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I guess pretty good. lol

DS just received e-mail also. Type 7 technical scholarship. Oh, happy day!!!!!!

My DS is a 2016 grad. He is one of the 10 who are showing under Financial Management. He will be heading to Law School at the University of Iowa in the Fall and will be joining the Air Force JAG office after completion of law school and passing the bar.

DS is going to be ordering the sabers later on. I know that he said that he can get them much cheaper than the AOG price. R&R Woodworking is supposed to be the recommended company for saber cases. They seem awfully pricey to me but not sure what would be a good alternative that we could be...

So, our DS will graduate with class of 2016. He is planning on buying two sabers, one for himself and one for us. His father is very enthusiastic about definitely wanting one. I am looking at purchasing a nice case with a glass cover. My question is for the engraving plate......What is...

Interest does accrue immediately. Acceleration rate is 18%. No guarantees in life but he is still very enthused about USAFA, doing very well, and shows no inidication that he would even consider not completing his time there. Pymts are $620/month if he takes the full amount. He bought a nice...

So, my 2016 cadet just received e-mail from USAA regarding Career Starter loan. Max of $36k at .75% with five year payback beginning Sept 2016. Planning to pay off his 3.9% (or thereabouts) car loan to start. Roth IRA already mostly funded for the year so probably looking at mutual funds for...

I agree that Denver is usually cheaper, but not always so be sure to check. I was just looking at prices this morning for Parent's week-end. We are taking our DS's car to him and then flying home. I found flights from Denver for $200 and the flight from COS, that stops in Denver and then...

Color Vision Deficiency I can only speak to our experience. DS was DQ'd by USNA for color vision deficency and did not recieve a waiver. While he was waiting to see how it would play out he received notification that he had been selected for a Navy ROTC scholarship, pending medical. About a...

I did not mean to imply that this was a rule set in stone, regardless of the extent of color deficiency. This was just our experience. My DS sounds very similar to yours, in that he is color deficient, not totally color blind. I can show him any object in a room and he knows the color with...

Color Deficiency My DS did not pass either color vision test. This was never an issue for either USAFA or USMA. He was considered medically qualified for both and received offers of appointment for both. The only reason that he even took the Farnsworth Lantern test was because he was...

Bus to Denver Airport for Christmas So, my C4C has told me that he will be able to leave at Noonish on 12/18. I have not seen anything regarding bus schedules for Christmas. Do we know with absolute certainly that the busses are running very frequently to Denver on the 18th and that there...

Cell Phone We have received several calls from our DS. He called us on Saturday evening and we had a nice visit for about 15 - 20 minutes. He said that he only had a few hours in which to make calls that evening. However, he called us several times on Tuesday evening with questions as he was...

Blue Sash Our DS had one. He tweaked his knee about a week before reporting. He iced it for a day or two and then it felt almost perfectly normal. A few days into basic he showed up with the blue sash. He wore his like a belt. Then he showed up in WebGuy photos with a knee compression...

DS has been awarded seven scholarships from various local and national organizations. These are all merit awards that have nothing to do with financial need. He was forthright with each and every one of them regarding his intention to attend USFAFA. He even went so far as to point out to them...

I read up on the restrictions piece and fortunately, all of DS scholarship materials are worded along the lines of "to be used for education related expenses". None of them specifically states "tuition" or "room and board". Of course we have not received the actual checks yet, but he should be...

Yes, we have checked that very carefully, as well as for any kind of restrictive language. One is renewable for a second year if he maintains at least a 3.0 gpa. The rest are one time deals and have no restriction whatsoever, other than that he attend an accredited university. One is from my...

DS has been awarded a number of scholarships that he plans to have sent to USAFA. We anticipate that most of them will arrive at our home payable to DS and US Air Force Academy. I have seen the instruction from USAFA that the checks should be payable to the cadet if possible, otherwise to "US...

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Best Site to use for reservation for best price Where would you recommend booking to get the best rate on this hotel? It looks like Clarion and Quality Inn are actually two different hotels at the same address? I have found that Priceline is actually sometimes more expensive than the hotel...