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I always take an old cell phone that has a SIM card over to Europe. Walk into a phone store and hand them the phone. For 20 euro they put a new SIM card in and load it with 100 credits. Works perfectly and cheap.

Page 10 of the "Important Information" book has a checklist that states to bring a calculator. I'm sure they will provide one though for those that don't have one.

Our DS received the same email for rowing. The email was sent to 171 other incoming plebes, which leads me to believe there was some height/weight/sports criteria that was met and a mass email sent out. I think I read about this on another post. DS has no prior rowing experience, but has...

Major Hanak, Thanks for the reply. Yes we have continued on the path for Plan B and will pay the enrollment fee to that college. As stated here, it is cheap insurance and will ensure his parents' peace of mind :) Thanks again to all for the great advice!

Thanks to all for the great information. We really didn't think about the question of keeping our DS from knowing there was an 'out' in place for him. I think he will be fine knowing that his backup is in place and he certainly is motivated now to go to the Academy. Also, I believe it helps as...

Hi - Wondering what some of you did about the plan B option. Our DS has received an appointment to USNA and has accepted. If the unthinkable happens and he gets injured, he has been accepted to a number of other schools. Did your DS/DD also accept admission to another school and start that...

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