Recent content by USMA*DAD*2026

This decision is so important as well confusing for who do not know what to expect. Most important points are covered above. My DS had to make this decision last year. He was accepted by USMA/USAFA and USNA too. It was exciting as well stressful. He wanted to be pilot. As per stats, very small %...

Hi All Congratulations to all. Any North TX families need any help/guidance. Please message me.

HI All Congratulations We had used this format last year ( Cut -> Paste google sheet once you enter information. Looks neat for all to follow. USERNAME DS/DD/SELF LOA/No LOA APPT DATE STATUS STATE NOM SOURCE DIRECT/NON-DIRECT 1 saaplicant232 Self 7-Oct-22 Undecided Presidential...

100% agree with "Heatherg21". Very important aspect

My DS is 4th Degree Blackbelt and has many National and State Medals. It was surely counted towards recognized sports activity in the application. It is also viewed as leadership activity. Do mention all of it in your application. It will surely help towards nomination process too. WP has great...

West Point is the Top Military school in the world #1. Please read published reports on this. WP does offer over 30+ different choices of study. ROTC is good but any student want to be WP wants keep that as stand by option. Getting into SA is not easy. Let your son do some research. Forcing...

what I heard is, calls will be done post 1 or 130 ET till 530. Also they will not be limited to 10 minutes

Congratulations on LOA. There are some excellent points mentioned by everyone above. My DS was in the same situation few months back. He had LOA from USNA and he was fortunate to get acceptance into USMA, USNA and USAFA. Which added to further confusion on decision making (he was worried about...

Thank you all. Surely added some more things to our knowledge base. Going ahead and buying tickets.

In plebe year, does Cadet get a pass ( Or allowed to get out of post ) to go to Army Navy game. if its on weekend ?

Just got call from our DS yesterday. Spoke to him for 10 minutes. He sounded all good . Only complaint was lack of sleep. He was very positive about all things going around. Felt really good. As Candd82026 said. Join FB groups Class 0f 2026/ Dad/Mom/Company. There was a call schedule by Each...

As per the official calendar. Thanksgiving Break begins after last duty 22 November. Does anyone know typically what time they get out. Need to book tickets. They are already so high. Want to check if Tuesday late night flight or Wednesday early morning.

Managed to see my DS on parade ( video posted by FB by parents) thrilled to see him in camo uniform.

We have heard too many letters = pushups. We have managed to send some notes on R Day at WP. Targeting one letter weekly for him ( as a family) + friends will be writing him too. Was fortunate to see him in many photos posted by WP and video by parents.

Thank you all. Keeping figures crossed