Recent content by Rodion

Thanks for the reply. How would I find out when acceptance day is? I can't find it on the calendar they have on the USAFA website. Is it when BCT ends? Thanks!

Glad to know I'm not the only one who's heard of the "Marianas Turkey Shoot." Down south that usually refers to shooting easy targets, and many of them. Hence the use in 44. I guess the USNA is shooting down the hopes of many a poor lad or gal this week. So many fine kids. Hope they all have...

"friendship bracelets"? It took me 10 minutes to stop laughing. Just wish I wasn't drinking coffee when I read it. Probably the best post I have ever read on the difference between the Service Academies and the traditional university path. The service academies, and good ROTC programs for that...

Not sure what you mean by "Turkey Shoot". Thx

Thanks for this information. I have a quick question regarding this. What if one Academy gives a student an appointment, but the other Academies haven't replied yet? Should he/she accept the offer from the one Academy offering thing appointment, and then wait to see if the other Academies offer...

Thanks for the recommendation. The scholarship wasn't offered by the board, but by the Commander of the ROTC unit at the school specifically. We were wondering if it would be unethical to accept a Commander's Scholarship and then say never mind, I got a better offer. Thanks....

I have a daughter who was offered an AFROTC "Commanders Scholarship" at her local in state college. She wants to go to that university and join that ROTC program because the unit is excellent, and she likes the school. She also has applications in for a couple of the Academies. I know if she...

My son is having the same problem. We called the Academy Admissions desk and they said you can't cut and paste. He retyped everything that narrow box, but has the same problem. The big red ERROR keeps coming above the counselor's name. Also, our counselor has a two word last name. The...

Thanks for the advice. My son went to several mission projects as well. One to the Czech Republic where he saw first hand the ravages of communism and how it affected the people. Considering the present climate, I wonder if elaborating on church related service projects might actually hurt him...

Thanks for the advice. It seems pretty good. I will pass this on to the people writing the recommendation. Looking at your tag line, it seems your family are overachievers when it comes to service academies. That's great. :-)

Hello, I am helping my son obtain 3 letters of recommendation from people he knows. One of the common questions they ask us is "what format do they want it in?" I know they want people who know him well, and they do, but people are not sure what they should write or areas they should focus on...