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If he gets injured at West Point he won't be able to fall back on ROTC anyway. He'll still have to pass the PT test to contract with ROTC. In my opinion, I would hold onto the ROTC scholarship until he leaves for the Academy.

The team sport thing would make perfect sense. Thanks for the information.

The last thing I want to do is start a debate about whether tennis is better than swimming or whatever. I am curious though if one sport carries more weight on an application than another. For example, would a football team captain add more weight to an application over a cross country team...

Almost always, without exception, Academy grads go to a ship their first tour. I knew quite a few JOs I served with afloat that went to flight school after their first tour afloat. Best case scenario, count on at least one tour afloat.

That may be the case with people going to Bahrain, but even a tour there is few and far between. I've been seperated for almost five years and I've heard it's even difficult for the enlisted folks to get back to back afloat tours.

Three afloat tours out of the Academy is extremely rare; never knew anyone during my career that pulled that off.

They've added an upload document page to the cadet portal. My son just recently uploaded his employment verification form or whatever it's called. When you log into the portal, just read the updates, it explains how that all works.

I think that is excellent advice you received from your admissions officer. My son is in the same boat. He already received a 4 yr ROTC scholarship and he's waiting word from the USMA. Since you only have 30 days decide on your ROTC scholarship, you should accept it, because if you get an...

I hate to be a downer, but, with the current state of the economy and the steep increase in applications, there's going to be more than enough highly qualifed applicants who have not used drugs. I know for the Coast Guard, if you admit to using illegal drugs, you can forget about the academy or...

What do you think the deciding factors are that determine whether a recepient receives a 3 year scholarship vice a 4 year scholarship?

I served 20 years in the military so take this for whatever it's worth. I've probably had this discussion about a million times with fellow serviceman and none of them, even if they did, admitted to using drugs. If you don't have a drug problem and you've only experimented with it then why put...

Can someone help me? What is a Bears Den Account? thank you.

My son said today that the Cadet Command Portal stated that he received a scholarship to his first choice. GPA: 4.0 SAT: 1280 CR & Math Officer of the math honor scociety 5 letters in fooball and wrestling, football captain All AP classes junior and senior year