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Years ago I had the good fortune to be friends with an impressive young woman who did the hiring for a particularly large division of a well known corporation. She described how she was unable to hire so many of the applicants, even from elite universities, because their resumes showed they...

DD-2 is off on her summer cruise before entering her final year at the academy this fall. I am unable to give the specifics, as you can imagine, but for the younger members of our audience I want to relate how six years ago this same young woman--who was too young for a drivers license—was...

The Parents Club of Vermont just shipped maple cookies and pints of maple syrup to those Green Mountain Mids in Bancroft; a small gesture meant to light the way through the dark ages of February. Do the other states Parents Clubs send items to remind their Mids of the home state they’ve left...

I have been tasked by the DW to get the dates for the 2C Parents Weekend in 2022. I thought a reasonable guess would overlay the weekend with a home football game for the designated parents to attend but checking the football schedule I do not see a home game that fits that time period...

Yesterday I was talking to a young doctor who swam for Columbia University; when I mentioned Navy Swimming she was so excited to segue the conversation to the Herndon Monument Climb. It occurred to me from my statistical basis of one that the academy should consider selling the television rights...

Yesterday I was talking to a young doctor who swam for Columbia University; when I mentioned Navy Swimming she was so excited to segue the conversation to the Herndon Monument Climb. It has occurred to me from my statistical basis of one that the academy should consider selling the television...

Last week my new youngster was enjoying sub-week. I pictured her in the back of the control room on an overnight cruise; nope, she got to drive the fast-attack Virginia-class submarine from 500 feet to periscope depth. Okay, a third submariner child is okay thinks Dad. Now we hit aviation week...

Designated Daughter (DD) related a story yesterday that I thought I should pass along to our viewers. Last Friday was the first day of finals week. The first exam for plebes that morning was Naval History. DD said it was fifteen minutes before the start of the test and she was in the women’s...

Class of 2021 Service Assignment Started Class of 2021 with 1215 midshipmen 15 international 320 women Today the Class of 2021 has 1098 midshipmen 895 Midshipmen received first choice (81.6%) 203 Midshipmen received other than first choice (10.9 % second choice, 7.5% third- 6th choice)

I have a few conduits of information into the current class of mids and their general mindset and here is my opinion: everything that is being done from a public health and epidemiological standpoint on the yard is being done to minimize and prevent deaths from infection; that we all can...

Could someone settle the morning's household debate and post whether the plebes new white works are cotton or another blend of fabrics. Thank you.

DS2 was talking about getting a pistol for high school graduation this year. DS1 said having a pistol at the academy presented a host of limitations and would likely end up sitting in the gun safe at home for four years. A much more practical gift would be a pocket knife. DS1 was very...

I’m not the type to check DD2’s portal for updates but as it is the time of year for nominations to arrive I thought today might be a good day to give it a peak. Well, wouldn’t you know it -a nomination has arrived-and DM knows, DD1 at the academy knows, and the service academy knows-but DD2 has...

Already heard lots of interesting threads; anyone care to comment?

I wanted to go back to earlier threads on the Forum as to when an AP course not an AP course. I am aware of one local high school where taking four AP courses require the student to make use of a stack of textbooks 12 inches high and to actually read each chapter. Another high school minutes...

Hi USNA Service Academy Forum, My DD received her LOA last month, and she has no application concerns -- except one very distressing concern. This is pretty important, so if you're reading this you may want to sit down with your plebe-to-be. I'll keep it short: I Day - June 25 Top Gun...

Just 226 shopping days left until Thursday June 25th....I-day 2024. Just keeping you on your toes.

Good evening future Mid parents: I was hoping a few of the group had already come across this question and could offer their latest insight- Can the results of the Candidate Fitness Assessment (CFA) used for the Naval Academy application be submitted in place of the NROTC Applicant Fitness...

The class of ’21 selected their majors this past week before leaving for Spring Break. Sometime in the past I remember seeing the number of students matched to the various majors and grouped with their year of graduation. I think it even broke out the information by gender as well...

Daughter is a first year student at, as such, an un-named service academy. Last week she messaged me to telephone her; the first time she has reached out for advice like this. In our phone call that followed she described that she had just walked out of a calculus test where the individual...