Recent content by jjohnson55

pass rate are there any stats on the pass rates for both engine and deck?

don't stick with facebook alone The rise of facebook pages for each class, open only to members of that class, is good and bad. It allows you to gripe among your own group. It also isolates you from getting the perspective of others who have gone before you. A number of mids did not make the...

You can take the ACT in December. That will work just as well.

Project reults DS passed all projects. Hope everyone survived.

Now working on getting the 4th kid into college, I have observed that at this point your DS peers probably have more influence than do you. Not a bad thing- that is how kids grow up. But at KP they grow up way faster.

a silent ring It is up to those whose tails are on the line to decide what to do. I would suggest they consider following the orders to a T, but when they ring the bell give only the faintest tiniest little "ding" that can be had. That will make their point and they will still be in...

I am sure we all share your disappointment. However, since it seems almost every year there are kids who find out half way through indoc that they have failed the color test and need to leave, perhaps it is better to find out now. That squeaking door opens to new things, so good luck in the...

once your in, your in. No state is allowed to secede.

OC PM sent.

If you do not get into college station directly, you should not overlool what they call the galveston option. You can get into Texas A&M Galveston and transfer to college station. There is a corps of cadet unit at galveston. Most kids there are navy rotc. However, if you choose to stay and...

why did you apply? "I want to earn a mechanical engineering degree and was thinking about specializing in areospace engineering" And you applied to the Coast Guard Academy....why?

Well, at least the boys from washington will have a nice yacht to cruise in while visiting the mids.

John wayne! No list is complete without a John Wayne movie so how about... The Green Berets

Zulu.

King's Pointer new home The Kings Pointer has arrived at her new home in Galveston Texas, and the mids at Texas A&M are happy to have her. Their training ship had been a permanent fixture at the dock. http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000041050