I wanted to advise those of you still waiting to check your portals. I just checked mine and was wonderfully delighted to see the message “congratulations! As of the 26th day of February 2019, an appointment is extended to you to attend the United States Merchant Marine Academy.” Hang in there...
From my experience, I believe it could mean his application is being reviewed. As an applicant, the status in my portal changed to the one you described above about a week ago. And literally 40 minutes ago I was awarded the scholarship. However it may have been quicker for me since I was granted...
OP the only thing I can speak from is my experience with this exact same situation. I received a C in a spanish class towards the beginning of my high school career. Many told me not to retake it. But I chose to retake based on a couple criteria. 1) my GPA will increase followed by my class...
Is overuse ever a concern? I see you wrote the term “every day”, so I’m just curious if that is an exaggeration? I always read to put a pull-up bar in a neutral room and do a couple reps when walking either in or out. However when does the back rest? Similar to the fact that I wouldn’t go to the...
Luckily for me I don’t have those handwriting issues. If I forget to put my name on school assignments, the teacher automatically assumes a female deserves credit for the work lol. My extreme handwriting OCD hinders the length of my ACT essays.
I find my score a bit unusual. After receiving a 5...
Any student out there a victim of a 9 or better on the ACT writing section?
I’ve taken the ACT with writing 4 times total, each attempt scoring an 8 on writing. I’ve heard the graders read through each essay in two minutes or less. I’m starting to think they grade on the amount written rather...