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DD received her no yesterday evening. Kudos to USNA because the rejection letter was motivating rather than neutral or worse, discouraging. These kids are so young, life is long, and there are many avenues to military service. They need to grow into their futures, not be discouraged.

I'm confused by a "top ranked congressional nom". Obviously, if your congressman is chair of the armed services committee, that's a big deal. But what if you're from a district with little representation at the academies (like an inner city district in a blue state)? I thought those were...

FWIW, DD applied the morning applications opened also as a rising 9th grader and hasn't heard a peep. It seems that some older kids have had acceptances, but I don't know about the rising freshmen.

That's a great story about Roy Disney! Pyewacket was the name of a kids book long ago. I love it as a user name, so I'm always happy when I can nab it because someone else usually has!

Thank you so much. This is all very helpful!

But I need to control expectations. DD has been interested in the academies for years, and she's only in 8th grade. She's a competitive distance runner who was diagnosed with exercise induced asthma when we noticed she had begun wheezing when running at the highest levels. Even without an...