Recent content by chaphillmom

I hear you @Memphis9489 . On the other hand, we take kids for college tours that last a few hours and expect them to get a feel for it, even though I know the universities are only showing off the glossy bits. DS feels like he got a great view of the USNA, had a positive experience, and wants to...

Thanks all for the replies. I agree with @stanfordovaly2k that NASS was set up to help kids experience the academy without parental interference. I remember from when I pulled up with him for check-in to when he said goodbye and walked through the doors was about 5-10 minutes. Mom wasn't...

DS just got back from week 3 of NASS. He had a great experience! He really enjoyed the activities and seminars, and met some great kids while he was there. The week solidified in his mind that commissioning as an officer is still the direction he wants to go. However, he also realized during the...

Univ. of Alabama, Ole Miss, University of Arizona, Univ. Alabama Huntsville, Clemson all have great auto merit based scholarships. Full tuition even for out of state students if your stats are high enough at a couple of them. It's a strategy that we are looking at as well. My DS is very...

We had plugged in NROTC codes when he first took ACT last October, but he didn't have an application open at that time so I'm guessing they went into the bin. :) Just as well, because he took it again in Feb and raised the math score a wee bit. We re-sent to USNA and NROTC a few weeks ago, but...

Thanks everyone, very helpful. His application is in this odd place where he has basically started/ partially completed everything but every item is still listed as incomplete. Not too stressed about it, just want to have at least one thing show up as complete. :) He wants to take his time to...

Quick question- We sent DS ACT scores on 07 May, and his application portal still shows that no scores have been received. Is this something where there is a stack of scores sitting on someone's desk until they have time to enter them into the system? I don't know at what point we should...

@5centsmom - UW Wisconsin is on his list! Out of curiosity, why would the nuclear engineering degree impede his nuclear power school education? I would have thought it was complimentary,

Thanks for the links @Capt MJ . NUPOC is definitely on his radar. At the moment (and it all could change at any moment!) I think his preference is ROTC at a dream school (i.e. MIT or Georgia Tech), followed by USNA, followed by state university with NUPOC, followed by schools that offer...

Thanks @Herman_Snerd . And we appreciate the advice. He will also apply to AFROTC and AROTC, as well as USNA. His primary academic interests are nuclear or aerospace engineering, so he could certainly pursue that with any of the branches. Fortunately, our in-state college has a great...

Congrats to your son!

Hello- hopeful for some quick advice. Somehow I've been operating under the belief that for NROTC, one of DS' top three school choices needs to be an in-state public university. However, as we fill the application out now I don't see that requirement, and can't find any reference to it. Have...

Thanks @usna1985 , and I agree. He has always been relatively active with martial arts (Krav Maga/ SAMBO), and loves to hike. We naively assumed that meant he could easily pass the CFA and ROTC assessments. It is through the application process that he has come to understand that being 'fit'...

Hi- I was actually asking about this on behalf of my DS who is going to session 3. He has done a baseline and we think would (just barely) pass, so he has now started a 6 week fitness course specifically aimed at the CFA. There was some good advice on the other threads about Plebe Summer...

Thanks everyone for the advice. DS started the Stew Smith program this weekend, and I think having the NASS target has really helped him focus training on the goal. We did a baseline yesterday, and he wasn't happy with where he was. I think he is at the low passing level. He also discovered...