Recent content by madmom36

Obviously....we were just naive enough to listen to the "this will not be a problem" like 200 times! We always knew he didn't have perfect vision....He also received a nomination to the Merchant Marine Academy but did not apply there, I guess he should have....lol. Like I said, you live and...

We went that route...there optometrist told us he was basically blind! This is a child who has never had any real problems seeing. The second one we took him to originally said it was correctable to 20/20 and then marked it out and put 20/25! We are taking him somewhere else and going to...

LOA's don't mean anything.....My son got one and now he has been denied last minute!

I DID!!!!

He is interested in NROTC or possibly ROTC for the Airforce. It is too late to apply this year though. My advice is go ahead and apply for both so you have backup. We really thought that LOA meant something and now we are scrambling! I guess you live and you learn!

My son received an LOA from the USNA in February pending a medical waiver for his vision. We were told repeatedly that this was not a big deal and there would be no problem getting a waiver...his vision is 20/20 in one eye and 20/40 (correctable to 20/25) in the other eye. We received...

I have and they cannot provide one. He received a medical waiver from the medical department and then when it went to the person making then final decisions office it was denied....once again, it is a shame that this country would rather have kids with attitudes than glasses. We are not...

All of this discussion really upsets me...my son has awsome character, is the salutatorian, plays multiple sports, great scores on ACT/SAT, 2 nominations, passed the physical w/flying colors....and you would think that a waiver for his vision would not be a big deal! We would rather have a...

Sounds to me like they are denying everyone for everything this year!

My son was just as qualified and had received his LOA from the USNA, found out Friday that his vision (20/25) in one eye will keep him from going! He also had 2 nominations!

I cannot answer as an authority but I received word on Friday that my son who had already received an LOA was denied because of 20/40 vision in one eye that was only correctable to 20/25. The other eye is 20/20. And he received 2 nominations....