anything from anyone. DS has nominations from Wolf and Kaine, as well as a presidential. We definitely wouldn't expect to hear from Wolf, since he's not in office anymore. It's hard to be patient!
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    Class of 2019 Appointment Thread

    And socialize! ;)
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    Class of 2019 Appointment Thread

    Wonderful post, Bookreader! I completely agree with it. We have 10 kids and have found pretty much all the same advantages to homeschooling that you listed. Our oldest also was appointed to USMA a few weeks ago. As a parent, I have really enjoyed partnering with my older kids on this high...
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    Class of 2019 Appointment Thread

    1. clofton6, 12 Dec 2014, TX-03, Senatorial Nomination(LOA) 2. MIgeek, 28 Jan 2015, Soldier, Sec Army Cadetship 3. NewJersey2019, 29 Jan 2015, NJ-11, Congressional Nomination 4. NCWestPoint, 1/30/15, NC-05, Congressional 5 UT 801,29 Jan 2015, UT-04, Senatorial 6. mo06mom (DS), 29 Jan 2015...
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    Official AROTC 2nd Board Winners 2015

    1. vtechroomie1; 4 year; Virginia Tech, Clemson, or University of San Diego 2. mingram(dd); 4 year: Tennessee, Rhodes, U Central Florida 3. 92WPGrad (DS); 4 year; VTech, JMU, Washington & Lee 4. khag23 (DS) 3 yr ; St. Bonaventure, Slippery Rock University, Shippensburg University 5...
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    Security clearance?

    I've had to do a lot of these TS/SCI interviews because when you live in military communities, everyone and his brother is always getting them renewed, and many neighbors need to be interviewed. I remember one funny one back when we were stationed in Ohio. The guy was asking about our...
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    Competitiveness decreasing? (2017/2018 profile)

    Virginia is one state that does not allow homeschoolers to participate in public school sports. My ds has had to work hard to find opportunities to compete (in fact that was the subject of an essay about an obstacle he overcame). Those have included club sports such as basketball and rugby...
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