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    transfer to academy

    As stated above, one can enter from another university but West Point is a 4 year program. My son will be entering this year after a year at a state university. He was told by USMA admissions that approximately 1/3 of the class are not straight out of high school. He was also told he will be...
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    NON-SHINY Low Quarters

    Boot/shoe letter Can someone post a link or more that guides us to the type of non-shiny black shoes that are approved or the specific Bates shoe? There is reference to a shoe / boot letter on the portal, but my son can not find it on the portal? Perhaps post the actual letter? Thanks
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    labor day weekend

    Pass vs Leave 1.) Which holidays are for pass and which are leave? The calandar refers to both Labor Day and Thanksgiving as (Holiday). 2.) If we come to a football game there do we sit with our son? Will we be able to spend time with him, without him burning his only pass? Would he be...
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    National Waiting List

    Hoping this happens to you. We now know our answer, or the answer for my son. He had been waitlisted last year and this year reapplied while going to college. He received a wait list letter a few weeks back. Last week on Monday my son received his TWE, to say the least this was a...
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    What might this mean?

    My son is triple Q'd waiting to hear, he has a Nom from Congressman and from Senator. Today on his candidate portal at USMA there is a change in the listings under nominations. There is still the original two nominations with dates they were received (november and december) but also now there...
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    Waiting List

    Good luck My son, as others here I am sure, is still waiting to hear. He received an email last week from admissions stating he is still on the waiting list and would know soon. Plan B is fully in place for him. To all others in this same boat, good luck, the waiting is for an answer is...
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    Worried

    Practice, practice practice There is NO substitute for practice. Do push ups every chance you get thru the day, do sit ups and pull ups every chance you get. Start keeping a record and PUSH yourself! Practice your running, doing sprints in with your mile or 2 mile runs. RUN alot and push...
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    Non-scholarship ROTC questions

    Thanks for the reply I will mention this to him so he can contact AROTC or WP to find out about this. He has not yet figured out where he would want to do Engineering and Arabic, that would be his fall back for next year if he again gets declined. This year he will be going to the...
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    Non-scholarship ROTC questions

    Thanks for the reply He has 5 years of German, grade school thru this his senior year in HS. He is also taking his first year of Arabic thru the university here. Hopefully that will help.
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    Non-scholarship ROTC questions

    Ok, so my son is on "plan B" having received the TWE from USNA yesterday and USMA has told him he is unlikely to make the waitiing list cut this year, although the final envelope has not yet come. His preferred Plan B is to attend the local state university, taking Calc II, Chem, Eng, Hist...
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    April is a great month!

    Plan B My son got the TWE yesterday. Obviously just as everyone else here, he was very disappointed. On checking in to say good night last evening he asked, "where is that letter now?" I told him in the LR on the table, he said, "good, I am going to pin it up where I can see it in my room...
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    April is a great month!

    Nothing in the mail yesterday for my son, perhaps today?
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    Declining other Academy offers ..

    I am curious.. Once you have accepted USAFA and know it is where you want to be, how quickly does everyone decline their other service academy offers? (assuming one has more than one offer)
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    April is a great month!

    Strong work!! We are waiting for the mail in a half hour or so. Hopefully my son will get the same. Otherwise it will be the year of college and reapply. Although he is going to look at other options including the Platoon Leadership Course option and or ROTC without scholarship at the...
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    NROTC vs NROTC Marine option

    I see people mentioning NROTC-Marine option. Is this a defined program different from NROTC? I was of the belief that one could just do NROTC then decide if they wanted Fleet or Marine? If this is different is there a seperate NROTC application for it? Also a link to it would be helpful...
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