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I have had a daughter attend NASS and one attend USAFASS . The D who did NASS did her CFA there and it did count for her app., plus it also went to USAFA. The other D did a CFA also at USAFA but it did not count towards app. ,they say it is bc of the altitude . It isnt fair for kids from...

D excepted her appointment last year during orientation. She recieved her packet a week or so later

Daughter is a swimmer at USAFA. She has paid for a few things on her own. but most of the stuff was given to her. All of their trips - meets and training trips have been fully paid for in full. That included food and travel and room. Very little expenses for them!!!

My D has applied to USNA and is still waiting, from Laguna Niguel, in Orange County. Good luck! Little more humid (and cold) in Annapolis than Southern California!

Congrats USNA88! Where are you from in SoCal?

Recently there was a West Point Cadet that was expelled and he filed a lawsuit to try to avoid the $189,000 the Army was requiring him to repay for the cost of his education.

USNA 1985 too, and All of the volunteer BGOs! Thanks.

Thanks 69. I agree the best way for alleviating anxiety is good communication between the candidate and the BGO. Sounds like you are the "gold standard" for Blue and Gold Officers. You really know the process, your candidates' records, their status in the process, and communicate that to...

USNA69 and USNA 1985, I assume you both are BGOs and deal all the time with the candidates becoming frustrated with the waiting while the complete Admissions process takes place. It seems to me that the term "rolling admissions process" is a little misleading and the misperceptions caused by...

USNA69. Sounds like the real difficult work by the Board then is determining whether a candidate is scholastically qualified or not. For this, they need to consider SAT/ACT, class rank, GPA, etc. I also assume each record has an Admissions Officer assigned to it and this Officer (or civilian...

Thanks USNA69. You're a great resource. Another quick question(s). I understand that the Admissions Board meets every Thursday. Do you know, generally, now that the application packages are all (pretty much) complete for the candidates, how many records the Admissions Board reviews each...

USNA69. Only if they ask for them? Any particular reason why don't send in unless they ask? Clutters up the record? Could sidetrack a scheduled review date? Won't be considered?

Thanks 69 and 85. We'll let you know how it turns out!

Would you recommend sending in 1st Semester transcript for a candidate that was triple Q'd (but non-LOA and non-Primary) where the transcript would show, for example, a better semester GPA than cumulative GPA, an A in Physics, and a slight improvement in class rank? Could this possibly help when...

Thanks USNA69. Very Informative. Can you expound a little on your last observation regarding the recruited athlete who is no longer wanted and then falls through the regular Admissions Office process crack? Is this because while being recruited, the athlete's record is sheparded through...