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Giles, have your DS contact your area CGA recruiter. He was the one that has been the best source of information for us her in NC. Good Luck, I am trying to convince my DS to go to Marion on the self-prep route and re-apply for the class of 2017.

Texam'sMom, hang in there! No news is good news.:thumb: DS received his TWE on Saturday dated April 4th, 2012.:thumbdown: Letter from Captain Finton mentioned that over 2,500 students throughout the nation applied for appointments and they had to review more apps than in the last 2 decades...

Congrats to your CGAS appointment!:thumb: My DS is on a waiting list, so we may not know for a month or longer. We are working on plan B since most colleges want to know if you are attending by May 1st. He is a lacrosse player, and was disapointed when he was informed that he would not be...

txga67 please send me a PM about your experience with Marion to date. DS is on the waiting list for the CGA Scholars and mailbox stalking daily. I have been talking to admissions @ Marion and all CGA Scholars have to apply prior to attending. You have done the right thing being pro-active...

Congrats to your son! :thumb: We are mailbox stalking for that same type of envelope for the Scholars Program. Did it come USPS, UPS/FedEx?

Congrats from the Tar Heel State! My son plays Lacrosse and that would be an awesome place for him to open the envelope in front of his teamates!:shake: We are waiting for a SFE? That will inform us of a scholarship to one of the 2 prep schools in AL or GA. Wish us luck.:thumb:

DS has been informed from his recruiter that he will not be getting an appointment for the Class of 2016. :unhappy: The good news is that he is still being considerred for the Scholars Program!:thumb: Thanks for the link, will check it out for more information. How is the weather done there...

DS is anxiously waiing to hear from your review board. Do all applicants get a call and then the BFE in the mail? I sent you a PM with more specifics on my DS. Thanks for all of the infomative posts!:thumb:

Congrats from the Tar Heel State. :thumb: DS is anxiously waiting, wants to know what he will be doing this summer. Loved our visit to the Academy last October! I was so stoked, I was ready to re-enlist if they would take old submariners!:biggrin:

Thanks for the information Physicsguru. My son is anxiously waiting by the mailbox daily after he gets home from school. Since he is in the middle of Lacrosse Season, he gets out his nervous energy out on the field. I think he really wants that appointment or at least the CGAS program to Marion...

My son is an RA applicant that has not heard a word, call or letter. We are all anxious to hear something, since he has several other colleges that have accepted him. I have some emails into the one of the associate directors of admissions for an update. Anxious Dad!

profsparrow, great post! I tried to get an appointment to the USNA back in 1973 but there were no nominations available in NOVA at that time. I enslisted and served 6 years, most of it on a fast attack Nuclear sub. Now I have an 18 year old who is a finalist for the USCGA, I need to make sure...