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Sea Cadets will just give you military experience, going in as a junior it would take some time before you are able to work in a leadership role. If your school has an JROTC program that would give you the same experience but with the added bonus of a possible nomination. My dd didn't join Sea...

While Sea Cadets are a great organization they only give you leadership experience you can get other ways. As a junior you wouldn't be in long enough to rank up to a place like Chief. Promotions in Sea Cadets can only happen every 6 months and involve coursework, testing, and advanced training...

Our goal as parents is to make sure this is HER decision because I honestly believe that unless THEY want this, they are increasing their chance of failure. You have to want to experience Plebe summer because I can't think of any sane person that would put themselves there if they didn't. She...

Well we got surprising news this morning... Over the summer dd participated in "House of Pain", a strength and conditioning camp for student athletes. The JV soccer coach ran the workouts for the soccer kids. She remembered dd from the workouts and told the guidance counselor "that kid is a...

The guidance counselor called me at work. The soccer coach is considering putting her on JV but if that doesn't happen we are not going to "fill the void". She's very athletic to begin with and may enjoy track (pole vaulting) in the spring but instead of rushing into something we are going to...

DD is a new freshman and they didn't offer diving at her school. She decided to pick soccer up since she has played it in the past. Today I get an email that she has scheduling conflicts. Originally 9th grade soccer was the last period of the day, they moved it to 3rd period, the same time as...

Start talking to your guidance counselor now. My dd is a rising freshman and we met with her counselor who is new to our district last week for schedule changes. We ended up finding out he was VERY up to date on what she needs for her application and started an "academic resume" for her during...

Is it possible to have an area for those of us that are either volunteers or students that participate in Sea Cadets, CAP, Young Marines, and JROTC programs? I know there are a few of us scattered across the board and there isn't really a forum out there for us. It would be great to have a...

Kids these days will never know the struggle of demon tones... Dial in bulletin boards... Making your own fly website on Geocities (all HTML)... And most of all getting 3/4 of the way through Oregon Trail just to die of dysentery.

My dd went this year. She wore her dress uniform. there were no formal interviews, actually it was kind of chaotic. Tons of people around the tables, it was hard for her to push through to talk to anyone. We had a great chat with the USCGA rep and the USNA admissions. They asked her if she...

I'm kind of in the same boat with mine. She did competitive JO springboard diving for years but quit after spraining her back, there was also the decision to be made of...if she wanted to stay she almost had to homeschool because practice would bump to 6 "2-a-days". Now she is in a bit of...

I was a "walk-on" for Army ROTC at Canisius College back in '93. Basically I saw them drilling in the quad one day and started talking to one of the instructors. He had me sign up for Military Science and I was told if I did well my first year (out of pocket) I could apply for a 3 year...

I don't know. If I was a "decider" of these things I would be looking at kids that initially had a struggle and pulled up to finish strong. It shows you have drive and determination. My dd almost failed 5th grade and was in real danger of not promoting. From 6th grade on she turned it around...

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Have you thought about applying to the smaller NROTC schools? I saw Molloy listed for Nurse Only option, they are a midsize liberal arts school. Here's the deal from a nurse...you want your BSN. Yes an ADN is cheaper and quicker but I'm about 90% sure that the Navy (and military in general)...