Recent content by Em_FLA

Spoke with the director of admissions. He’s disqualified for 24 months and can reapply after that time (he’ll have finished his bachelor’s by then due to accumulated college credits in high school). Again, nobody ever called us. Though he did get an official disqualification letter in the mail...

The information in this thread is eye-opening for me. So my takeaway is there really isn’t anything I could’ve done differently (other than having DS notify USNA directly instead of through BGO). I’m happy that we were able to get a respectable university to take him last minute (and his...

He is perfectly fine now. In fact, he was just at the gym earlier today, mowed the lawn, and out on a date with his girlfriend now (you get the picture). The harsh truth of the matter is that if I had not contacted the BGO when DS was in the hospital, none of this would be an issue. The doctor...

This!! This is the point of my post. Don’t just have a plan B. Have a complete back-up plan. Good thinking!

So I just had him pull up the portal for me and it says something along the lines of, “We regret to inform you that you have been medically turned down for a condition that is not waiverable. Please await a letter for further instructions.” So that seems pretty straightforward to me. Luckily we...

It is quite the kick in the gut. My heart is just breaking for my son who has had this dream since 7th grade and has worked incredibly hard to get to where he is now. It’s left him in a bad position all around. I know people can be disqualified if things happen, I was okay with that going into...

On the portal it does say “please apply again next year”.

We called our contact in the medical department and she said his offer of appointment has been rescinded and he’s disqualified. When asked if he could reapply next year, she said he can try. She wasn’t very helpful, to be frank.

Just wanted to share my experience of how things can go really wrong on this journey. Son received an LOA w/ noms from congresswoman and senator... was celebrated in his school, in the paper, and attended numerous award ceremonies including meeting Senator Marco Rubio. Last week he developed...