yearofsunshine
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Kentucky?CPR with nom here! I'm from Guam.
Kentucky?CPR with nom here! I'm from Guam.
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.
.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???
.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???
He has good individual SAT #'s .... Is his SAT on 1 date (one sitting, not super scored), or is it a Super Score of more than 1 date? .... Better if it is One sitting, because it shows that he can Concentrate very well for 3.5 hours straight .... Even better if a kid takes it One time before his/her senior year, and knocks it out of the park --- the SAT/ACT is the Great Equalizer, and One-Sitting scores are Far better than Super Scores --- Schools can see if the SAT/ACT is treated like a game. Our daughter took it one time in her Junior year, and it was enough --- Move on.
If his grades in Calculus were C or low B, and his Physics or Chemistry were B's or C's ... he can be offered NAPS, because he has a High Math score, but may have been too busy to give the Classes what he needed (Billion activities like my daughter), or needs a Kick-in-Butt when it comes to HW and Studying.
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BTW: Grades were Not a big thing with me and my wife. I had No idea what our daughter's GPA/Class Rank was until last Summer before this Senior year. I always told her that she was doing great --- Man, was I in for a Surprise when I saw her class rank last summer before this senior year --- I had a long discussion with the Director of counseling in her school about this last summer. There are too many Abilities that do not show up on GPA -- For example, how often they win Writing Competitions; how does the Kid rank in the Piano Student Guild (how well can they play Chopin's Waltz in A minor, my personal favorite), and on and on and on. Encouraging your kid to take all the Challenging courses and doing "Reasonably well" (C or better) is the most important thing. Keeping your kid busy on many things (the whole person) is the Most important thing. You can find things that they really excel at ... who knew that our daughter would like 4-H and the Sheep club Farm duties throughout MS and part of HS.
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.Naval academy doesn’t care about how many times you take SAT
.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???
He has good individual SAT #'s .... Is his SAT on 1 date (one sitting, not super scored), or is it a Super Score of more than 1 date? .... Better if it is One sitting, because it shows that he can Concentrate very well for 3.5 hours straight .... Even better if a kid takes it One time before his/her senior year, and knocks it out of the park --- the SAT/ACT is the Great Equalizer, and One-Sitting scores are Far better than Super Scores --- Schools can see if the SAT/ACT is treated like a game. Our daughter took it one time in her Junior year, and it was enough --- Move on.
If his grades in Calculus were C or low B, and his Physics or Chemistry were B's or C's ... he can be offered NAPS, because he has a High Math score, but may have been too busy to give the Classes what he needed (Billion activities like my daughter), or needs a Kick-in-Butt when it comes to HW and Studying.
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BTW: Grades were Not a big thing with me and my wife. I had No idea what our daughter's GPA/Class Rank was until last Summer before this Senior year. I always told her that she was doing great --- Man, was I in for a Surprise when I saw her class rank last summer before this senior year --- I had a long discussion with the Director of counseling in her school about this last summer. There are too many Abilities that do not show up on GPA -- For example, how often they win Writing Competitions; how does the Kid rank in the Piano Student Guild (how well can they play Chopin's Waltz in A minor, my personal favorite), and on and on and on. Encouraging your kid to take all the Challenging courses and doing "Reasonably well" (C or better) is the most important thing. Keeping your kid busy on many things (the whole person) is the Most important thing. You can find things that they really excel at ... who knew that our daughter would like 4-H and the Sheep club Farm duties throughout MS and part of HS.
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.Naval academy doesn’t care about how many times you take SAT
Well ... This coin definitely has more than one side
.
1. There is the "SAT/ACT portion of the Class Portrait" side of the coin -- so, naturally, every school would want their Pool of Applicants to take the exam many times to improve the Distribution.
2. Then there is the SAT/ACT Competitive Aspect, how your scores compare to another applicant that you are being slated against.
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If a kid took an SAT one time in the 8th grade and received a 650/650, don't think for minute that this would not be looked at very highly when it comes to shuffling (ignoring the class portrait PR element).
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@ImpatientMom - hugs to you. We are in the same boat. Had everything in and DODMERB done in early September, got two noms in the pocket (Sen and Cong) and still we wait after 6 months! At this point, I assume no news is not the greatest news and we have had conversations about alternatives, but it would just be great to know either way. Fortunately DS seems ready to activate on his 4 YR ROTC scholarship and understands there are many pathways to success. Regardless - just wanted to let you know I feel youI 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???
.Naval academy doesn’t care about how many times you take SAT
Well ... This coin definitely has more than one side
.
1. There is the "SAT/ACT portion of the Class Portrait" side of the coin -- so, naturally, every school would want their Pool of Applicants to take the exam many times to improve the Distribution.
2. Then there is the SAT/ACT Competitive Aspect, how your scores compare to another applicant that you are being slated against.
.
If a kid took an SAT one time in the 8th grade and received a 650/650, don't think for minute that this would not be looked at very highly when it comes to shuffling (ignoring the class portrait PR element).
.
.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???
He has good individual SAT #'s .... Is his SAT on 1 date (one sitting, not super scored), or is it a Super Score of more than 1 date? .... Better if it is One sitting, because it shows that he can Concentrate very well for 3.5 hours straight .... Even better if a kid takes it One time before his/her senior year, and knocks it out of the park --- the SAT/ACT is the Great Equalizer, and One-Sitting scores are Far better than Super Scores --- Schools can see if the SAT/ACT is treated like a game. Our daughter took it one time in her Junior year, and it was enough --- Move on.
If his grades in Calculus were C or low B, and his Physics or Chemistry were B's or C's ... he can be offered NAPS, because he has a High Math score, but may have been too busy to give the Classes what he needed (Billion activities like my daughter), or needs a Kick-in-Butt when it comes to HW and Studying.
.
BTW: Grades were Not a big thing with me and my wife. I had No idea what our daughter's GPA/Class Rank was until last Summer before this Senior year. I always told her that she was doing great --- Man, was I in for a Surprise when I saw her class rank last summer before this senior year --- I had a long discussion with the Director of counseling in her school about this last summer. There are too many Abilities that do not show up on GPA -- For example, how often they win Writing Competitions; how does the Kid rank in the Piano Student Guild (how well can they play Chopin's Waltz in A minor, my personal favorite), and on and on and on. Encouraging your kid to take all the Challenging courses and doing "Reasonably well" (C or better) is the most important thing. Keeping your kid busy on many things (the whole person) is the Most important thing. You can find things that they really excel at ... who knew that our daughter would like 4-H and the Sheep club Farm duties throughout MS and part of HS.
..Naval academy doesn’t care about how many times you take SAT
Well ... This coin definitely has more than one side
.
1. There is the "SAT/ACT portion of the Class Portrait" side of the coin -- so, naturally, every school would want their Pool of Applicants to take the exam many times to improve the Distribution.
2. Then there is the SAT/ACT Competitive Aspect, how your scores compare to another applicant that you are being slated against.
.
If a kid took an SAT one time in the 8th grade and received a 650/650, don't think for minute that this would not be looked at very highly when it comes to shuffling (ignoring the class portrait PR element).
.
He took SAT's twice end of Jr year= 760/660 the 730/690. Took SAT first time at end of 10th grade and scored a 1360. Loads of extra-curriculars with Eagle Scout. Has a 3 page resume with few school awards mostly state ones and national ones. I had to also look at the GPA as DS handles that. I honestly never look. Sports and band. we asked about 33 credits from AP and school gave a partical academic scholarship. NROTC folks will not budge on the restriction. We wait with the whole lot of other people.
It’s pretty amazing the quality of kids USNA has to select from. With the kind of qualifications cited by the candidates in this thread (who are STILL WAITING) I can’t imagine what the qualifications are of those that received the early LOAs and Appointments.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.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.
.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???
He has good individual SAT #'s .... Is his SAT on 1 date (one sitting, not super scored), or is it a Super Score of more than 1 date? .... Better if it is One sitting, because it shows that he can Concentrate very well for 3.5 hours straight .... Even better if a kid takes it One time before his/her senior year, and knocks it out of the park --- the SAT/ACT is the Great Equalizer, and One-Sitting scores are Far better than Super Scores --- Schools can see if the SAT/ACT is treated like a game. Our daughter took it one time in her Junior year, and it was enough --- Move on.
If his grades in Calculus were C or low B, and his Physics or Chemistry were B's or C's ... he can be offered NAPS, because he has a High Math score, but may have been too busy to give the Classes what he needed (Billion activities like my daughter), or needs a Kick-in-Butt when it comes to HW and Studying.
.
BTW: Grades were Not a big thing with me and my wife. I had No idea what our daughter's GPA/Class Rank was until last Summer before this Senior year. I always told her that she was doing great --- Man, was I in for a Surprise when I saw her class rank last summer before this senior year --- I had a long discussion with the Director of counseling in her school about this last summer. There are too many Abilities that do not show up on GPA -- For example, how often they win Writing Competitions; how does the Kid rank in the Piano Student Guild (how well can they play Chopin's Waltz in A minor, my personal favorite), and on and on and on. Encouraging your kid to take all the Challenging courses and doing "Reasonably well" (C or better) is the most important thing. Keeping your kid busy on many things (the whole person) is the Most important thing. You can find things that they really excel at ... who knew that our daughter would like 4-H and the Sheep club Farm duties throughout MS and part of HS.
..Naval academy doesn’t care about how many times you take SAT
Well ... This coin definitely has more than one side
.
1. There is the "SAT/ACT portion of the Class Portrait" side of the coin -- so, naturally, every school would want their Pool of Applicants to take the exam many times to improve the Distribution.
2. Then there is the SAT/ACT Competitive Aspect, how your scores compare to another applicant that you are being slated against.
.
If a kid took an SAT one time in the 8th grade and received a 650/650, don't think for minute that this would not be looked at very highly when it comes to shuffling (ignoring the class portrait PR element).
.
He took SAT's twice end of Jr year= 760/660 the 730/690. Took SAT first time at end of 10th grade and scored a 1360. Loads of extra-curriculars with Eagle Scout. Has a 3 page resume with few school awards mostly state ones and national ones. I had to also look at the GPA as DS handles that. I honestly never look. Sports and band. we asked about 33 credits from AP and school gave a partical academic scholarship. NROTC folks will not budge on the restriction. We wait with the whole lot of other people.
Any kid with decent SAT/ACT scores, like your son, could be a candidate for NAPS/Foundation if it could improve his courses in Math/Physics/Chemistry/English .... Like I said, if his grades were C's and B's in all these subjects, and he has the "Whole Person Thing" going, then NAPS/Foundation will do him good .... This doesn't sound like your son though, fortunately or unfortunately.
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@ImpatientMom - hugs to you. We are in the same boat. Had everything in and DODMERB done in early September, got two noms in the pocket (Sen and Cong) and still we wait after 6 months! At this point, I assume no news is not the greatest news and we have had conversations about alternatives, but it would just be great to know either way. Fortunately DS seems ready to activate on his 4 YR ROTC scholarship and understands there are many pathways to success. Regardless - just wanted to let you know I feel youI 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???
I think I saw board meets today(Thursdays) and decisions come at any time after that.
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???
I’m from Ky and I have visited UK and I must say I was impressed! Beautiful campus and not to mention one hell of a basketball program (; great plan B!We are from NC and Mid Sib is still waiting. Looks like many of us from NC have not heard anything. Over the years I’ve watched NC become more and more competitive. In the years past my other kids had received their BFE by January. Mid Sib is going crazy. She has a back up plan in place. AFROTC at University of Kentucky. They offer a very competitive package. Navy has been her life since 2008 she’s attending every event from all girls stem, summer stem, NASS as well and CVW. Waiting is a killer!! Good luck!!
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???
April 15th you will know something. Could wait longer if waitlisted on April 15.I've been a CPR with two nominations for months.