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    Misdemeanors and ROTC?

    Very disgusted and disappointed to have to ask this question, but Son now has racked up TWO, count 'em, TWO, misdemeanor convictions: 1 speeding ticket, and 1 act of complete idiocy in which he was caught discharging fireworks within city limits. He is 18. For what it's worth, he's an honor...
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    Is an in-state public required?

    Deep breath: Himself is beginning to start the application process for the ROTC scholarships. As I understand his plans, he will be applying for marines as well as army. I believe I have read here that he is required to list at least one in-state public school on the scholarship...
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    Norwich FLC -- similar to campus experience?

    Hi all, I've perused old threads on Norwich's future leaders summer camp program, and read only good things about it. Son is interested in Norwich and was hoping to squeeze in a campus visit, possibly with an overnight stay, in the fall, but with his sports and other commitments that's...
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    VMI Open House

    Son (junior in high school) registered for the VMI Open House/Overnight Visit on February 14-15. I'll be going with him, so any recommendations on lodging & dining in Lexington, or any other advice would be greatly appreciated. Also, he's interested in varsity swimming at VMI. There's an...
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    EICD and OML

    This Google talk -- long, and statistics-laden, but interesting -- by Malcolm Gladwell, about elite institutions and meritocracy, suggests that the military has been doing it right. (I'd add..."and then you should work your butt off to be in the top ten percent of the class," but that's...
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    Joke of the day --

    -- maybe the week, depends on your experience and sense of humor. Quote from son: "I can't wait until I finish with this school crap and finally get into the military. I don't mind the work- work, but I'm so over all the paperwork."
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    Need some perspective.

    One week into the school year, ds, a jr in high school, is up at midnight working on a very substantial AP Physics problem set that he "forgot" to do over Labor Day weekend. (Yesterday he was recovering from dental surgery all day and zonked out on painkillers.) Dad The Homework Checker is...
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    Your MOS choice -- what was it, what is it?

    Our son is thinking about college choices. He's got a very specific major in mind, and while it's good to narrow down his list, I'm also encouraging him to consider larger schools with more departments so if he changes his mind about that major he will have plenty of options. IME, more often...
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    AROTC for 5th year?

    Another probably dumb question about AROTC: If a cadet is majoring in a program that requires an additional year of study (meaning, for co-op program or some other part of the normal curriculum -- I'm not talking about needing a fifth year to finish for academic reasons, or because of the...
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    School choice questions

    Son, a sophomore, has been asked to describe his college choice criteria for his guidance counselor. Here is what he wrote: Yes, his grammar is appalling. My questions are, are the bolded parts correct? and, any idea how his poor guidance counselor is going to suggest he fill that little...
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    Tell me about Texas A&M

    Our son, a sophomore, has ambitions of active duty Army. He's studying engineering at a STEM magnet high school. We live in Texas, and he's likely to qualify for automatic admission to TAMU (we understand the application to the CoC is a separate process.) He's been planning on applying to...
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    Dartmouth ROTC

    The alumni magazine has devoted an entire issue to Dartmouth's contribution. One of my favorite quotes: "Goldman-Sachs has enough Dartmouth grads." http://dartmouthalumnimagazine.com/
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    Hey from Texas

    I have a high school freshman who is, in our vernacular, chomping at the bit. He has his heart set on military service. He's finishing up his eagle about project and running for senior patrol leader of his scout troop, participating in two individual sports (one he's lettered in) and keeping...
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