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    Question's and answers that might help

    We don’t have to take classes we passed at the academy already. “At the academy” being the key phrase here. My contract states I’m no longer eligible to exempt out of the classes I failed and I can’t fail anything else the first two tris of my “plebe year 2.0” as I’ve been affectionately referring to it as
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    Question's and answers that might help

    Yes to both haha. I’m too stubborn not to go back! I failed calc and chem because I was having a little too much fun and not doing enough studying.
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    Question's and answers that might help

    The biggest issues I could foresee hindering a setback from coming back is the financial side of things, and the idea of three extra months of everything that comes with being a Plebe. I had to get a full time job and find alternative means of taking classes (read: expensive). They also require...
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    Question's and answers that might help

    I was able to get self paced online courses through straighterline approved for my setback. For the most part if you WANT to go back, and are willing to look around and exhaust all options, they will see that and work with you.
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    Liberty Time off

    First tri don’t expect much in terms of liberty aside from parents weekend and MAYBE one or two Sunday libs or dinner libs as a reward for specific things. Second tri is most Sundays, but it’s inconsistent and you usually don’t know if you’re getting liberty or not until last second...
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    Plebe year questions/ sea year split

    Dinner liberty is very few and far between for plebes. I think I got dinner liberty once the entirety of first tri and my paperwork wasn’t approved until maybe 4 hours prior.
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    Plebe year questions/ sea year split

    Yes plebes can get special lib! You just have to do the paperwork, communicate with your chain of command, and be flexible with your plans. Usually plebes only get 10-18 lib on Sundays if they’re lucky, but on parents weekend and certain holidays overnight liberty can be granted but you might...
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    Plebe year questions/ sea year split

    As long as you don’t have watch or sports or anything crazy, pretty much any long weekend (or regular weekend for that matter I guess) is fair game. You just have to request special liberty. It’s usually approved but just be mindful that things are always subject to change, and you only get a...
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    Has tattoo policy changed?

    Hey it’s me! The extensively tattooed plebe candidate. My dad pretty much said it all, DoD and DoDMERB cleared all my stuff because I was enlisted for a while. When I asked about tattoos here I was told the academy follows Navy policy, which as I’m sure you guys have now seen basically says...
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    USMMA Class of 2027 Waiting Room & Hangout

    Join the parent page. The plebe page will reject your membership request and there’s no information there yet.
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    USMMA Class of 2027 Waiting Room & Hangout

    Have him go onto the portal he applied on and accept his appointment, and as a parent I recommend joining the Facebook group “USMMA Class of 2027 Parents-KP official”. They will get you up to speed pretty quickly. There is also a Facebook group for the candidates that has been set up but it is...
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    USMMA Class of 2027 Waiting Room & Hangout

    I was sent an email saying to send it to the chaplain. left company and email blank and he said it was okay.
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    Molar teeth extraction!!

    I know the Navy is always eager to yank them out first chance. I’d imagine it has to do with DoD dental deployability criteria, but why they added it I have no clue. The only information put out by the DoD just states “prevention of problems in the future”. I was able to get some pretty...
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    USMMA Class of 2027 Waiting Room & Hangout

    Unfortunately the Pell grant is not able to, I reached out to financial aid and asked. You have to purchase them and then you’re able to reimburse yourself after the academic year starts.
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