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My Plebe believes Winter Trials are from 5:00 to 14:00. She won't be participating due to a Crossfit competition in NoVa. The USNA Crossfit team will be competing at this event.

As a point of reference/interest, my middle DD is actually a 3rd year at MIT studying Biological Engineering. Her SAT scores were: CR - 800 Math - 720 Writing - 780 Still a ProudMom2013 AND 2016!

JettAirliner -- If you want to get in touch with DD about Crossfit, send me a PM. I'll put you in touch with her... She could talk Crossfit for hours. She's also participating at the Crossfit Kids Open and Crossfit Kids Gauntlet Competition in Columbus, Ohio the first weekend in March.

Hi Futuremid and all Fellow Posters... Futuremid - My DD will be so excited to find another fellow Crossfitter at the Academy! Crossfit has really influenced her life in the past 18+ or so months! She is already varsity crew, captain the past two years but Crossfit is her passion. She...

Assuming the email your DS received was the same as DD's, my favorite line was "In the meantime, keep up the good work and do your pushups."

Not a book but my DD shared this link: http://www.usna.org/handbook which has a lot of useful information. I haven't seen it posted on this forum so thought I'd share for review and reference. Happy 2012 to all!

I believe it is Showtime only but you can watch snippets here: http://sports.sho.com/football/specials/army-navy/a-game-of-honor Enjoy,

First of all, happy holidays to everyone! I don't know if this is the appropriate place to post but Showtime is airing The Game of Honor tomorrow evening, 10:00pm Eastern.The primary story is about the Army/Navy game but the special includes aspects of the lives of students at their...

All, Some may find the information below helpful. I thought it was really interesting since I am new to the process: http://www.usna.edu/Admissions/USNA%202014%20Class%20Portrait.pdf http://www.usna.edu/Admissions/USNA%202015%20Class%20Portrait.pdf

I think it was my post you saw which listed ROTC as the nomination source. If you want to PM me, I can send you a screen shot of my daughter's portal which shows you how her nomination displayed on her portal. She received an email from the Academy on November 10th which notified her she had...

I Day is June 28th. Once you accept your appointment, you'll receive a "Permit to Report to the Naval Academy" packet in mid-April, 2012.

To fill in our blank, we are in Northern Virginia.

DD's appointment letter states as part of 2nd paragraph: "After you have made your decision, please return the enclosed acceptance/declination certificate as soon as possible, but in any case by May 1st or within one week of receipt, whichever is later."

She's JrROTC. Received LOA on 10/17. ROTC nom on 11/10 and appointment letter yesterday :smile: She was determined that this is what she wanted to do and where she wanted to be.

DD received her appointment yesterday. ROTC nom Thank you for all the information these boards have offered!