Our Congressman called my daughter before Thanksgiving and her BFE arrived on November 30th.
2020 Appointments
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If you accept by Feb 14th, can you still request to change schools after that deadline?
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Great question but I am not sure? We prob won't change school cuz it's his plan B & honestly wouldn't go unless a crisis happens & couldn't goto USNA, but I assume you can change school. Say you accept NROTC in Feb but didn't get into 1st choice college, then I would think you would hv to request scholarship to 2nd school or any where u got accepted??
Congrats to all with appointments, and not to be a downer but...Just a word of caution about those "Plan B" schools...don't discount them, even after your DS or DD makes the decision for an academy. It was heartbreaking last summer when a few cadets at USCGA were injured or disqualified during Swab Summer, and were sent home after they turned down all their other scholarships and no alternative plan in place. This DOES happen. Think about keeping a deposit on their plan B, even if it is not refundable; think of it like an insurance policy. We kept a deposit down on our DS's plan B just in case, and we almost had to use it when he fractured an ankle and tore 2 ligaments 5 days into the summer.
Good advice! We've already discussed this as a family. It's a small price to pay in case the worst happens.
Agree 100%! My DS received an offer of appt to USMA and is waiting to hear from USNA, but just today his "first choice for Plan B" sent a packet of acceptance and we have every intention of sending in the non-refundable deposit so that we can all sleep at night!
I have heard WAY TOO many stories of the injury before I-Day/R-Day and the risk of not having a Plan B in place is simply not worth it. Good luck to all! Blessedmom
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If a student is injured before or during I-day can they defer a year to USNA??Agree 100%! My DS received an offer of appt to USMA and is waiting to hear from USNA, but just today his "first choice for Plan B" sent a packet of acceptance and we have every intention of sending in the non-refundable deposit so that we can all sleep at night!
Technically there is no deferring. No two cases are the same in this situation. The most normal case if someone is injured and cannot make it to I Day is they are usually given an LOA for the following year and told to get healthy and take a Plebe like schedule at a college. They still have to obtain a Nom. But as I mentioned, every case is handled on its own and evaluated.
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Hoops is right...no two situations alike. However, (and this did happen in 2014) there were five candidates admitted to the Class of 2018 who were medically DQ'd virtually at the last minute (most with last season sports injuries) who were not given LOA's per se, but rather, the opportunity to participate in a new USNA program that required them to; go to college, take the courses prescribed by the academy, achieve A's & B's, pass the PRT, yes, obtain a new nom and also submit spring semester mid-term grades. Assuming they did all that, they could "expect" to be appointed.
All five did and all five were appointed to last years class.
Can't say whether this what USNA will do for those candidates that find themselves in that position going forward, as mentioned by Hoops, but I can tell you they all had to earn it again, shorter version of application notwithstanding.