Recent content by JermaAteMyCat

I searched the site and all I found was that although the USNA isn't legally required to appoint principal nominees, they adhere to the practice for the vast majority of the time - and I have decent reason to believe I am triple qualified (34 ACT, Medically cleared, passed the CFT, etc.). I just...

If the title wasn't clear: I got a principal nomination (yay!) to the naval academy - my top and only choice - from my representative and now I'm wondering if I'm supposed to withdraw my name from consideration from the two senators that I asked a nomination for.

Just wanted to give yall an update. I owned up to my mistake and spoke to my guidance counselor about my grade. After my long spiel where I talked about how I learned the importance of not slacking off, how much I wanted to be an officer in the navy, spilling my heart out, etc. she told me that...

I don’t really have a better excuse than that I got complacent and decided that, given how the rest of my grades looked, I could afford to “take it easy” with PE and be fine with what I thought would be a B+. In the end, you reap what you sow and I only have myself to blame.

My school does PE a bit differently where the grade for PE is purely based on attendance (out of 53 days). I went 47 days thinking that 47/53 = 88% = B+ . Turns out, it’s graded differently and 47 days out of 53 gets me a D. I have very good grades otherwise and I’ve been taking...