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Remember you can also test out of a language if you are fluent and then will not "have" to take a foreign language...unless you want to. DS tested out of Indonesian and then choose to take Chinese but quickly decided that was not for him and has not taken a language class again. You take the...

As my DS always says, "It's the military, they don't do anything fast!" My guess is that you will hear fairly close to when he needs to leave.

It's always fun to read different experiences on I-day, DS read the forum advice to not draw attention. He's 6'5" 300lbs and decided he was going to draw attention no matter what.... so he wore a red Earth Wind and Fire shirt. He later said the only one who said anything was a Major who told...

Uber to the hotel and then to usafa, for I day they will let them on for sure!

DS graduated top 10 in a class of 961 and is a 2023 and his younger bothers classes are larger with one over 1k students. The one that just graduated had over 10 AP classes(all 4s and 5s) and all others where honors classes, 4.0 unweighted GPA (school does not weight GPAs), 35 ACT, Varsity...

It says in the appointee handbook to arrive 15 minutes prior to your assigned time.

Bought those for DS along with a pair of the Nikes a couple weeks ago. The Nikes are quite a bit lighter, but the Garmot's feel more sturdy and IMHO a nicer feeling boot. I'm not sure which he will be taking with him yet, but the other pair will be coming on parents weekend to give him another...

Re-appointees are those who have resigned their commission for a specific reason with the intent of returning at a later date. An example would be LDS missionaries, they usually resign their commission after 1 or 2 years at the Academy and then are considered re-appointees when they return from...

Feb-23 was a Saturday, 13 appointments above on that Saturday.

DS was a Blue Chip Football recruit this year and received his appointment a couple weeks ago. He also had a dozen other D1 football scholarship offers and multiple academic scholarships as well. 4.0 non weighted GPA, 31 ACT, all 5s and 4s on a dozen AP classes, football captain, multi year...

Thanks! DS is very excited!! He returns from his mission on May 8th! Congrats to you too!

Last years Appointment book was dated March 1, so I would expect information to be coming soon. https://www.usafa.edu/app/uploads/2022_Appointee_Booklet.pdf

The ACT and SAT are obviously different and it's really easy for one person to do well in one and not the other or do great on both. It only helps you to take both and get a good a scores as you can so planning on taking the ACT is a great idea. There are different strategies for taking ACT...

USAFA Class of 2023 Appointments: 1) rudycoon / DS / No LOA / 09-Nov-18 / Undecided / CA / Presidential / Direct Appointment 2) OdysseyDawn / Self / No LOA / 01-Dec-18 / Accepted / MS / Presidential / Direct Appointment 3) GoCubbies / DD / No LOA / 01-Dec-18 / Undecided / IL / Presidential /...

DS got a call today from our Senator congratulating him on his appointment. I wonder how long until it shows in his portal, a week?

I would suggest you have your son call his DODMERB coordinator and ask about his status if his DODMERB status still says under review. They are very busy by also very willing to help if they can. Sometimes things get lost and they are still working some bugs out of the system since the upgrade...

DS received his second nomination to the USAFA from Senator Mike Lee of Utah this evening . He received his first nomination to the USAFA last Friday from Rep John Curtis UT-03.

DS received nomination from Rep Curtis UT-03. Appeared in portal today.

I just wanted to give some information out for those applying from overseas as the information I found prior to my DS going through the DoDMERB Overseas processes was very sparse. 1st let me state my DS is overseas on a 2 year LDS mission and only has the opportunity to email home once a week...

He is serving his mission first. The coaches wanted him to not serve and come play immediately, so they had him start the admission process while he was a Senior before he was really aware that you could not just defer like the other D1 programs he had offers to. But when it became clear that...