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My daughter is attending USAFA as an exchange student this fall and we are going to parents day as well as a football game that day. She suggested that we order our own tickets and sit near the student section so that she could come over at some point. Never been to USAFA, so I could use...

Our daughter is a 2/C cadet from the US Coast Guard Academy on exchange at the USAFA this fall. We are planning to attend Parents Weekend this year and could use some advice. We are arriving in Denver Thursday, driving down to COS that evening and will stay overnight at a hotel near the...

My daughter is attending USAFA as an exchange student from USCGA and I am trying to figure out the differences (after finally figuring out one academy!) and could use some help. Concerning Thanksgiving break...... Generally when will most cadets be released. The calendar says as of LMD ion...

My daughter, currently a 3rd class (sophomore) studying mechanical engineering at the US Coast Guard Academy was selected as an exchange student and will attend the USAFA next fall. She has to file her plan of study by early next week. She has room to take an elective or two while out there...

My daughter will be an exchange student at the USAFA this fall. I have looked at the online calendar, but it is difficult to interpret if you are not all that familiar with the lingo. When will the 2nd class (junior) USAFA cadets report back to the Academy for the fall semester and when do...

My daughter, who will be a 2nd class (junior) cadet fall of 2010 has been selected to be a USCGA exchange student to attend the USAFA next fall! She is really looking forward to it. As a parent, can you give me a crash course in what to look forward to next fall? We will probably visit once...

My daughter is a cadet at the US Coast Guard Academy and would like to spend a semester on an exchange with the USAFA. One question we have concerns transportation and so forth. We would hate for her to go to USAFA for a semester and not be able to travel around and see the area. At what...

My daughter is soon to start her second year at the USCGA. She has decided that she would like to seek a pilot slot upon graduation. If that doesn't work out, she will attempt to get a slot later on in her career. My question is this.....she needed a medical waiver to get into the Academy...

If anyone is interested, I found this video posted on a USCG site of the Eagle leaving Charleston harbor under sail. http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=590800

I have had a few inquiries from relatives concerning what, if anything can and could and should be sent to a swab this summer. I know all the food/candy/snack restrictions and suggestions for later on in the year, but do these apply as well to swab summer? And if things can be sent, what do...

My daughter has been accepted into the USCGA for fall 08. I realize they can't have cell phones, computers, etc during swab summer, but I am looking long term here. We are currently using AT&T (formerly cingular ) phones. I want to add a line and give her her own phone for use out there...

Now that my daughter has been accepted into the USCGA for '08, we need to figure out what we are doing this summer! With three other kids it gets kind of hairy! Can anyone give me an idea about the following? 1. When is the flag day ceremony? I know you may not know the date yet, but is...

My name is Mike and I am the proud parent of a daughter (finally) admitted to the USCGA; class of 2012. We went through a LOT to get there, and are forever thankful to the individuals on this forum that made it possible. I am a professor at Purdue University in aviation and have been there...

Sorry if this posts twice...I have had some internet problems lately. My daughter has received an LOA for the USCGA. She was disqualified by the DoDMERB due to a shoulder dislocation. (see listing below) We submitted paperwork, doctors statements, personal letters to DODMERB in support of...

A quick check of the DodMERB site indicates that my daughter, who has been conditionally accepted to the Coast Guard Academy, has been disqualified based on two should dislocations. (DoDMERB code Disqualification D225.00). We understand that the waiver process is inititated by USCGA, but is...

I have read a couple of posts lately slamming the SAT and other admissions tests and want to make sure everyone knows how these tend to be used by a college and how valid they are. I don't wnat prospective SA applicants to downgrade their importance or blow them off....they have a place in the...

My daughter is applying to the USCGA and has been advised by DoDMERB that she needs to take the Methacholine challenge test. Concorde medical has not authorized it on the website yet. When I called, Concorde stated that they don't have anyone in our area authorized to give the test and there...

First let me apologize for the long post...but I figure get all the information out first and go from their. Second, I have read most of the other posts and found them very useful, so thanks in advance to everyone who asks and answers questions here...it really helps. We are new to this...