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    From USNA to Reagan Washington Airport (DCA)?

    This is all excellent information, and a couple of very kind offers to help DS out, which I greatly appreciate and am thankful for. But, I just had a text-conversation with him a little while ago and he says he was able to make his own arrangements. He didn't specify what he's doing, but...
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    From USNA to Reagan Washington Airport (DCA)?

    He flies out on Monday, the 20th. He doesn't have a sponsor.
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    From USNA to Reagan Washington Airport (DCA)?

    Greetings, Does anyone know of any links to bus services, or any other transport services, from USNA to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) for the Christmas break? Our DS (Plebe) has never flown before and he's concerned about making his flight @ 7:45pm when his last exam...
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    USNA Class of 2025 Appointments Update-Entire-List-Yourself

    USNA Class of 2025 Appointments 01) Orval / DS / LOA / 16-Dec-20 / Undecided / WI / Congressional, Senatorial / Direct Appointment 02) Mcc123 / DS / LOA / 16-Dec-20 / Will Accept / NC / Senatorial / Direct Appointment 03) RowNerd / Self / LOA / 17-Dec-20 / Will Accept / FL / JROTC, ROTC / Direct...
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    Medical-DoDMERB-Waiver questions? Pls post to DoDMERB thread if really seeking an answer

    Greetings Mr. Mullen, Back on November 20th our DS was DQ'd to USNA (D155.41 - Distant visual acuity not correctable to 20/20 in each eye), with a "Current Medical Status: Under Waiver Review" pending. DS' B&G officer just called him yesterday to tell him that he is being offered an...
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    USMA APPOINTMENT LIST CLASS OF 2025

    Num Username Self/DS/DD LOA/No LOA Appt Date Status State Nom Source Direct/Non-Direct 1 KoSnakeKo Self LOA 07-Oct-20 Accepted NC Service Connected Direct Appointment 2 DiscoF15 DS LOA 16-Oct-20 Accepted ?? Presidential Direct Appointment 3 NesherVII DD LOA...
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    USAFA Appointment List Class of 2025

    1) 2025hopeful/DD/No LOA/28 Oct 2020/Accepted/Presidential Nom/direct appoint 2) T37IP/DS/LOA/LOA/18 Nov 2020/Undecided/Presidential/ direct appoint 3) yellowfisherman/Self/No LOA/18 Nov 2020/Undecided/Presidential/direct appoint 4) tjn2021/self/No LOA/12 Nov 2020/Accepted/FL-MOC, Presidential...
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    How "good" does your CFA have to be to help with your WCS?

    I definitely agree, this cycle simply has to be different, and because of that the CFA score may be elevated in value toward the Whole Person Multiple (WPM). I was just suggesting to my DS that he spend a few minutes everyday throwing the B-Ball a few dozen times to try and gain five-to-ten more...
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    How "good" does your CFA have to be to help with your WCS?

    The 2015 RAND Report on WP Admissions that NJDadofDSUSMA2024Hopeful mentioned can be found here: https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR700/RR723/RAND_RR723.pdf Pay special attention to pages 9 & 10 of the report. It's been a while since I read the whole report, but from...
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    Does anyone know when the August 29th, 2020 SAT scores will be released.

    Does anyone know when the August 29th, 2020 SAT scores will be released. Some websites say that today (Friday, 9/11/2020) is the scheduled release date, and some say that it won't be for another ten days (Monday, 9/21/2020). I seem to remember my older DS' getting his score exactly two weeks...
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    Does anyone know when the August 29th, 2020 SAT scores will be released.

    Does anyone know when the August 29th, 2020 SAT scores will be released. Some websites say that today (Friday, 9/11/2020) is the scheduled release date, and some say that it won't be for another ten days (Monday, 9/21/2020). I seem to remember my older DS' getting his score exactly two weeks...
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    Does anyone know when the August 29th, 2020 SAT scores will be released.

    Does anyone know when the August 29th, 2020 SAT scores will be released. Some websites say that today (Friday, 9/11/2020) is the scheduled release date, and some say that it won't be for another ten days (Monday, 9/21/2020). I seem to remember my older DS' getting his score exactly two weeks...
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    USNA goes "Test Flexible"

    There’s a lot of excellent BGO advice on this thread. My DS is home-schooled, so this SAT/ACT problem is of a much greater magnitude for him. Therefore, we absolutely, positively had to do something about it. This is how my DS and I are looking at this: The greater the effort, the more...
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    How to deal with Boys/Girls State cancellations on Candidate Applications

    Greetings, Back in March a USMA Admissions Officer (LT Le) was addressing questions about Boys/Girls State cancellations and he posted the following "If you were selected but it is now cancelled, a letter from the Legion President will suffice for us. Please have it signed, dated, scanned, and...
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    Covid 19 effects on applications

    I couldn't agree more with NavyHoops. I have a USMA Plebe DS finishing his 2nd semester on a laptop in our home, while my next DS is striving for an SA appointment for the Class of 2025. They recently cancelled his March SAT, April ACT, Varsity Track & Field, Robotics Club, Sea Cadets, and now...
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    No SLE Email

    My DS hasn't gotten his e-mail either. DS had gotten an e-mail from WP on the 17th stating "We are currently experiencing technical issues which will temporary delay receipt of your login information to the SLE application. Please look for the SLE email between January 22-24, although if the...
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    Portal Issue

    I don't think you should worry about WP seeing the lower ACT scores. The Admissions Team folks are very smart people, and they know quite well that many candidates will struggle with one type of test or sub-section of a test, but then excel at the other. As I understand it WP will...
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    ACT Prep help

    Kudos to your DS brewmeist, that is next level motivation & proficiency! I definitely agree that efficiency (Time Management) is definitely half the battle, maybe even more than half. A kid has got to know the material, but many a brilliant young academic has performed beneath their own...
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    ACT Prep help

    For those parents that are considering paying for a tutoring service I have some advice. First of all, I did not hire a tutoring service for my older DS (USMA Plebe Class of 2023), but I definitely considered it, and I do not think it is a bad idea, there are just too many people who’ve had...
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    TWE Is This For Real?

    That's exactly right! The National Waiting List (NWL) offers justifiable hope to a candidate as well qualified as Alliern"s DS. Here's a post from kinnem yesterday on another thread (Two Nominations) that says it very well: All folks who are 3Q with a nom go to the NWL if they are not...
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