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We always stay at the Hyatt Place in Garden City. It's about a 20 minute drive to the Academy but is new, clean, and located right next to a nice mall with lots of eating options. I always check Trip Advisor and the Bed Bug Registry before choosing a hotel and this one always gets a thumbs up...

Wisdom Teeth In addition to vaccinations, be sure to look into the wisdom teeth issue. We were sure glad someone told us the Academy's policy and had DS's taken care of prior to Indoc. Just another thing to put on your list :thumb:

Couldn't have said it better myself, NYBEAR. Lots of cranky losers with a lot of time on their hands. Prospective KP students and their parents should pay attention to the positive aspects about USMMA that are discussed on this forum. As a parent of a current Mid (2015), I wish I would've...

Navalaviator, I sent you a PM.....

Most of your scores are slightly higher than DS who was admitted to the class of 2015. That may not mean anything as far as admissions, but it gives you some idea. I remember him stressing over his numbers at the time without any guidelines to go by. Either way I encourage you to improve...

If I could do it over again from last year I would take a few seconds to tell DS that tonight would most likely be a rough one after calling home. Not only was it hard for a homesick DS to hear mom's voice, but after the call was over he said the DI's gave them the worst time of all of indoc...

Ok, I was not very clear....lol. We FLEW to New York a day early and THEN took a train from Long Island into Manhattan. Honestly, a multi day train ride would be a little TOO interesting for me. Good lucK!

Last year we had our son's TWIC sent to the office in Manhattan (I believe it was on 7th ave.) and picked it up the day before indoc. By the way, we had our first appointment in San Diego (we live in NM) and they WILL send your TWIC to a different center for pick up if you ask. We took the...

I could not agree more. When we dropped DS off at Indoc I was impressed with the outdoor portion of the campus. When we visited for Parent's Weekend in September I was shocked to see the condition of the interior of the buildings, specifically the gym facilities and the dorm rooms. DS is in...

Thanks so much, Deepsea. Any additional ideas for sea year would be greatly appreciated. We're having a hard time coming up with Christmas gifts. DS is 2015 B split.

Rumor has it that those with GPAs over a certain number are rewarded with a long weekend at some point. Does anyone know if there is any truth to this?

So are you saying that the Plebes will have an option to stay at school and go on the training trip instead of leaving KP for break? I'm just trying to put the pieces together as I've heard that parents should not count on Plebes/MN getting a spring break. I cannot seem to find any other...

That makes sense. He just thought there was some kind of training and thought it might be over Spring Break. We are really just trying to figure out if he will be able to come home over break or not. If not, we may try to go visit. Just looking for information so we can begin thinking about...

On the Regimental Calendar I read that there is a Spring Training Voyage on the Kings Pointer during Spring Leave. It doesn't give any other information about this training. Is for the 2015 B Splitters who will begin sea duty this coming summer? DS isn't sure but thinks it might be, in which...

Are the Mids able to get a credit card through the Navy Credit Union? Just wondering when to tell DS to go in and apply.