Recent content by Saguaroman

Congrats!! He will have a more enjoyable college experience. I was bummed my son was not selected but am over it now. A friend of mine is a captain in the AF and stationed at D-M AFB. He graduated from the AFA. He told me that if he had to do it all over again, he would have graduated from...

It seems that the comments here are focused on Fleming, not Heffington. Fleming is the messenger, though he has found strong support in Heffington's report. Considering Heffington's background as a former cadet, 7 years as a West Point faculty and his love for West Point, his words are very...

It's great that the USNA and other academies require by law to consider other kids from other regions. The USCGA is not and is allowed to draw from anywhere in the country they please. As a result, the USCGA does a poor job and is heavily dominated by men and women from the eastern seaboard...

My DS attended the soccer prospect camp last summer. The coach mentioned to the attendees that the CGA wants regional representation. If that's the case then the CGA is doing an extremely poor job. I literally went through every men's and women's sports team roster to get an idea where the...

We were thinking the same thing that it was taking this long, prep school or perhaps at least a wait list. Like you, I may be more disappointed than my DS, though he doesn't know that he has been rejected yet. It's hard to see your child rejected and considered unworthy. Rejected may not be...

So, my DS was informed today that he was rejected by the CGA. He applied in October. You would think that it should not have taken the CGA 5 months to figure it out that he is not worthy of an appointment, prep-school or wait list. Yes, I'm disappointed as a parent.

Congrats!!!!

Yes, my DS got the request for a physical and is qualified per DODMERB. Did you contact your AO? No response at this point does seem odd. I agree about the anxiety level. Our family is a bit tense at the moment since crunch time is coming within the next 10 days. It's been slowly building...

I hear ya. It's been nearly 5 months since DS applied. Only notification we have gotten is an email in January that his application was to be sent to the cadet candidate review board. I guess we will hear something in the next 10 days.

Question about the wait list. Are you given some sort of number as to where you are on the wait list, such as #21 in line or something like that to give you and idea if you have a chance for an appointment? I read somewhere on here that last year about 50 people that were on the wait list were...

Congrats!!! What sport will he be playing at the CGA?

Congratulations!!! What sport will your son play at the CGA?

Congratulations! That's awesome!

Dang, that sucks it's that low this year. Is that how many appointments are being offered or is that how many are expected to be accepted?

Yes, completed DODMERB and is "qualified".