Recent content by Dragomir

There is a specific EOD screener just for those interested in selecting EOD. The SEAL screener is its own separate thing specific to those who want to select SEAL. They're both once a semester.

It's been quite a summer. No amount of research could have properly prepared me for what I was about to experience. I think that's a good thing. Overall, it's been a fun summer.

Sir, Midshipman 4/C Dragomir respectfully requesting permission to come aboard, Sir!

@Plebe2be there's a little plan in place with me and some other incoming plebes to meet up in the Market Place near the Iron Rooster at around 7:00 pm. I invite you (and any other incoming plebe on here) to come join us! We can walk around, grab some ice cream or eat dinner.

Ice cream sounds great, thanks for the suggestion!

Hey bro, I'm an incoming plebe and will be in Annapolis soon tomorrow. I understand how you feel. If it's okay with you, I'd like to meet up with you so you won't feel alone. I'd pm you but that's not yet possible (you need to have 5 messages to enable the pm function). Once it is, I'll send you...

# Username Self/DD/DS Appt Date Status Nomination Source Via State (OPTIONAL) 1 ChatterMom2 DD Oct 12, 2022 Will Accept Presidential, JROTC Direct 2 T37ip DS Oct 19, 2022 Declined Presidential Direct 3 Light8004 Self Oct 20, 2022 Undecided JROTC Direct 4 MajMartin DD Oct 20, 2022...

I don't think it makes a difference either way to USNA whether or not you do another branch's ROTC. I am a college reapplicant and my university offered AROTC and AFROTC but no NROTC. I decided not to do either and still received an appointment. @moho is a college applicant who is in AFROTC and...

I meant many within those who got selected for SEALs, not many in general. Like, of those who got selected SEAL, many didn't do SOT.

There is the Special Operations Team (SOT) that you can try out for during plebe year. This team is made up of mids who want to do Naval Special Warfare and they do a lot of workouts to prepare for those screeners. I've heard they generally have a good turnout of mids who get selected for SEALs...

I recommend that you schedule an ACT testing time sometime near the end of summer. That way, you can take full advantage of summer break to study as much as you can. It wouldn't be optimal to schedule a date at the end of your fall semester because you'll be busy with school and other things you...

I would recommend doing teacher. Both experiences teach you different values but I personally believe probably that teaching would be the better way to showcase leadership right now. Because at the end of the day, you want to show the Academies you have leadership potential. If you're applying...

Here's what I did for mine: I went to the local (the city's) police station, filled out the form using my Admissions Counselor's contact info, informed my AC that I did so, and then once he received it he uploaded it to my portal. So check with your AC if you could do it like that.

The USNA candidate portal. Every candidate will have a portal where they can submit their application and track the progress of their checklist items.

Hey there! I was also in a situation similar to yours in high school. I found out about the Academy during junior year and although I wanted to attend it, I had no business applying with how weak of a candidate I was. After graduation, my goal was to become the most competitive applicant I could...