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You only need the waiver if you want to go full time in lieu of sailing. If you go part time while you sail then no waiver is needed. USMMA does not have a specific grad school program like the other service academies because the Merchant Marine is not a full time service like the services the...

Auditing in the maritime industry is related to the International Safety Management code. The ISM Code is essentially the maritime equivalent of ISO 9001. It came out of an accident on board a RO/RO ferry in Europe where the incident and its 193 deaths were traced to an individual not...

Or when you meet a fellow alumni for the first time and it's immediately like you have been best friends for decades.

Add academy burnout to the list of pull factors.

ding ding ding ... we have a winner. He tried to fail me because I missed a lab while I was in the infirmirary after having my appendix out. I went to the department head and he changed it to an incomplete and told me to make do the lab with another class. I waited till 1/C to do it, me and...

I did not have the pleasure of Black Mac. I still have Hubert's book on my bookshelf. Can't recall my circuits professor but he was torture. Dude was clearly brilliant, just struggled to effectively teach what he obviously knew well. Only guy in my section that got above a C had worked with...

Highly underrated because he was not easy. The biggest hurdle for most was the time available for tests. Once I figured out how to do my FBD most efficiently I was able to do the tests in the same amount of time he did. Of course that was the second time I took his class and the difference...

I didn't say I understood him, only that I got a C+ in his class. I attribute it to a solid understanding in statics from my A- with Paquette.

I got a C+ in strengths of materials with CB Kim. I recall no As, One B, and a few Cs. Everyone else was Ds and Fs. Only thing better than that was the Coast Guard petty officer grading my test telling me congratulations I was now a 3rd Engineer.

^^^^ 100% This One has no idea what life events their 4 (or more) years at KP hold and what impact said life events can have on a particular trimester's GPA. Having a solid cumulative GPA cushion to fall back on can save someone from setback or disenrollment if they have a 1.0 for the trimester.

My advice would be for someone to take the following steps. It would take about 10 years before you have the requisite knowledge and experience to be able hit the ground running. 1. Graduate 2. Sail on your license 3. Upgrade your license to a Management level license (C/M or 1A/E) 3a. A...

I was B-Split (quarter system back then) so once plebe year finished in mid-June I was on sea year until January. I ended up not joining my first ship till late July so I had about 6 weeks off. I know things are quite a bit different between trimesters, academy leadership, and the state of...

What CaptMJ said ... I have heard that the other Cadet and M/N pay for some of the things that KP gets for free such as uniforms and books. I have heard that as part of the justification for not paying KP like the other SAs. 37 US Code Sec. 203 Rates (c) A cadet at the United States Military...

1. Focus on GPA plebe year, having a bit of a pad to fall back on in case of a bad trimester later is helpful. Go low-profile. Don't try to stand out plebe year. It offers you nothing in terms of achieving your post-grad goals and only invites additional stressors. Minimize extra-curriculars...

Shoreside there are some, but I believe more in the Elizabeth area where the main part of the port is. There are several tug/barge companies also, mostly on Staten Island but some in Brooklyn too I am pretty sure. I don't think the impact will be as big as people think. Yes, there is an...

So this came up on my google start page today ... convenient or creepy, I am not sure which. TSA removes Boarding Pass requirement

Its AUs, not plus one. All Tier1 cards offer this benefit, not just the Platty.

Some of the classes are much less license oriented and much more degree oriented. There is some commonality and some exclusivity between the two. While much of the hardcore engineering courses do not seem particularly license related I did dust the cobwebs off some statics/dynamics once when...

Not bad ... I'm an ISM Auditor for a cruise line. I go on 12-15 cruises a year for "work".

It's still a bit hit and miss on the DL only for TSA. Some still ask me for my boarding pass but mostly its just the DL. Some are now not even taking it but asking me to run it in the machine myself. I suspect its related to a technology update. I have noticed some airports are now also...