Recent content by Aspiring_Midshipman

Word of advice - your service selections is based on your GPA. They do not take into account what your major is when selecting you for a warfare community. A lot of kids who aren't very intelligent pick Aero as their major and fail out into our General Engineering major. So, if you decide to...

Shotgunning is no longer a practice at the Naval Academy as far as I know. But I'm just a lowly plebe...

Navy18 - guessing you're in Major Hall's history class? We've got another 40 pages for Thanksgiving break

Might want to work on the 82.3 in basketball throw...

Can parents send Advil in care packages?

So in terms of remaining competitive for service selection, doing well in basic classes would be preferable to doing so-so in advanced courses? No recognition in terms of class ranking is given to those who take more advanced courses (or majors)?

A lot of the academic background questionnaires are optional. Even if one could place out of a few basic classes, would it be beneficial to take the basic classes and inflate his/her GPA? When it come to service selection, does Navy take into account the level of difficulty of classes you...

I've heard that having a tattoo can limit your access to some special forces communities as well

1. Get your teacher recs done before anything else. Do not wait until senior year.

Wow. Wouldn't wish that decision on my worst enemy.

From what I've gathered, a certain cynicism is part of the full Navy experience.

If this kid doesn't get in I think that Navy needs to change their criteria of admission. This is the kind of kid who needs to be a midshipman.

CFA Great thing about attending two seminars is you'll get to take the CFA twice! An extra opportunity to take the CFA is nothing to scoff at.

AP Chem When I was filling out my application I was surprised to notice there weren't any opportunities to represent AP scores. The only AP scores they ask for are AP scores from foreign language APs (i.e. Latin, Spanish, German, etc. ) I'm sure if you send in the 5 via collegeboard they'll...

@Sheaisland - I've worked with the Red Cross through my school's service organization. We go around the school and get people to sign up to donate blood, organize the time slots for when they'll donate, and direct the Red Cross as to when and where to set up the donation center. Donating blood...