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For the past 6 years I have gone on some sort of trip to do volunteer work with friends during June. This year the trip ends on June 29th, two days before R-Day, and I am trying to decide whether or not to go. On one hand, it would be nice to have a "last hurrah" with my friends - these trips...

I have received appointments to both USNA and USMA, and I am trying to make a decision. As far as the academies go, I have visited both on CVW's, and I felt more "at home" at USMA, where I had also attended SLS the previous summer. I am undecided on a major, and have not ruled out a...

I am trying to complete my USNA application using the CFA test I took at USMA SLS Session 1. I followed the advice I found on a previous thread about this topic and emailed my ALO a week ago. I have received no reply, which makes me a little nervous. Should I be contacting the SLS office...

One of my uncles happens to personally know one of the senators I am applying to for a nomination. He has offered to write that senator a letter on my behalf, but I am unsure if this is a wise idea. Would it actually have an effect on my chances of a nomination? Or are such things frowned upon...

I just received notification that I am a candidate for USNA class of 2017, and I have been going through the preliminaries of the application. On the "Candidate Personal Data" section, under the "Record Current Studies" page, the instructions indicate that if I have already finished school, then...

I have read that Academy summers are divided into 3 phases of 3 weeks each, and that out of this cadets only get 3 weeks of leave, spending the other two summer periods in various training programs. 1. Can anyone tell me specifically what programs are available for cadets to choose(?) from...

Realizing that my decision to attend a service academy could very well result in serious injury (or death), I have a few questions about what happens to an academy grad who suffers a serious injury of the sort that seriously hampers one's ability to perform physically. 1. Who pays for the...

After spending the morning on the Academy Admissions page reading basically everything on the site (for at least the third time :), I still have a few questions concerning the graduate program. The Admissions site says Academy graduates can compete for scholarships and fellowships at other...

I was exploring some AFA related web page and ran across the schedule for a typical day. According to the schedule, "lights out" was at 11, leaving only 3 or 4 hours for studying. First, I would like to know if this is true. Second, is this "lights out time" strictly enforced? Does it...

Hello forum community, I would really like to attend AFA in 2013, but I have run across some troubling reports of the way several female cadets were treated at the academy. I am referring to the rape scandals of a several years ago. Though I suspect the media of dramatizing these...