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I imagine someone would need to donate additional aquatic facilities for club swim to be possible. The pools already house year round swimming classes for the mids/cadets, training sessions, swim team, dive team, water polo, etc. I don’t know where club swimmers would swim- the Severn maybe!

They take the IST (initial strength test) the first full day of Plebe Summer and they take the PRT at the end of the 7 weeks.

That happens at the end of their first academic year. They spend one year as plebes and after Sea Trials and Herndon Climb in mid-May, they are officially “plebes no more”!

Aug 9-11, 2024 The first event you can watch is PEP workout at sunrise on Aug 9.

The application has a space for writing about your life circumstances. It will also be a talking point in BGO and nomination interviews. Resilience, grit, coping skills, and how you bounce back from hardship are core values to the SAs. It’s inevitable in everyone’s lives, some of us just start...

Official full applications do not open until July when USNA issues candidate numbers. The preliminary app right now is just for name, email, address, test scores. If you’ve applied to STEM or Summer Seminar, you’re already in the system.

Gotta pass the humility baton to the next generation😉 My dad wore his well into his active duty years. “Why pay for new glasses when these are perfectly good?”

They still wear the issued BCGs for Plebe Summer. They’re just not always ready on I-Day.

Waitlist offers trickle out through May and June, up to the week before I-Day. One of my mid’s companymates graduated high school on June 6, walked across the stage, then got a phone call she was being offered an appt to USNA!! That same year at least 2 came off two weeks before I-Day. Back in...

If you wear contacts/glasses, you will submit your eye prescriptions with your PTR paperwork so can provide your “stylish” thick black rims for Plebe Summer. Make sure you have a current eye exam and a glasses prescription ready next month. (No contacts until the academic year begins)...

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No, you cannot enter with orthodontic care in progress. Retainers are permitted. You can have orthodontic care done after you arrive though- on their timetable, so just hold off.

Yes, these are available only at the MidStore (not online) beginning the last week of June until they run out.

BFEs usually take 2-8 weeks to receive in the mail. The PTR is digital and they will be notified by email when it is officially updated on their website in early May. I would definitely suggest taking a look at last year’s currently on the site and get started. Deadlines come fast and May is a...

Yes, but the mids do not get to “make a decision”. Majors are assigned to meet specific program numbers and not everyone gets what they wanted.

You also need to consider a lot of these areas with large numbers of appointees are densely populated by active duty and retired military- VA, FL, MD, NY, etc. Children of military (8+ yrs of service) receive a presidential nomination (unlimited number given to those who qualify) and USNA...

And while those receiving appointments are all deserving of those appointments, not all those deserving of appointments can receive them. There are a very limited number of spots in Bancroft, at USNA, and in service selection. BUT If you have made it this far in your pursuit of an appointment...

I think it’s definitely different for nominations and more of a numbers game, but that is dictated by MOCs, not SAs. The MOC could literally pick names out of a hat or spin a wheel if they wanted. And their nom process is exactly that- “theirs”. But the appointment process is much more nuanced.

Service academies are not antiquated. It is an extremely unique and personalized endeavor that has been happening for generations. Civilian colleges can use numbers, algorithms, etc to fill their seats. They are looking for students in programs, bodies in dorms, diversity on campus, and payees...

They have to report back to Bancroft every night at the time given by their company detailers- it varies. They will be given a time to be back on deck inside. The end of leave formations are Fri@10pm, Sat@10pm, and Sun@6pm- but they will want to be back on the Yard sooner to get through traffic...