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Being a non military family I like the advice from Elaine's book as well as this forum. As one very strongly worded contributed has said above, ALL opinions are valid. Elaine has a view from a mothers perspective of usna as she did not attend the acadmy. Probably like most parents of Mids. The...

Da also isn't on here so I will answer. He wanted usna since before high school. He applied, got his appoint,went in decmbernof senior year but also wanted to hear from his regular colleges. One gave him huge scholarship, honor college, first year research, etc.... He was torn. Should have taken...

did you ever consider reapplying? I've heard people have done it and my DS was glad to know that door wasn't closed. Just wondering if anyone else has heard of this happening.....

I should have looked up this thread a while ago. My DS just left the academy after plebe year. Going thru the process of choosing a major in early spring, he realized that his passion is in his academics, not the military. Up till that point he was extremely interested in going Subs and spoke...

Yes last year there were no overnights and they do want to get back by 10:30 of so just to make sure they aren't the "late one" causing problems for their friends. We made the mistake of bringing grandparents. Please don't do that. There is a lot of walking and you don't want to be worried...

My plebe has the same questions last year but slightly reversed. He had always wanted usna and suddenly wasn't sure if it fit with his career goals. After much discussion he decided to accept usna knowing that this opportunity comes but once. Regular college will always be there if he decides...

Not only did DS need a remedial for a cyst removal in his wrist he also needed a waiver for concussions "with symptoms lasting more than 1 month". Remedial was a doctor letter to follow up the surgery. That was the easy fix and the notice from DoDMerb told us exactly what to do. We did add a...

Sober for both men and women. I have a DD in regular college and while I tell her to never drink till she can't remember, boys also have to be told the same to protect themselves as well.

My plebe pursued plan B with a school that offered him honors college, scholarship and freshman research opportunities. He reached out to them after paying deposit, to let them know he was accepting USNA but would like to keep his spot just in case. They understood and even offered to hold his...

DS got his call from his senator on a Friday with his appointment last December. His waiver was in our mail on Monday. If the senator had been busy on Friday, we may have received the waiver first - and been in your shoes. I don't want to get your hopes too high. But think positively,take a...

We have seen our plebe three times this Fall since parents weekend in August. We had a family wedding on a Saturday so we were allowed to pick him up at noon but he had to be back by midnight. Then we went to several football games and plan to get season tickets next year. They can see you...

Your son is at Norwich? We live in Vermont...do you?

Bfe was 2-3 weeks after notification from MOC. It seems most people start wondering if the appointment was real! It takes a while but be patient! You are in!!!

Last year DS received his call from Bernie Sanders office with his appointment on our way to the army navy game. No LOA since he needed both a medical waiver and the Nom. But once the NOM was received I'm guessing the academy put thru the waiver immediately so the appointment was issued on Dec...

My plebe was never a party kid. But he does say its hard to see social media and know what your friends are doing and you can't. Keep in mind this is only temporary, the long term gain is so much better than the short term "fun" you may miss out on. There are a lot of restrictions I think...

We even put deposit on Plan B school "just in case". We were upfront with them and they even held his scholarship - just in case. Even tho USNA was his #1 choice for 4 years, it's always good to have a back up. Hardest part of applying to Plan B schools for me was turning down some amazing...

For what it's worth, I understand where you are coming from. Also from a small state with only a small number of applicants to ALL SA's, our noms aren't difficult to get if you are a good student. While there is ALWAYS a chance something might affect that, if our applicants get an LOA, chances...

Even if you don't get an LOA, it still could be positive. DS had complete app done by Sept but needed a waiver for medical. Since it was still Fall, and nominations weren't out yet, he didn't get an LOA (needing both mom and waiver). But the minute he received his Nominations in December, he...

DS was a mess at home. I couldn't see his floor. He had food in there. I had to remind him to throw trash out and bring food dishes back to the kitchen. This was a fight I was unwilling to have because he was a remarkable student, played sports and had a job for his last two years (between...

My plebe has a drag (CVW candidate) coming today! Maybe its one of your candidates! If they are with a kid from VT that's mine! Good luck to all of you....I remember last year at this time. DS had everything done and submitted before school started. Had some extra work to do after DoDMerb...