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    Hotel Reservation Issues

    https://www.westpoint.edu/admissions/COVID-19-response-FAQ
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    What to do in the mean time?

    https://www.betterteam.com/leadership-interview-questions https://www.west-point.org/academy/fieldforce-se-michigan/Contents/Example%20Interview%20Questions.pdf here's two links with questions that you should be asked. Have whoever is interviewing you ask you questions for about 45 mins - hour...
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    Competitiveness - Class of ‘26 Applicant

    Start planning your alternative plans. Apply to AFROTC and the other academies if interested. There's piloting opportunities in the other branches. Work on your SAT score, there's plenty of free resources you can find yourself, and take the ACT. With a fee waiver you can take the SAT twice and...
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    Fast Start Direct Deposit

    In block two theres a box titled Type of Payment with the options: Net Pay, Travel, and Other Federal employment related payments. This isn't mentioned in the cadet instructions nor the privacy statement/instruction page that follows FMS 2231. I called the office and the two numbers provided...
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    Evaluating Weak Points

    you look great brother. Work on maxing out your CFA scores. Basketball throw should be practiced. Have teachers or family members give you mock interviews. Also perfect those essays. Write the essays early and run them though your english teachers as well as service members if you know any.
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    Immunizations during the pandemic

    To the others still struggling to find vaccinations - I called 20 something CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aids, Patient Firsts, and other clinics/pharmacies, and only one place, a Patient First, had all the vaccinations that I needed. The polio vaccination is "outdated" according to a lot of those...
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    JROTC - Service Connected Nomination

    I recant what I said before. Listen to what @HCopter said 😬 Getting nom from the SAI who knows you helps with the judgement of your character.
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    Health care

    https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/613003p.pdf?ver=2018-05-04-113917-883 Section 5.28 para. Q Do research on how to get a waiver, or you can go to the DoDMERB thread and find a wonderful contact in the FAST sticky
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    JROTC - Service Connected Nomination

    https://www.pdffiller.com/preview/5/569/5569824/large.png Your sat and act scores aren't included in the nomination.
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    Is it worth applying with almost no athletic experience?

    Worth applying? Absolutely, yes. The only sport I've played my whole life is one season of varsity football my senior year. only played because i knew i "needed" a varsity letter for SA. Play one season of something your senior year if you can. If you check the stats, there is a percentage of...
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    Hey! Im a bit new here, so I'll be very clear.

    I'm a senior, I went to the summer programs, and I got in. I recommended AIM over SLE because the cadre at CGA make it a lot more realistic to CBT. If you're willing to go through AIM experience for 8 weeks then you're ready for BEAST. I applied for a congressional, but my congressman passed...
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    Hey! Im a bit new here, so I'll be very clear.

    Unweighted GPA: 3.9 SAT/ACT superscored: 1480/33 Leadership: - representative for a state korean association, received honors for my work - adviser for the principal - first sergeant of JROTC, over 500 hours invested - teacher at a korean missionary school, over 400 hours invested -...
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    Hey! Im a bit new here, so I'll be very clear.

    I was re-articulating my statement to support @Stealth_81 when they said "What will count toward your WCS is the leadership experience gained by working in a volunteer organization." There is no contradiction. There is no malicious intent. Nothing but respect for Stealth and others of the form.
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    Hey! Im a bit new here, so I'll be very clear.

    Get a jrotc nom to every academy you apply to. My friend was nearly recruited for wrestling to Naval but missed out because he didn't bother getting a jrotc nom. He assumed he'd get a congressional. My only nom to WP is a jrotc nom. Its just a form that your SAI fills out and submits to the...
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    Hey! Im a bit new here, so I'll be very clear.

    The hours aren't but the dedication and commitment to a service will definitely be highlighted in essays and interviews. Finding leadership roles within those services is what i was trying to emphasize with my statement. Its something i've been repeating in a few threads. Will be clearer next time.
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