Any CPR receive TWE?

Skimama said:
Good luck. I check the forum regularly. My DS is way more patient than I am. I have an analogy for this whole process for my behavior. It's like letting the fizz out of a 2 liter soda bottle. It's shaken and I just have the crack the bottle cap to let off some of the fizz (I call this cracking the crazy). So glad and happy that my son is cool about it all. He just tells me, it will work out and be the way it should. Who's the parent?
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SAME!!
 
Redhen said:
The exact same in our household:) I think we just want to know one way or the other. Plan A or Plan B. Have things settled. The waiting is frustrating, but I guess all good things are worth the wait
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Yes, my DS is pretty calm about it. I don't know if he's confident or at ease with the outcome, I'm just grateful he's not a basket case. Probably a testament to those who serve (My dad is the same way - 20 year Navy).
 
I am a mom that is about to lose it waiting. DS is handling it better than I am. We have been CPR since October. Senator and Congressman nominations. Husband said if no TWE we are still in the running. Plan B is to do Auburn Engineering with NROTC. Funny thing though, DS is ambitious so going in with 33 credit hours due to APs. Just found out NROTC is not an option going in since the most credit hours completed they will take for scholarship is 30. He plans to do NRTOC anyway with scholarship 2nd semester. He has scholarship offers and accepted to Auburn, Virgina Tech Corps of Cadets, honors college and pre-engineering, has the same at Purdue as well as NC state(in state school). DS did CVW and NASS and has SAT 1450(760Math, 690verbal), 4.6 weighted GPA/3.69 unweighted GPA). We wait..... Is it true he would NOT be a typical NAPS candidate due to excelling in Math and NOT offered Foundation school due to excelling in English? He was told that but I find it very odd. Thoughts???
 
ImpatientMom said:
I am a mom that is about to lose it waiting. DS is handling it better than I am. We have been CPR since October. Senator and Congressman nominations. Husband said if no TWE we are still in the running. Plan B is to do Auburn Engineering with NROTC. Funny thing though, DS is ambitious so going in with 33 credit hours due to APs. Just found out NROTC is not an option going in since the most credit hours completed they will take for scholarship is 30. He plans to do NRTOC anyway with scholarship 2nd semester. He has scholarship offers and accepted to Auburn, Virgina Tech Corps of Cadets, honors college and pre-engineering, has the same at Purdue as well as NC state(in state school). DS did CVW and NASS and has SAT 1450(760Math, 690verbal), 4.6 weighted GPA/3.69 unweighted GPA). We wait..... Is it true he would NOT be a typical NAPS candidate due to excelling in Math and NOT offered Foundation school due to excelling in English? He was told that but I find it very odd. Thoughts???
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I was told similar stuff, that my test scores, grades, and GPA are too high to go to NAPS.
 
ImpatientMom said:
I am a mom that is about to lose it waiting. DS is handling it better than I am. We have been CPR since October. Senator and Congressman nominations. Husband said if no TWE we are still in the running. Plan B is to do Auburn Engineering with NROTC. Funny thing though, DS is ambitious so going in with 33 credit hours due to APs. Just found out NROTC is not an option going in since the most credit hours completed they will take for scholarship is 30. He plans to do NRTOC anyway with scholarship 2nd semester. He has scholarship offers and accepted to Auburn, Virgina Tech Corps of Cadets, honors college and pre-engineering, has the same at Purdue as well as NC state(in state school). DS did CVW and NASS and has SAT 1450(760Math, 690verbal), 4.6 weighted GPA/3.69 unweighted GPA). We wait..... Is it true he would NOT be a typical NAPS candidate due to excelling in Math and NOT offered Foundation school due to excelling in English? He was told that but I find it very odd. Thoughts???
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We are NC too. I tried to message you but you’re too new [emoji846]
 
mcfamilyof4 said:
ImpatientMom said:
I am a mom that is about to lose it waiting. DS is handling it better than I am. We have been CPR since October. Senator and Congressman nominations. Husband said if no TWE we are still in the running. Plan B is to do Auburn Engineering with NROTC. Funny thing though, DS is ambitious so going in with 33 credit hours due to APs. Just found out NROTC is not an option going in since the most credit hours completed they will take for scholarship is 30. He plans to do NRTOC anyway with scholarship 2nd semester. He has scholarship offers and accepted to Auburn, Virgina Tech Corps of Cadets, honors college and pre-engineering, has the same at Purdue as well as NC state(in state school). DS did CVW and NASS and has SAT 1450(760Math, 690verbal), 4.6 weighted GPA/3.69 unweighted GPA). We wait..... Is it true he would NOT be a typical NAPS candidate due to excelling in Math and NOT offered Foundation school due to excelling in English? He was told that but I find it very odd. Thoughts???
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We are NC too. I tried to message you but you’re too new [emoji846]
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Which district?
 
ImpatientMom said:
I am a mom that is about to lose it waiting. DS is handling it better than I am. We have been CPR since October. Senator and Congressman nominations. Husband said if no TWE we are still in the running. Plan B is to do Auburn Engineering with NROTC. Funny thing though, DS is ambitious so going in with 33 credit hours due to APs. Just found out NROTC is not an option going in since the most credit hours completed they will take for scholarship is 30. He plans to do NRTOC anyway with scholarship 2nd semester. He has scholarship offers and accepted to Auburn, Virgina Tech Corps of Cadets, honors college and pre-engineering, has the same at Purdue as well as NC state(in state school). DS did CVW and NASS and has SAT 1450(760Math, 690verbal), 4.6 weighted GPA/3.69 unweighted GPA). We wait..... Is it true he would NOT be a typical NAPS candidate due to excelling in Math and NOT offered Foundation school due to excelling in English? He was told that but I find it very odd. Thoughts???
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Also i would say with those stats that if don’t get in the first time then your DS would be a great candidate for college reapp. That’s my DS plan anyway. Similar stats.
 
In NC too. Also CPR since August. DS has an appointment to the USAFA but wants to wait on USNA and USCGA before making a final decision.

As a parent, I just wish we knew one way or the other so we can plan.
 
Oh dear we are NC too with similar stats. At a Highly competitive high school and tons of extracurriculars- looks like we all wait.
 
ImpatientMom said:
. We wait..... Is it true he would NOT be a typical NAPS candidate due to excelling in Math and NOT offered Foundation school due to excelling in English? He was told that but I find it very odd. Thoughts???
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That is true ... NAPS/Foundation is not a consolation prize for runner's up, simply because there are so many highly qualified candidates that are left with a TWE that it would be impossible to accommodate everyone. Sometimes its hard to explain who gets NAPS/Foundation, and who doesn't --but the general rule (and there are certainly exceptions) is that the NAPS/Foundation offer will go to persons who are highly qualified but are lacking something (usually, but not always , academics) that would limit their direct appointment to USNA.
 
mcfamilyof4 said:
ImpatientMom said:
I am a mom that is about to lose it waiting. DS is handling it better than I am. We have been CPR since October. Senator and Congressman nominations. Husband said if no TWE we are still in the running. Plan B is to do Auburn Engineering with NROTC. Funny thing though, DS is ambitious so going in with 33 credit hours due to APs. Just found out NROTC is not an option going in since the most credit hours completed they will take for scholarship is 30. He plans to do NRTOC anyway with scholarship 2nd semester. He has scholarship offers and accepted to Auburn, Virgina Tech Corps of Cadets, honors college and pre-engineering, has the same at Purdue as well as NC state(in state school). DS did CVW and NASS and has SAT 1450(760Math, 690verbal), 4.6 weighted GPA/3.69 unweighted GPA). We wait..... Is it true he would NOT be a typical NAPS candidate due to excelling in Math and NOT offered Foundation school due to excelling in English? He was told that but I find it very odd. Thoughts???
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Also i would say with those stats that if don’t get in the first time then your DS would be a great candidate for college reapp. That’s my DS plan anyway. Similar stats.
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I dont know what he will do about reapp. Right now, I am exhausted with it! If he gets the TWE, I may have to camp out at work because he's been planning this for 4 years and it will be a major disappointment. It will be a hard choice for reapp since, he could graduate engineering school in 3 years if reapp and accepted, it would put him at graduation in 5 years. If he does reapp, we will need time to recover. And, I will as well.

It just seems odd that there are restrictions for NAPS and Foundation for great kids with great grades, extra-curriculars, test scores, etc that want to make military a career. One would think either NAPS or Foundation would nab the ones that barely missed the cut. Just Odd....
 
mcfamilyof4 said:
hopefully we are all in different districts LOL I think there are 13 in NC @Redhen @ImpatientMom @BBQ-Devil
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I know. I was hopeful we were closer with Senator's and Congressman's nominations. I was told it was hard to get 2. I was told Thursdays were the days admissions board meets and that these appointments can happen between now and 4/15 and now seeing other years when it went until I-day. Just know we will get BFE/TWE/ waitlist and if no TWE yet, DS is still in the running.
 
Old Navy BGO said:
ImpatientMom said:
. We wait..... Is it true he would NOT be a typical NAPS candidate due to excelling in Math and NOT offered Foundation school due to excelling in English? He was told that but I find it very odd. Thoughts???
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That is true ... NAPS/Foundation is not a consolation prize for runner's up, simply because there are so many highly qualified candidates that are left with a TWE that it would be impossible to accommodate everyone. Sometimes its hard to explain who gets NAPS/Foundation, and who doesn't --but the general rule (and there are certainly exceptions) is that the NAPS/Foundation offer will go to persons who are highly qualified but are lacking something (usually, but not always , academics) that would limit their direct appointment to USNA.
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"lacking something that would limit their direct appointment to USNA" ? Would that include other things like high school size and reputation(competitive/not as competitive), CFA and/or need of medical waiver? I saw a couple posts that addressed that from earlier years.
 
ImpatientMom said:
It just seems odd that there are restrictions for NAPS and Foundation for great kids with great grades, extra-curriculars, test scores, etc that want to make military a career. One would think either NAPS or Foundation would nab the ones that barely missed the cut. Just Odd....
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> It's not a "restriction" --it's simply not what the programs are intended to accomplish. It's a competitive process, and someone has to come in second place, and NAPS/Foundation can't accommodate everyone.

ImpatientMom said:
It will be a hard choice for reapp since, he could graduate engineering school in 3 years if if reapp and accepted, it would put him at graduation in 5 years.
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> I know its hard not to look at the issue in terms of "years lost" when you (or your kid) is 18 years old . I can tell you those lost years are irrelevant when you get to my age !
 
ImpatientMom said:
mcfamilyof4 said:
hopefully we are all in different districts LOL I think there are 13 in NC @Redhen @ImpatientMom @BBQ-Devil
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I know. I was hopeful we were closer with Senator's and Congressman's nominations. I was told it was hard to get 2. I was told Thursdays were the days admissions board meets and that these appointments can happen between now and 4/15 and now seeing other years when it went until I-day. Just know we will get BFE/TWE/ waitlist and if no TWE yet, DS is still in the running.
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ImpatientMom said:
mcfamilyof4 said:
hopefully we are all in different districts LOL I think there are 13 in NC @Redhen @ImpatientMom @BBQ-Devil
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I know. I was hopeful we were closer with Senator's and Congressman's nominations. I was told it was hard to get 2. I was told Thursdays were the days admissions board meets and that these appointments can happen between now and 4/15 and now seeing other years when it went until I-day. Just know we will get BFE/TWE/ waitlist and if no TWE yet, DS is still in the running.
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ImpatientMom said:
mcfamilyof4 said:
hopefully we are all in different districts LOL I think there are 13 in NC @Redhen @ImpatientMom @BBQ-Devil
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I know. I was hopeful we were closer with Senator's and Congressman's nominations. I was told it was hard to get 2. I was told Thursdays were the days admissions board meets and that these appointments can happen between now and 4/15 and now seeing other years when it went until I-day. Just know we will get BFE/TWE/ waitlist and if no TWE yet, DS is still in the running.
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DS has two noms as well. Our kids sound very similar accept DS took ACT with a 35. I am learning that a very high caliber of kid gets into USNA. I think NC is also very competitive. Hoping the best for all:)
 
Old Navy BGO said:
ImpatientMom said:
It just seems odd that there are restrictions for NAPS and Foundation for great kids with great grades, extra-curriculars, test scores, etc that want to make military a career. One would think either NAPS or Foundation would nab the ones that barely missed the cut. Just Odd....
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> It's not a "restriction" --it's simply not what the programs are intended to accomplish. It's a competitive process, and someone has to come in second place, and NAPS/Foundation can't accommodate everyone.

ImpatientMom said:
It will be a hard choice for reapp since, he could graduate engineering school in 3 years if if reapp and accepted, it would put him at graduation in 5 years.
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> I know its hard not to look at the issue in terms of "years lost" when you (or your kid) is 18 years old . I can tell you those lost years are irrelevant when you get to my age !
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I know... Either way, I know he will have to take a breath and see how it feels. I have heard "I will reapp" and I have heard "I will keep the NROTC" path. My gut leans toward reapp but I dunno. I think we need to get "out of the spin cycle" before he (and we) know what he will choose if it comes to that. We keep the faith but I dont wait well :).
 
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ImpatientMom said:
Would that include other things like high school size and reputation(competitive/not as competitive), CFA and/or need of medical waiver?
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Nobody knows for certain what goes through the mind of Admissions... Personally, I don't think school reputation/size is all that important in determining whether Admissions Board qualified, but may play a factor when Noms and Appointments is deciding who to grant the appointment .
 
ders_dad said:
DS received a terrific merit scholarship in the mail today from our state U that can be applied to room and board. Combined with his NROTC scholarship, it’s a full 4-year ride in aerospace engineering, leading to a commission. Last night we had a tough heart to heart about his remaining USNA chances this year and he was kinda down. This put some bounce back in his step tonight and he’s talking about “the great opportunity” ahead of him. Maybe he’ll reapply and maybe he won’t. (He also did well wrestling in sectionals on Saturday but missed qualifying for state so he’s done with wrestling practice, which is 3 hours of brutal practicing every night and constantly making weight-gorging on tarimisu tonight is about as good as it can get). Having a really good plan B will take the sting out of the TWE if (when) it comes. I want him to enjoy his last semester in high school and DW is absolutely beside herself with the prospect of having him local. We have 3 graduating this May (MS, BS, and high school) - having all 3 leave the region in the same month was going to be really tough.
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My DS has his plan B all paid for and ready to go with his NROTC scholarship. I think the reality is beginning to set in and he's been kind of down, but he has a great back-up plan and he says he'll apply again next year if this year doesn't work.
 
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