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    10th Grader - what should we be doing now?

    sorry - didnt mean to say CSPI - just mean to join post college... too many acroynms in my head
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    10th Grader - what should we be doing now?

    I think the mission of the USCG is pretty different from the mission of the Army, Navy, Air Force so I don't see any issue saying "This is what interests me"... I think my son will either do the USCGA or go the CSPI Route - for him it's "Coast Guard of Bust" ...at least right now - he is only...
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    10th Grader - what should we be doing now?

    Thanks everyone for all the information. Super helpful. Read a lot of this out loud to my son and he agrees that running spring track is something he will do…. Honestly - if he does get in it will help him be physically prepared for the summer anyway! Just to respond to a few point…...
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    10th Grader - what should we be doing now?

    Thanks everyone! He does have a job - so that's good - started working at the farm store of a local farm starting at age 14. He is also in photography and debate clubs. He played soccer freshman year- but didn't return this year - was just a bad experience. I think I will push him hard...
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    10th Grader - what should we be doing now?

    I didn't mean to imply grades aren't important - he had a 3.85 unweighted GPA after freshman year (4.3 weighted) - but I would think most people who apply have good grades... my question is what is different - what sets somebody apart. Everyone has good grades - everyone plays a high...
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    10th Grader - what should we be doing now?

    My son is a 10th grader - other than then the obvious - (get good grades etc. ) - what should my son be doing now if he has his heart set on the USCGA. We created an account on the website - and they already sent him a sticker which he promptly put on his school chrombook :-) Last summer he...
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