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I think there are a lot of parallels of what you are experiencing to the feelings and concerns of any 20-ish year old college student. My advice is always the same: TALK TO PEOPLE. Make an intentional effort to go outside of your school and talk to people in different careers. What do they like...

DS is at NSI2 now and my daughter and I are heading out next Sunday to graduation. We are all on the same flight home but have assumed we will meet him at the gate, and not be able to leave with him after graduation, as we didn’t drop him off. That’s our read of the instructions anyway.

My son is there for session 2 now. Wildfire smoke is bad but we dealt with it a month ago (east coast) — and during lacrosse practice and games. 😂 He was fine then and it was way worse than it is there today. I’m sure they’ll all be alright.

My son (NROTC) was looking at 5 year programs resulting in BS + MS in engineering at his school and wondered the same - whether we could pay for the 5th year and he then enters 1 year later, or whether Navy would pay 5th year and he adds 1 or 2 years to commitment. Or (most likely) no. He plans...

There is a form he got when he was assigned a session that he can fill out and bring with him to NSI. I have the details about how many can go (4 max) and when it is (8:45am) and ends (10am) but that's about it. I did a quick check for hotels and I didn't see any. Hoping someone else has been or...

Does anyone know any details about the NSI graduation ceremony, held on the final day of each NSI session? I would like to try to attend if we can and just wondering if others have gone or what the day is like? I assume we find a hotel somewhere near the base, given the early arrival time; any...

My daughter -- aka big sister to the new NROTC selectee in the family ;) -- attends Dickinson College in Carlisle PA. She works in the ROTC office there -- they are the host school for the Blue Mountain Battalion, which includes Gettysburg, PSU Harrisburg, and some others. Dickinson is a...

Which branch for ROTC?

Yes! Not get hopes THAT far up. Remember that the math is not on anyone's side. Getting a BFE is a low likelihood event for even the best candidates. You and your daughter may know that on paper, but let me tell you, once they get a nomination, once they clear DoDMERB, once they clear the CFA...

😅 🙏 Thank you! He is ALL IN! Very excited and appreciate this!

My son requested 2 or 3 (1 starts before he graduates) so I’ll let you know! He is pretty eager to meet other midshipmen and learn more about housing (hopefully together not sure how that works yet) and all that. He’s going to accepted students day for the engineering school next Friday (4/21)...

THANK YOU!! He has visited twice and totally felt like he could see himself there. He is excited he can still achieve his ultimate goal of naval service AND he loves the school. Not gonna feel bad today!

# Anonymous Username College Class of: Type (NROTC - Navy option, NROTC - Marine Option, NROTC - Nursing Option) Scholarship Type Intended School (pending acceptance, can update the thread if plans change). 0 Fake_Sample01 2027 NROTC - Navy Option 4-Year National Scholarship TAMU Corps of...

My son was just turned down. 😔 I know he has a wonderful Plan B and one moreover that he is VERY excited about. He will be doing NROTC at George Washington University. And he LOVED the school so much and it was his first choice battalion. He is going next Friday for an "Accepted Students Day"...

Congratulations and THANK YOU for your service!!!!

Those with a WL I feel like that is almost a good outcome (I know, clearly not THE outcome - yet) but that or NAPS (ok, NAPS is a different level) but I think the MOST likely outcome is Turned Down and so getting on WL means, wow, your kid (or you!) are incredible and I have read that the...

Have you checked in with your parents about this? I assume so but a lot of high school seniors are new to the world of being adults navigating our healthcare system having just reached age 18, and while you of course need to lead it (as it sounds like you have been) they could surely lend...

Hurray to chicken_noodle for NAPS — what amazing news!! Also Texas27 wow your resilience and great attitude will carry you far - congrats on OU and good luck with NROTC!!

A morning in the life of a mom of a USNA hopeful ("hopeful" being the understatement of the year ofc): Login to portal using password scribbled on a Post-It. Phew password still works. Feeling successful! Put hand up to screen to block view of "Status" at first as it loads. Slowly open fingers...

I’m going to have to disagree with you on this. My son runs varsity track and plays on the varsity men’s lacrosse team and none of that prepared him to throw a basketball on his knees. 😄 He works out on his own, lifts, does pull ups etc. every day to get ready for plebe summer should he have...