Recent content by IronmanDaremo

There is something about hardship that you can note on your application. You can also incorporate your experiences into your essays and BGO and nomination panel interviews. I'm sorry to hear you had to go through those things. Loss is very tough to deal with. My kids lost their mom when they...

For commissioning week, they let me use my DBIDS to drive on to help move my kid's stuff, but not to park for the Blues.

As a foundation, you do not need to complete the application? I am not 100% familiar with the process going that route. Most MoCs do not open their nomination application pages for the new year until later, I believe. They may not have the stuff for '29 open to you yet, but your MoCs may...

If you are going in as a re-applicant, most of your data should already be populated. And this is just the "preliminary" app.

You will not get them until May. Everyone gets them at the same time usually.

This ^^. You can drive on to drop them off. Otherwise, stadium and shuttle are probably your best bet. Meters downtown start around 10:00 AM and are typically limited to only a few hours allowed.

If one's goal is to serve, and they are putting in the extra work to get there, in the long run, they will (through whichever path works out for them). This experience also prepares them for what life is like in the military. It can be a serious grind, for lots of time. It can be very...

Chem I and II, English, Calculus I and II, some sort of Government/History. If you have access to NROTC stuff, some sort of "Naval Science" class, which can be taken without being in an NROTC unit.

Whole candidate includes a lot of intangibles that perhaps "regular" colleges do not put as much (if any) emphasis on for the kids. Hardships? Military background? Work? School strength and overall availability of classes? I've said it a few times, in our area (town liberty radius to the...

Maybe a glitch in just being opened. You could reach out to the IT group, and/or wait to try again tomorrow?? Edited to add: Did you ever sign up or apply for NASS, Inspire, or any other USNA program? If so, you would use that account email.

Have you tried a different browser?

Kinda hard to not do it when you live in the same area and your parents actually live in Annapolis. ;) (And, Norfolk ain't much better that time of year!).

Just imagine how it used to be in the paper days. I was stationed in Germany with my Army unit when I finished my second application (first was a long shot in high school). I did the medical stuff through the base medical staff. Sent everything in, probably around the November timeframe (of...

All summer is a bustling time. There will be evolutions of Plebe summer activities going on all over the Yard, and all the other STEM camps, athletic camps, and seminars will be taking place. I don't think there is any bad time, but understand that during the beginning of Plebe summer (end of...

Just have to get into the habit of doing them. Those activities are all strength/endurance/repetition based. The more you do them consistently and with proper form, the better you will get at them. I'm assuming you are a young lady with the FAH reference (if not, apologies ahead of time)? As...