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    Filing Taxes any Advice

    IRS Publication 501, page 10 lists all the rules for claiming someone as your dependent. Among other things, three of the rules that are pertinent here: the dependent must reside with you for at least half of the year, they must meet the age requirement, AND you must have provided at least half...
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    Thornton Studio free registration

    Last week, I received a letter from Thornton studio indicated that from Oct 15, we can get free registration to Thornton website. I tried to do it but it still requires a fee for registration. Does anyone know about this offer ?
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    Sat Scores

    Buy SAT training materials (CD, books etc.) and keep taking the test. My son took total 5 or 6 tests before he can brought up his math score to 690. Sorry , but your scores are too low to get 3Qs. You must improve it. Try to get at least mid 600 range. Good luck.
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    Class of 2015 Profile

    If we based on the above statements, then the acceptance rate is not 14-20% but at least 60-80%. Even at Harvard /Yale, do you think that all applicants meet scholastic qualification ? Does the future Mid compete with each other in the area for nomination ?
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    Class of 2015 Profile

    Here are some statistic: USNA of 2015 class size: 1229 Midn from NAPS, NNPP, NAFP, Enlisted: 246 +16+47+25 = 334 Midn from High school + College : 1229-334 =895 Applications:19,145 Acceptance rate for USNA class of 2015 : 895/19,145= 4.67% Wow !!!!
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    Plebe Parent Weekend - What to expect?

    Here is my plan: 1. Park at stadium, take the bus to the yard. 2. Take the fly and ship simulation 3. See the noon formation 4. Meet my Mid 5. Skip the King Hall meal, just visit mother B 6. Go back to the stadium by bus with my Mid 7. Serve him a homemade meal 8. Watch him sleep 9...
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    Oh no, my son is on crutches

    Thank you for sharing your experience. It make me feel better. Hope that we will not see him on crutches at next PPW 15 more days. We count every minutes to see our son again. God bless the USNA class of 2015.
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    Oh no, my son is on crutches

    He just called home and informed that he is on crutches. He said his knee ligament has some kind of trouble and has to go to therapy every morning. Hopefully he will be OK. If anyone has some knowledge about USNA hospital and all this plebe physical issues please share the experience...
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    Plebe summer

    Thanks, This is something new. Let say if a Tangoer changes his /her mind after 2, 3 weeks and want to reverse, then what's happens since he/she already miss most of the Plebe Summer training part.
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    Plebe summer

    I am sorry to hear that quite a few of plebes already decided to quit. Any one has the number ? Is that really hard ???
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    Emergency !!!Help

    Thank you very much for all your kind words. We had a beautiful and very emotion Iday. Seeing my boy turning to man make me cry.
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    Emergency !!!Help

    Happy Ending I'd take Whistle Pig's advice. They don't even look at the report times. Here is my report: 1.Dropped future MID and his sister at stadium at 6:30 AM. Drove back to the bank and camping at parking lot 2. Son and his sister reported to admission officer about the accident...
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    Emergency !!!Help

    Thanks everyone. Well , Just few more hours ....
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    Emergency !!!Help

    Here is my final : 1. He will report at exact 8:00 . 2. If they take him without PTR letter then I really don't have to worry about going back to the bank, since the paper will be no needed anyway. 3. If they tell him to wait for the recovered PTR then he will wait for me. Then: 3a...
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    Emergency !!!Help

    My question: Can he report without his PTR letter ? I afraid the cleaning lady already threw it in the trash can .
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    Emergency !!!Help

    What happen if the cleaner lady at the bank throw away the package, then we are late and no paper either
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    Emergency !!!Help

    Thanks. Yes, I will do that. But what should I do with his paper if I can recover it ? He already ...gone by the time I get back from the bank
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    Emergency !!!Help

    We are at Annapolis now, My son should report at 8:00 tomorrow However, this afternoon we went to Navy Federal credit Union at the Annapolis Mall and then he left all his paper package there.Offcoure, most of the required documents had been sent to USNA back in June. What should we do? go...
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    Iday question

    Hello, On Iday we plan to bring some food and drink for my son after the swearing in ceremony. Do we have any place which we can store them since we will spend all day on the yard, and I afraid that the food will be bad by then. Thanks
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    US passport

    Thank you. What is the purpose to have a passport card ?
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