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I’m a college reapplicant after not receiving a nomination last year. I’ve gotten a B in college Calculus I, A- for Calculus II, but really struggled with Calculus III and only got a C+ which is going to be on my first semester transcript. I just received my nomination from my Senator and I...

I would check with your USNA admissions officer (or Admissions in general) about viability of being taken as a transfer from another SA. My sense is that it’s uncommon, though I defer to others with more knowledge. I’d suggest being certain that’s an actual possibility first to see what your...

Always go with CaptMJ! I’m certainly no expert - just read a lot of threads :) I’ve mentally framed them as the “National Pool” (any 3Q with Nom who doesn’t win slate) and then the endgame “Official Waitlist” (much more specific and late) There’s obviously overlap, but the details (movement...

G0navybeat@rmy, I have no idea what the specific plagiarism accusation was, but one thought would be to use a plagiarism checker like turnitin that is used by many colleges. This could help provide evidence that your writing was original and independent. You could then use that information to...

No for both.

*recent direct experience :)

Thanks CaptMJ. I had come across this but was uncertain if this was for the counselor or teacher. I had assumed counselor. Probably safer to have my son connect with Admissions directly. I suppose I was wondering if other homeschool families had decent direct experience.

Thanks for the clarification! I shouldn’t have shorthanded it that way. Just meant to clarify he will have instructors who can directly evaluate him in those subject areas and therefore need no input from my wife or from me.

Thanks for the responses everyone! It sounds like having my son ask Admissions is the way to go. As others pointed out, primary source is safest. I just figured it might be a known thing like it is for the civilian world. :) To clarify... the specific question I have is about the role of the...

Thanks MidCakePa. Definitely aware about son running point, hence why I phrased it that way in my post. He’ll definitely have to own the application process. I’m just trying to get a handle on what my responsibilities are in the process. Which, at least for civilian schools, are...

Long-time lurker and first-time poster. Be gentle :) We homeschool our children (though coordinate their education is probably a better term, with a local consortium, high-quality online classes and dual enrollment for the final two years of HS being our path thus far) and DS is highly...