Recent content by Elena

Thank you all!

Thank you Joedoe- working on it! Anyone else?

I know these are arbitrary/annoying, but they're still fun to do. Any input helps. I am a rising senior who has already been deemed an official candidate for USNA. GPA: 3.7/4.3 SAT: 1960/1270 (CR: 690 M: 590) Sports: Varsity track (9th-11th), upcoming senior year captain Varsity...

Thank you all- this is one of many sources I've used to make my decision (which is currently still pending). I appreciate all of your advice and the time that you've taken to respond. I'll keep this thread updated with my final decision in the coming weeks. Best of luck to others working on...

Thank you again for the advice! Best of luck to your family!

That's my other line of thinking. I don't want to hinder the process in any way. Perhaps the reason why I'm so hesitant is that I've already drafted an excellent personal statement for the Academy using my ACL comeback story. If worse comes to worse, I'll trash the essay and start anew.

I plan on disclosing it on my DODMERB, mostly because it shouldn't affect my application, being that it happened over a year ago. But you never know, I may have to waive the injury after disclosing it. I've looked to many people for advice and most have said not to write about it, so I want to...

For the personal statement that USNA requires, the prompt is to write about a particular life experience that shaped my character/integrity. I want to write about how I had to go through knee surgery after I tore my ACL, but I checked on the DoDMERB medical qualifications and any injury to the...