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    senior course choice

    AP Physics could help because he could validate a semester of physics. Anything to lighten your course load helps.
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    Snow Day...

    As a plebe- we were allowed to sleep in a little. I got some essays and miscellaneous homework (and professional knowledge) done, and like a lot of people, I am taking advantage of this to recover from whatever plague is going around. Other than that, it is a nice day to relax!
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    Help For Appointment

    Actually, with six weeks, it's pretty busy right now.
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    Drum and Bugle Corps

    Do what you want. Chances are you'll have to pick between the two. Some mids (like 18MIDN I am assuming) dislike D&B for whatever reason. That is their problem. Pick what you want to do while you are at USNA.
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    Question About Monies Needed By I-Day

    Money is useful for two things during plebe summer- one trip to the mid store to restock on toiletries, cleaning supplies, etc, and the baseball game.
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    Drum and Bugle Corps

    About 6 days into plebe summer you will have a D&B brief where you can audition. If you've played before, you should get in. Plebe Summer D&B has practices during sports and drill time, and they do parades twice a week with the 4/C Regiment and play pep tunes at the various "smokers" at the end...
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    Knives at USNA

    Most do.
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    c/o 2019 Appointees

    A lot of people enjoy reading all of the #USNA19 posts. Also, be careful about posting anything about what company you will be in (if you find out) or anything similar. Detailers can use it against you. Ours told us after the summer about how they looked through our social media before I-day to...
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    When can I expect USNA to respond yes/no to my NASS application?

    I was waitlisted in the spring, and I was accepted the week before my session, so it could be a while.
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    Navy Uniforms

    As a daily uniform, we now wear summer working blues year round. However, on snowy days (such as the last two days), we will wear NWUs. Your next time to wear a different academic year uniform (as far as I know) is your first class year. It isn't necessarily NWUs (nuensis explains it well), but...
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    Validating Courses

    Over plebe summer, you have to take an English test, and have the option to try and validate. You also have to take a chemistry validation test, and everyone who validates the first one is called about validating chem II. All of the others are optional, and as far as I remember (it's all one...
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    CVW Question

    Its only plebes, and pretty random from what I've seen. But if my drags know any other mids, they usually find time to meet up with them at some point over the weekend.
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    Academy Traditions

    The part about not using curved paths or certain staircases or doors is actually just a plebe thing, once you climb Herndon you can use them. Honestly one of the really interesting things about coming here was finding about all of the small traditions (such as Worden Whirl and dumping CC's in...
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    Plebe Summer Weekends

    Sundays are the best days of plebe summer. You get to sleep in until about 6:30, go to breakfast, and then groups break off for optional church. The rest of the morning is down time, so you can read and write letters, shine shoes, fold laundry, clean, or just relax (but definitely not sleep). At...
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    Attrition rate during break

    Most separations in our company occurred at the end of the semester.
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    Academy Traditions

    There are a lot of traditions that belong to different companies- like painting Tecumseh, doing particular morning workouts, or other various traditions. There are also some unsanctioned things like dumping pitchers of water on firsties during Air Force and Army week. A large amount of what...
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    NASS CFA and DoDMERB

    When I was there, the CFA was done the first full day of NASS (Sunday). If you go, train hard for it so you only have to take it once. DoDMERB is a long, fun process that you start after a significant portion of your application is done.
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    Helping each other

    Honestly, its all about sacrificing your time. Standing watch for someone else, including main office watch or colors detail, if they can't make it, is a big one. Also, over plebe summer, help out your classmates before you report. If your detailers are screaming because the three minutes to...
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    Brigade Bowl

    I am pretty sure it is an activity primarily for midshipmen. Basically the top teams from both regiments face off in their respective intramurals (flag football, ultimate frisbee, etc.) for the championship. The brigade is invited to come out and watch, and enjoy food and music while doing so.
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    Salutations to You Fine People

    Have you considered service academies?
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