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My son's prep year was possibly the best thing that could have happened to him. That year of maturity and easing into academy life was priceless. You don't know what you don't know. I am a firm believer in the fact that "things happen for a reason."

My kid can't stand at attention without smiling or talking and he made it. :) He's also really good at pushups and other unimportant physical tasks due to his inability to stand still. I would respectfully submit you likely do not have all the facts. Let the admissions system do what it...

Again, check with your administrator, but you don't need a qualifying event to change from family to employee and spouse. In this particular case you are just removing a dependent. Now, if you are asking if you can use the situation of removing your child to change your benefit plan to a...

When you say change your plan level, do you mean go from family to employee and spouse? Or, change the specific benefit plan that you are on now that junior is no longer on the plan?

You don't need a qualifying event to remove a person from your healthcare plan. You can remove yourself or spouse or dependents at any time. You only need a qualifying event when you need to join a plan outside of open enrollment.

Wake up tomorrow morning with the mindset that you have turned down your appointment and have chosen to stay at your university. If you feel remorse from that decision, then continue on the path toward USAFA. If you are at peace or content with that decision, stay where you are. A couple of...

With all due respect, it should not be frustrating for you at this point. The confirmation email from WP said they would notify everyone by mid April. Today is April 3rd. You and your son are doing yourself a disservice if you are emailing and calling WP admissions personnel about an SLE...

I believe t-shirt size is information requested on the initial submission so I would not read too much into that. The email confirming they have received all information indicated they would notify everyone by mid April.

State of record for taxation purposes is a completely separate issue from what your driver's license says. Most, if not all, insurance companies are going to require you to have a driver's license for the state in which your car is being regularly garaged. The insurance company is going to...

Wow! That is crazy. That article is very disturbing. They are going to spend nearly $300K to have someone monitor cadet's jodel accounts. What is next?

I don't think there is any internal pressure but it is interesting to see how cadet's paradigms regarding how they want to serve change. In my child's recently graduated unit, there were a few who went reserves and there were some feelings of regret as they saw all of the cool challenges or...

Corrected for you.

OP - I tried to send you a private message but it said I cannot send private messages to you. I'm just a fellow Dad here who has a Yuk at WP. He would welcome the chance to be a confidential resource to your plebe if they need anything. Same goes from me if you just want to chat with another...

You need to stop right now. You're over your skis. Please move along. I don't think any current plebe or parent needs a "toughen up" speech from you. I'm thinking your just a troll and if so that's sickening.

No offense, but if you're hung up on providing insurance info for SLE, academy application could be a slog

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Great post. I'm a big fan of points 2 and 3. There are a fair number of cadets who have no concept of leading in a way that is loving and selfless. My cadet struggles mightily with the squares who want nothing more than to catch you doing something wrong but never take one minute to get to...

Maybe someone who knows how it shook out on branch night this year can chime in, but apparently as a result of the lengthened commitment, there has been a corresponding decrease in competitiveness for the USMA aviation slot. My yuk, who I believe to be middle of the pack rank-wise, was...

I don't know if I could disagree with this more. Genetics? Hardly.. Born into difficult life circumstances with poor or absent parenting or mentoring? Now, I'm with you. But genetics? Were not talking Olympic athletes or Nobel Prize Physicists. (Certainly the academies have these but its...

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