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Plebe here! I was using pill birth control when I entered plebe summer. I brought enough for the time and a prescription from my doctor, but they ended up switching me to a different birth control pill on Iday. As you can imagine, this was the absolute worst, my hormones went wild and after a...

The best advice I can give as an academy student is to allow your DS to do what he's passionate about, this will carry much more weight than the checks in boxes that are often coveted by candidates. In my opinion, if DS goes into his interviews able to speak with passion about his experiences in...

Your daughter should 100% do the things she's passionate about over checking boxes for an application. I can assure you that it is better when she sits down in front of a panel of interviewers for her to be able to speak of her passion and hard work in a club/sport/activity than for them to ask...

I really wish people would stop asking this question... be honest always, stop worrying so much. Plenty of my classmates have experimented with marijuana and they are fine midshipman. Never lie, but be truthful in your intent to never do it again because they drug test randomly.

Hello! Another current plebe here. My biggest suggestion as far as leadership roles is to find something you're truly passionate about and try to excel in that up to a leadership role. Being in a lot of clubs and sports can look impressive on a resume, but when it's time for interviews your B&G...

A group message of accepted appointees has been trying to access the ABS since it opened (even though the log in information is in the PTR packet which we haven't received) and last night we figured it out. If you have accepted your appointment to the academy, you can access the ABS using your...

Your congressperson/senator may or may not decide to tell you whether you received a primary/principal nomination. It is their decision. In some cases they may decide to not even select a primary or principal nomination, and rather present a group in no particular order. In other cases, they...

I applied within an hour of applications opening and I actually received an acceptance before the date they predicted... I don't know if it necessarily matters but I know there is a lot of interest in them and they likely fill quickly! I'd apply now.

I was told by a summer seminar detailer that even one pull up scored higher than if you did a flexed arm hang for an hour or even more... your best bet is definitely to aim for even a single pull up

My friend from NASS was homeschooled and they had him submit all the information from his curriculum (like what books he learned from, etc), but definitely check the website as far as homeschooled-specific instructions