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Unfortunate setback, but good learning experience and reaction to it. If you have your heart set on becoming an officer in the USCG, there are other avenues: transfer to USCGA from a college, enlist and reapply to USCGA, OCS, or attend a college/university with the College Student...

We received an Offer of Appointment to the USNA, but nothing from USAFA yet. Although, she only officially completed up her application before attending the Falcon Visitation Experience.

Out of curiosity, to what course level do the placement tests allow students to test out of? This was something we were talking about recently since DD is taking Calc 3 her Junior year and will take Linear Algebra her Senior year. She's hoping not to waste time retaking courses.

Good questions. The official leadership opportunities in HS sports has been a little lackluster. There are no team captains for the track teams. The cross country captaincy was assigned to someone who serves as a stand-in replacement for the varsity runners most likely to score points, but she...

Thanks Old Navy BGO. I should've added the additional details in the original post, as I can definitely see the interpretative downside to quitting sports strictly due to the inability to be competitive at D1 level.

Thanks for the information. DD enjoys the team camaraderie, competitiveness, and training regime. If she could simultaneously participate in both varsity sports and internships, she would, but the internships overlap with practice scheduling and the coach would not allow her to show up late...

DD participates in cross-country (Fall) and track (Winter/Spring), but would like to participate in internships that conflict with practices. She's been on varsity teams since Freshman year, won state championship titles, and even competed at nationals; but, she also realizes the ceiling of her...

Facing a similar dilemma as a couple other people, the provided Summer Seminar timeline provided (Session 1) conflicts with preexisting commitments. Plus, and correct me if I'm wrong, the USAFA Summer Seminar FAQ states the following: ;and, There was no follow-up email requesting a preferred...