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You can also fly fighters if you go to the better service academy (USNA)!!! But seriously I think your son is in a great spot right now. Sounds like he is doing all the right things to strengthen his application. It will be tough being away from family and loved ones, but that’s the price our...

My mom said if I put all of my monthly stipends into my ROTH IRA, she would reimburse me.

That's awesome, then he'll have to greet YOU your youngster year.

THIS!!! Remember everyone, there is MORE THAN ONE WAY to becoming an officer in the Navy/USMC. Getting rejected hurts, but it is not the end, you/your DD/your DS can always do NROTC (they can even walk on to their college's unit w/o a scholarship), or they can do OCS after they graduate college...

Go Gators!!! 🐊 UF is such an amazing school!

P-nom = principal nomination not presidential nomination

Yessir love to see it welcome aboard shipmate, look forward to grinding it out with you the next 4 years!

So are you choosing USAFA or USNA?

Glad it worked out for you and blinkus. There seems to be a direct correlation between starting a replying everyday thread and receiving an appointment 🤔 Take notes other academy hopefuls!

If only OP knew that COVID would take care of this issue for them lol

I will be copping a Chick-fil-A sandwich 😋

Can’t go wrong with a Garmin (for the AC year of course).

I’ve ran xc and track all of hs, ran 21 miles this week so far :lock:

Very insightful read, thank you OP! I’m a bit scared for plebe year due to some of the things you mentioned but I’m also really excited to grind it out with my fellow plebes. I think I’m the most excited about the people. Right now things are pretty rough for me, I feel like I only have a few...

At SLE they told us that statistically ~50% of us would receive appointments to either USMA or USMAPS. So far a good amount of my squad has recieved an appointment to USMA.