Recent content by ALF648

Hi- one of my sons played 4 years at a mid major and is finishing his grad transfer year now. My USMA DS was recruited to play at USNA. Shoot me a dm and we can set up a time to talk if it might be useful for you to hear their stories and lessons learned

All - does anyone know if visitors need to go through the pass process to watch Sandhurst next weekend? My 85 year old mom is driving up to watch DS and I want to make it easy for her. Thanks

DS was in this precise situation in a different sport 3 years ago. He had a texting relationship with the coach at USNA and let him know he had been appointed at USMA. The coach was interested to learn that but didn’t act. As the deadline approached he came back and said in essence “ if I go...

I have been through this with my sons at SAs and other D1 schools. Coaches will tell and show you clearly if you are high on their wishlist. Any other answer that shows interest means that you are in a group that they’d like to have but it will be near impossible to understand where you rank...

I just put 4 tickets up for sale on Stub Hub. Still seems to be a lively secondary market

I have been wondering the same thing @MD1. Additionally does anyone know where on post will the competition be held? My oldest son is trying to go watch his little brother

Very. But they fill up quickly

As I have stated in the past, we live in the county with the lowest representation in the armed services in the US. Beyond my father we have no recent military participation. DS is Class of 25 - he has participated and hopefully thrived at WP. Currently shadowing a FA unit and recently said...

I am with @DrMom here. DS is class of 25 and a Chinese major. He’s headed to Taiwan next semester. Both of those facts would have been total surprises to his mom and me 2 years ago. Somehow he found his path and we weren’t involved …we were informed as it came up. Spoke with him recently when...

@texdad2023 our DS is class of 25 at USMA. Exact same scenario and decision timeline as your son experienced. He is happy/satisfied with his path depending on the day. He would have most likely sought to branch Marines had he gone to Annapolis so the choice was understandable to us PM me if...

Good morning - DS is a Yuk at West Point and is participating in CPRC - essentially outreach to kids interested in service academies and West Point in particular. If any of you are in California District 2 or know of an interested student in that district who might like to learn more during the...

Fully qualified I believe is a designation for those who have been determined by an academy to be an academic, physical and medical fit. The nomination is a separate requirement and the FFR interview is a separate step. If your son has received information that his academic performance is...

I was a little concerned last year when DS described one access point to USMA that had very limited screening if at all. I suggested he report that up the chain. I'll follow up w him to see if it is different this year

For the SOEs once you submit the emails of the teachers that you’ve selected, the process is out of your hands. They receive a link to follow with all the information. What you can and should do however is follow up respectfully and consistently with the teachers to let them know that they...

Simplest way assuming privileges are all in line is to take the ferry to the train station