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    DODMERB & BGO Interview

    another possibility for sure!
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    AP Chemistry or Physics??

    ^^^^ LOL!!!! I would add to the above: 1- you do all of that in addition to learning your professional gouge 2- you carry other responsibilities, be that within your company, or on a sports team, or club activity, or volunteer work, and any combo of the above, and many times pulling you...
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    Job after the academy

    In the hopes of setting the record straight for those with lingering questions about service selection: Rest assured the sub community does not want ANYONE that is not interested in them. They consider themselves, rightly so, a premire service community, and want the best of the best. That...
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    USNA vs. Other Options

    That is my understanding as well. I have been told that how one performs at leatherneck strongly influences the outcome of Marine Selectee.
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    DODMERB & BGO Interview

    The call would NOT be to set up a DoDMERB appointment. The Candidate Guidance Office does not call candidates re: their application. All correspondence is through the CIS system, by snail mail, or via your BGO. What is possible is that your daughter received a call from a coach, or a...
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    Care packages ---what to send next!

    tide pens are great. white out and a stick of white chaulk [both work well on last-minute scuffs] although you might want to tuck a note in there as to what to use it for. leave the flashlight at home. It is not allowed, and for every plebe that skates with one, there are 3 others that get...
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    College Grades?

    The admissions board will look at college grades very carefully. What they are looking for is a curriculum that mirrors that of the first year at the academy- therefore, a minimum of 16 credits, calculus [or pre-calc if there has been no foundation on the HS level], english literature, american...
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    Plebes writing home

    If I remember correctly, we received a letter - make that a note- 3 lines - short ones - scribbled out on a pad in pencil, written the night of I-Day. Alive and well is about all it said. It was plenty! We got a phone call on day 3. long story, but were we shocked. We received 2 other...
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    USNA vs. Other Options

    Memphis- you are correct- one can select Marines as an option. One does not list marine options further than that until they have been selected for Marines. Thus, the list is Marines then everything else you want on the Navy side of the equation. Once selected for marines, the...
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    Update: Admissions Board

    I was asked to forward this message here from another college forum. UPDATE I just attended a BGO Hub meeting yesterday. Key points that may be of interest to you: 1. The number of applications this year has once again increased. Numbers being reported are around 17,000, a 2,000...
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    Companies

    you will receive your company assignment in June, prior to your arrival on I-Day. Informational: Your summer assignment may appear as O-27, or O-28 for example- meaning you will be in "O" or "oscar" company for the summer (which combines plebes for both 28 and 28 companies), however at the...
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