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It's come to my attention that the Coast Guard Academy is supporting a current cadet who is transitioning from a male to a female. The cadet is now welcome in the women's showers/restrooms/living spaces and will be treated as if they were born a female. I was wondering if the other service...

Does anybody have insight as to how BMT (specifically, Air Force) compares to the summer training prior to the service academies? Wondering which is more difficult and how the two compare. (I have one child in a SA and one thinking about enlisting in the Airforce and they are comparing the two...

If a 4/C was placed in Foundations of Calculus this year and has to take Calc II over the 3/C summer, can somebody please tell me roughly what the summer will look like? Will they still get time off? -6 weeks on Eagle -Time off (how long?) -back to CGA for summer school (??) Thank you.

When is the initial PFE given for Swab Summer? Is it on R-Day or just sometime during that first week?

My DD's passport expires in October 2022. Her paperwork says she needs to bring a passport that is valid until at least August 2022. So she is good to go, but she will obviously need to renew soon. How difficult is this to get done while at the academy? She leaves in 10 weeks for Swab Summer...

Does anybody have a packing list for Swab Summer 2022? DD hasn’t received any info on this yet. She found a list from the Cadet Handbook 2021. Is it safe to assume the items will be the same? Thank you.

Do new cadets need to provide any medical records from their current physician, or is the DoDMERB medical clearance all they need for their medical background information?

My DD received an email today that her application will be forwarded to the Cadet Candidate Review board in the next two weeks. Can anybody tell me if this is a mass email send to all applications or if it was sent to her individually? Just wondering if she is getting close to an answer or will...

With SAT scores being optional this year, at what point would you consider a score too low to submit? We thought the “optional” parts of the application should always be submitted, but if the score is low, wouldn’t that hurt the application more? Curious what others would consider the cut off...

I was looking at the appointment thread for 2025 and the notifications started around now and ended right before Christmas. Then picked back up again mid-March. Is this typical? Is there a reason why no notifications were made January and February? Thanks.

What should prospective cadets and parents plan on wearing for the Cadet for the Day program? Thank you.

My daughter is registered for the Virtual Cadet for the Day. I'm wondering now if missing school and an important test will make it worthwhile. Since we are on the west coast, she would really have to miss the entire day of school to attend this. How beneficial do you think it would be? Of...

My daughter is applying for the congressional nomination. We live in California and the SAT tests have been cancelled, due to COVID. They recently opened up, and she is now scheduled to take them…two weeks before the deadline to turn in the nomination. There doesn’t seem to be any consideration...

To apply to the USCGA, is there a minimum PT requirement? I understand they will need to complete the pushups, sit ups, and 1.5 mile, but is there a minimum score they will have to achieve in order to accept their application? Or is the overall score evaluated and taken into consideration along...

Can anybody give us a little more info on how the VIRTUAL AIM session will work? DD was just accepted and we are curious what to expect. We have a date and that’s it so far. I’m assuming there were virtual sessions summer 2020, so I was hoping for a little insight. Thank you.