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    disenrolled 22 days before graduation

    For those interested or with a need, I believe Purdue University--which has excellent engineering programs including Aeronautical Engineering--uses a July 31 transfer deadline. It is one of the few four year universities with such a liberal deadline. Still plenty of time to submit a transfer...
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    disenrolled 22 days before graduation

    Now that the worst has happened, your son should be prepared for the following. 1. If it hasn't happened already, he will likely be moved from his room and segregated in a special part of the dorm with others being disenrolled for every reason, ranging from academic failure to lack of...
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    Hard Choice.. Help

    It sounds as if your heart and gut say USNA, but your head says USMA. If you were my son/daugher, I would suggest first that you forget about the BGO and ALO's feelings. They won't have to live with your decision every day for the next four years as will you. Second, how do you know you will...
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    Civil Prep Offered Yesterday

    Please, whatever you do, DO NOT take the nomination for granted even if you are sponsored prep. It seems that there are cases every year where a sponsored prep from one academy or another does not receive a congressional nomination. There was at least one this year at USAFA, and one last year...
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    Falcon Dilemma

    Don't panic. This has happened before. In fact, it happened last year to our son. He attended MMI as a Falcon Scholar, performed well, and did not receive a nomination from our congressman or either senator. He was not eligible for a presidential nomination. USAFA gave him a vice presidential...
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    Question about "guaranteed offer of appointment"

    I suggest you contact your USAFA admissions counseler and let him/her know that he has an LOA from the USNA, a nomination to the USAFA and that USAFA is his first choice. A little interservice rivalry may very well work to your advantage in this case.
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    Reformed life

    First, congratulations on getting things turned around. Keep at it and continue to pursue your dreams. Second, no one on this forum can accurately predict your chance of admission. The admissions process at any school, let alone the academies, is just too individualized for anyone to...
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    LOA, now what

    My suggestion--do NOT assume your MOC knows of your LOA. That is simply too risky. Call your MOC's staffmember handling service academy nominations prior to your interview and politely tell that person you've received an LOA and identify the academy from which it came. There is nothing wrong...
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    LOR/VP Nom?

    Have to agree. Focus on obtaining an MOC nomination, either from your representative or senators, or one of the other special category nominations if you qualify. In our experience, the VP nominations (at least at USAFA) are typically held in reserve until the very end of the admission process...
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    Marion military institue Service academy prep program. Good or bad?

    Whether to attend MMI or another prep school as a non-sponsored prep is a very highly individualized decision. Our son visited civilian universities during his senior year and decided his strong preference was to attend a military college, preferably the USAFA, even though he had an AFROTC...
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    Marion military institue Service academy prep program. Good or bad?

    Everyone going the SAP route, whether sponsored or not sponsored, should ask themselves at least three questions. First, will the SAP program help me address a deficiency in my application. Second, if I successfully complete the SAP program will I have substantially increased my chances of...
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    Sponsored vs non-sponsored chances

    As you review the admissions statistics for non-sponsored preps and try to "read the tea leaves", you might want to keep in mind that success rates for the different academies seems to vary. Based on nothing scientific, my impression from the numbers is that USMA is the most accepting of...
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    Class of 2015 - Mailbox Stalkers Club

    NKP, the vice president gets ten nominations for each of his five allocated open spots at USAFA, USNA and USMA, just like members of congress.
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    Class of 2015 - Mailbox Stalkers Club

    Successful completion of the sponsored Falcon prep program is as close to a guarantee of admission as you will ever have from the USAFA (it is essentially as much of guarantee as attending the USAFA prep school itself). The Falcon Foundation told us that in its entire history not one of its...
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    Class of 2015 - Mailbox Stalkers Club

    Congratulations, NKP! As a result of your message I checked our son's online status and he has just received a nom from the VP as well! (He was a Falcon prep this past year, and we are in VA-10.) See you in Colorado.
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    Class of 2015 - Mailbox Stalkers Club

    Thanks much, NKP. That's very helpful. Congratulations, and best of success at the Academy!
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    Class of 2015 - Mailbox Stalkers Club

    NKP, if you don't mind me asking, has your nomination status in your online profile changed from none to something else? Thanks.
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    Need help on Long Island!!

    Easier and closer is Polito's Bakery in New Hyde Park. Take LIE to Shelter Rock Road exit, Shelter Rock to right on Herricks Road, Herricks Road to right on Hillside Avenue, and Polito's will be on the right side. A real neighborhood place, it's been there for at least forty years. 3365...
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    VP Nominations - Last Chance

    The VP noms seem to generate a lot of interest/confusion. This is from the AFA 2010-2011 catalog: "Each member of Congress and the vice president may have five cadets at the Air Force Academy at any one time. They may nominate up to 10 candidates for each vacancy. Vacancies occur when cadets...
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    Principal Nomination

    Are you a sponsored prep? If so, I would think it likely the academy has gotten past your low grade in high school and is just looking for some improvement in whatever math you took.
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