Recent content by RingPlanet111

https://www.whitehouse.gov/service-academy-nominations/service-academies-application/

No LOR's are required for the Vice Presidential nom. For Presidential nom, it's service-connected, so you and your parents need to fill out a form and provide all necessary info. That's it. I also received the presidential nom (it's pretty easy to get one as long as you meet the requirements)...

I got the email notification pretty late at night, outside of normal business hours. It kind of surprised me because I was wondering why WP would send me something so late on a Fri night...

At least for me, my portal was updated on Friday with my acceptance. However, I already knew of my appointment beforehand since my senator had called me the Wednesday before. Also, Someone Else with more information could answer your first question (About NWL)... but it seems pretty unlikely...

How long does it usually take to receive the BFE? It's been over 1 month for me now, and still no BFE in sight. However, I have green checkmarks for everything including EQIP on my portal. I know it depends on the region as well, but from all the past posts I've seen, the BFE seemed to arrive in...

I know this has been mentioned earlier, but how long does it usually take to receive the BFE after accepting your appointment?

You mind if you send those pdf's to me as well?

Wow! Where you "lack" (in my opinion) is overshadowed by your judo. Thank goodness I'm only applying to Army, and I'm from the West, so I don't have to compete against you (haha) for noms or appointment. If I were in your shoes, I would have a REALLY GOOD ANSWER to the "why Navy" and "why...

That does make a lot of sense. Thanks @kinnem . I know for many of the more "prestigious" civilian colleges (non SA) like Princeton, although they are also test-optional, if you compare a candidate with ACT scores and another without scores, given all else equal, the student with ACT scores will...

So as stated by many in past threads, COVID really has affected admissions for all service academies greatly. I was wondering what you guys thought about COVID impacting admissions and competitiveness? My personal opinion is that the number of overall students applying to the academies will be...

Thank you very much. I'm intending to go Army (hopefully through West Point, but also ROTC as a backup).

Are you talking about LOR or SOE? Fellow applicant here. If you're talking about LOR, I had a former employer write me a LOR and she emailed it directly to West Point Admissions. After 2 weeks, I got an email from WP saying that they received it... but this was in August (and admissions was...

I'm aware that no matter how you commission, you have to serve as an officer for X years. For Non-Aviation (specifically Army), when exactly does the Service obligation officially start? Is it right after you graduate from the Academy? Or when you start BOLC? For instance, if a cadet graduates...

Thank you so much for doing this. I had a question regarding major choices. You mentioned above that your first choice is business management and your second is spanish/portuguese. Do you have to apply for majors as well? Or do you just declare your major and you get into whatever your #1 choice...

What @boxmm24 said... I have a 790 on Math Lvl 2 and 790 on Chemistry, but I'm only in the 89th percentile and 85th percentile respectively, which kind of sucks...