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DD (class of 2019) opened an account with USAA - they are located right outside of the yard and are very easy to deal with. Her thought was down the road she could get car insurance thru them (I don't know if NFCU has this as an option) . She also recently shared that each of the two...

Similar story from my DD but first week of Plebe Summer (class of 2019). One poor guy at the end of a VERY long day shouted at the top of his lungs "GO ARMY - BEAT NAVY" DD said the entire floor fell silent and then the same plebe said in a quieter voice (Boy I really F***ED that up) No...

OP - my DD is a youngster now but during her plebe year - she did 3 separate 1 second per day videos. A first semester, a second semester & a summer. She downloaded an app for 1 second a day and then used her own cell phone to record the videos. She usually uploaded the videos on you tube...

DD - class of 2019 - struggled with her major & did indeed change it this winter. She declared poly science last year but decided to change to English with an Arabic minor. I have been very involved in her decisions in the past but had very, very little input on this change. I mostly just...

If your parents are going to come with you on I day - have them get a place to stay now - things will fill up quickly. Also they should get a place to stay for parents weekend in August.

I would add to be prepared to stay if asked. My husband & I had every intention of leaving the kitchen after a few minutes and some chit - chat; but my DD's BGO asked us to stay. We, of course, did but were very careful to allow DD to do all of the talking from then on unless we were...

My DD just finished up her plebe year at USNA. She made another video showing one second a day at the academy. Enjoy !

Last year, morning after prom: DD - "Mom a couple of us are going to rent rollerblades & go skating in the park" Me - "ARE you crazy, you don't even have your bubble wrap !" No one went skating after her friends heard me thru the phone !

My DD really didn't need anything - even the food was unnecessary. What she appreciated the most was the personal notes, fill in the blank letters, new stories and pictures. Funny story - during one of their first room inspections one of the detailers noticed that she didn't have any pictures...

My DD also had "cool feet" as I day got closer, but once she was sworn in she has not looked back & is 30 days away from being a "plebe no more". One thing I would add is that as we researched different options my DD commented on the size of most State U. It's easier to get sucked into lots...

You may also wish to contact you MOC office where he got the nomination. My DD had both Blue & Gold officer and MOC staff member present to her.

My DD did a CVW in fall of 2014. (She is now a plebe) She is a runner but did not run with any team; rather several of the members of the company she was assigned to did a run first thing in the morning (I think around 5:30). She commented that it was so beautiful and it was a great time to...

My DD is a current plebe. She had 4 years of Arabic in High School (she would NOT consider herself even close to fluent) She was able to validate Arabic I and is now taking Arabic II The Monday after the brigade reformed for the semester a major open house was open for all of the plebes. She...

DD is planning on getting her own phone plan but is unsure as to which service is the best and the amount of data she'll use during Plebe year. Any suggestions? Also, do any providers give military discounts?

I found an idea either in another forum or on facebook is to include a "fill in the blank" or "multiple choice" letter with a self addressed stamped envelope in one of their care packages. It seems that this is more likely to get a quick response. For example: Hi Mom & Dad, I'm: great, fine...

Why would you recommend USAA vs. Navy Federal? Just trying to gather information so we can get an account set up for DD before I-day.

DD has not yet decided between USCGA and USNA and she is still waiting to hear from USAFA but with such a short summer (high school graduation on 5-28 and report day 5 weeks later) we have started to plan her graduation party. Love this thread for sharing !!! We are planning an all American...

We attended this fall & my daughter had a LOA. Much of the briefings were geared to Junior parents but there was a good deal of information about dealing with plebe summer as well as plebe year. We found the "round table discussions" with current midshipmen to be really good - there was 1...

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She did get her appointment dated Dec 7th - her MOC got his slate in rather early Congrats to your son !