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Greetings, everyone. DS was lucky enough to receive an offer of appointment to USNA. I am a checklist guy. I compile checklists for every task and actually compiled some for the application process. Now that he has an appointment, I am compiling another one, and I don't know where to start. DW...

DS received a text message yesterday from USNA that said, "This is a reminder that your USNA application is due January 31st. Contact your admissions counselor with any issues!" His portal has all checkmarks with dates and times on every line under the "RECEIVED BY USNA" column. He has two...

DS just informed me that his portal seems to have changed. It does not seem like anything to me. Previously, it said, "Complete -- Pending Review." Now it just says, "Pending." Any significance to this at all?

DS received interviews for the congressman from our district and one senator but not the other. We are thrilled he has received interviews, but it has me wondering...does it look bad or will it even be known if he did not receive interviews from all three sources?

So our senators' nomination deadlines were Oct 20, and their interviews are Nov 18 and 19. DS applied well before the deadlines. He heard from both offices letting him know they had his application, but he hasn't heard anything yet regarding interviews. I know they all run their processes...

I feel like we have studied this ad nauseum. Everything I have read says that MOC's may submit slates of ten. I found a press release, though, this morning from a couple of years ago where our senator listed those he was nominating. He listed each academy and those candidates he was nominating...

For the last few weeks, DS had a red line under Medical Exam Status on his portal. He completed his medical and eye exams. DoDMERB requested AMI yesterday. DS emailed the AMI materials to DoDMERB tonight at 6PM. DS said that now for the first time, under Medical Exam Status, it says...

Greetings. Stupid question that I cannot find in any searches on this forum. How does DS know if he passed DoDMERB or not? On his portal, it lists today's date and says, "DoDMERB Receipt of Exam," but nothing is listed under Code(s). Then under that it lists today's date and says, "Exam...

General question regarding SAT. DS just got his result back from October test. Received a 1390 (690 V/700 M). Slightly up from his 1360 (690 V/670 M) from back in the spring. I have read on here and from other sources that 1400 seems to be a magic number. Would anyone recommend having the test...

Greetings, all. DS completed his physical on Sept 26 and his optical exam yesterday. On his DoDMERB portal, it says they are still awaiting receipt of initial medical exam. I thought I read where the physician has 30 days to submit the results. We are nearing 30 days from that Sept 26 date. Does...

Greetings, everyone. We just returned last night from the Oct CVW. It was great. Exhausting, but great. The plebe with whom DS was paired sounded like a great kid. DS said he was brilliant but that he was totally over himself if that makes sense. Answered any and all questions and seemed to...

This is a weird question. DS had his physical yesterday. Physician who administered exam asked for info from our family doctor. It's a long story I'd rather not get into. She said when she gets the info, she will sign off on the physical and send it in to DoDMERB. I may not be able to get the...

So DS has worked through DoDMETS, scheduled his appointments, reported the dates and times on DoDMETS, and downloaded the packet. On the checklist, "report exam schedule" is checked, "download exam packet" is unchecked, and "go to exams" is checked (his medical exam is this week/optical next...

Our son just now saw an email that came yesterday inviting him to a CVW. We went to reserve it, and it says SOLD OUT. He's crushed. Is there any way to get on a waiting list or anything like that?

Forgive me if this is a stupid question. This is only out of curiosity. DS is not a recruited athlete or anything. Aren't D1 fall sports practicing right now? What happens if plebes are still in Plebe Summer when practices are going on? Do they just join their teams after the conclusion of PS? I...

So DS just asked me a question. Not sure if I totally understand it. I could not find anything on the search in the forum. So DS took CFA at NASS last month, and his scores are fine. No need to retake. In the Recommendations section of the portal, there is an option to email "Physical Education...

Wondering if anyone else has run into this. DS is attending NASS this session. Upon returning, he reports to Boys State just a few days later. A couple days prior to NASS, he was dreading the quick turnaround after a full and exhilarating, yet exhausting, week in Annapolis. How poor of a...

In looking over the 113-question medical history questionnaire, I came across an item that made me wonder. Our son got elbowed in the nose during basketball practice one day. It bled profusely. We were worried it might be broken. We went to the ER. They looked it over. It stopped bleeding. I...

I don't know if this is the appropriate place to ask this, but I don't know who else to ask, so here goes. DS is going to Boys State this summer, and for the life of me, I cannot find anywhere how much it costs. It was not on the application, and nowhere on the website does it say anything about...

Greetings. DS has an email ready to go out to those from whom he's requesting LOR's, and he asked me what to tell them as to how to go about preparing the letters to the senators. Both of the senators in our state use the OAM system for applying for the nominations. You can't really tell what...