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Haha! That is a good one.

You don’t want to be a military officer. You couldn’t live with yourself if you dropped bombs on other people and intentionally killed them. You would prefer working in a civilian job versus the military if everything was equivalent. To me, that sounds like you shouldn’t join the military.

Football and lacrosse are team sports that are “violent” so to speak—involve a lot of physicality. I have heard the academies look favorably on these types of sports because they are similar to what you would do in the military. But as others said, do the sport(s) that can help you earn varsity...

If you go to USNA, you may commission in the Navy. Are you okay with having a career in the Navy? If not, then I suggest you go with NROTC MO and enjoy college life at BU.

Do you have any of these opportunities available?— Junior ROTC Civil Air Patrol Sea Cadets These organizations give a good introduction to the military and provide kids a chance to test if they would be interested in pursuing a military career. Plus they offer service opportunities and...

Think I’ll jump in and try to offer some encouragement. One of my kids applied to SA’s a few years ago and received an appointment some time into April. Hang in there! As for some of my kids’ college admission results, one got Plan A college, one got Plan B college, and one got Plan E college...

I recently had one of our kids do the procedure. I can see why the cadet who posted above didn’t follow the directions and had a complication. It really helps to have someone take care of you when you are recovering since there are a lot of steps to follow to do it properly. One is supposed to...

I agree with some of the sentiment of the OP, especially about rude replies. Being rude and disrespectful is not consistent with any branch of the military. But on a different note, our family considered this forum essential in the academy and ROTC application process because there simply is...

Totally agree about the teacher recommendations and the guidance counselor. The guidance counselor needs to do a lot of work, so try to recruit him/her to your “team.”

I am a parent of a USMA cadet— ACADEMICS— 4.0 is good. Try to keep that up. Do a study program starting now for the SAT or ACT (Khan Academy is free and good) to get the best score you can. Why did you choose the small technical vocational school? I am not telling you to change schools, but...

We have stayed in both. Newburgh is a bit closer and easier. But I did like Fishkill, too.

There could be a difference concerning your chance of getting the certain branch that you desire. For example, West Point tends to have more combat arms slots versus ROTC, so chance of getting that would higher if you choose West Point. I don’t know about MI or other branches. I am sure other...

Besides being disrespectful (which is not what they tried to teach you at the academy), your arguments in this case are illogical. The original poster was in need of parent advice for his situation, but he is not comfortable talking to his own parents right now. So he came here to get advice...

You said what you are doing is pointless. The majority of what you are doing at USNA is taking college classes, so it is not pointless. You are working on earning a college degree which is helping to accomplish one of your goals. So there is a good point in you being there, for the short term...

The NCAA requires all Division I, Ii, and III athletes to have sickle cell testing also. This is important since many athletes participate in demanding sports requiring them to perform intense exercise.