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My son is a Plebe and has applied for a pass for this weekend to attend his cousin's wedding a few hours away. It has been approved "at the Company Level" but he has yet to hear anything concrete from anyone higher. He/we are starting to get a little concerned because I'm scheduled to pick him...

My daughter applied to WP last year and did not get in, but WP gave her an ROTC scholorship to the college of her choice. She chose Penn State and she is excelling there academically and in the ROTC program. She (this evening) stated that she "might re-apply to WP". She is a much better...

Is tomorrow the deadline for appointees to accept their appointments (we have heard both 15 April and 1 May)? What happens if the Academy doesn't hear from the appointee by the deadline- does the appointment go to the next person on that slate?

Estimated release of Falcon Scholars appointments – 7 April 2014 Estimated release of Falcon Scholar offers for next year – 1 May 2014 http://www.usafa.org/FalconFoundation/Events

Each Academy fills a class of about 1200 (except USCGA and USMMA ~250 each) by extending 1400-1500 offers of appointment. Of those, 200-300 decline those offers to go to another Academy. Having been through this process several times we know that a vast majority of the applicants apply to more...

Our DD was recently offered a CGAS spot. Back in Oct. she was DQ'd by Dodmerb. Both USMA and USAFA pursued and granted a waiver, but neither USNA nor USCGA pursued a waiver, but she was offered the CGAS spot...what happened there? Dodmerb told us that we would be informed when/if waivers...

This article is several months old, but it implied that the percentage of women offered appointments this year would increase. "Next year, we're going to recruit a class that will move from 15 to 20 percent," Caslen says. "We don't know yet what the right number is."...

We have a son at USMAPS who will be entering USMA class of 2018 and a daughter who is still in the running for USNA, USAFA, USMA and was offered an appointment to USCGAS for 2018. As I get up to speed on "all things Academy" I came across a great tradition at USMA of donating class rings of...

I'm just curious if it is an asset or a liability if you have a sibling already at an SA or a parent that served? Our son is currently at USMAPS and (presumably) will be in the USMA class of 2018 and I served in the Army back in the stone age. Our daughter is a candidate to the USMA class of...

I received a medical waiver, and a letter of physical and academic qualification . The medical waiver letter said that their medical team and the admissions team have both thoroughly reviewed my waiver and granted it. I have read several posts that say that a waiver isn't granted to everyone...

Our son was accepted to USMAPS and will start in July. We just bought a new car this past Saturday (to drive the 8 hours to WP!). So, I called the insurance guy today and while processing the info for the new car I casually asked about dropping our son from our car insurance because he would...

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WEST_POINT_PROSELYTIZING_PROTEST?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-12-05-18-22-25 I'm actually glad to hear that the culture is so supportive of cadets of faith, we had concerns that it could be just the opposite. Thoughts?

As we continue to stalk the mailman with the dimming hope that a BFE will appear in the mailbox, this has been an interesting journey. through this long and difficult and heart wrenching process I have come to several conclusions: 1) USNA is not a meritocracy where the most qualified get...

Is there anything on the DODMERB page that changes either way in terms of an appointment to USNA? I was looking back at the threads from this time last year and it seems people were learning of their appointments through DODMERB before any phone call or correspondence (BFE) from USNA. Is...

WNTH news story about the CGA. CGA wants to expand into an adjacent park, but the city of New London won't allow the expansion - for the National Simulation Center. The City want the CGA to build the Center in town and not contiguous to the CGA campus...

The U.S. Coast Guard will escort the first ship coming to the EGT grain terminal at the Port of Longview this month, and the Occupy movement and local labor groups say they are planning to greet the vessel with a massive protest. The Coast Guard will deploy one or two vessels to escort the...

Is anyone else having this problem? My son is having problems getting a response from Admissions. He is torn between being seen as a squeaky wheel and making sure his file is complete and a question is answered. There are several issues that he is concerned about and he thought it was a...

Will the dodmets page that shows my son to be qualified medically for the naval academy also show when the coast guard academy has inquired about him? basically will it show both naval academy and coast guard academy on the same page? Will he get a letter from dodmerb stating that he is...

What is the profile of an applicant who would be chosen to receive an appointment to the scholars program (prep school with admission to the cga the following year)?

I was just curious what kind of preparations and contingencies the CGA has for this or any other hurricane. Just some thoughts: Where would they evac the cadets to in case of an evacuation order? What do they do with the Eagle and the sail boats? When was the last big hurricane to influence...