The moderator of the FB page (name withheld) has promised to post an update as soon as a decision is made.
Personally, I would wait for official publication from USMA Public Affairs before changing any plans. Either via Portal Admissible mailings, USMA website, or their official FB page. (Unless it's the official USMA Pub Affairs rep you are referring to)
Anything else is hearsay/rumor. No matter how well intentioned, every year there are issues with this. And yep, this may mean you have to pay more for that flight because you changed it later than you would have preferred.
the exception would be when USMA Pub Affairs utilizes an unofficial channel because they cannot update the official channel. But lately they have been very timely on official channel updates.
Once finalized the calendars and instructions will be updated on the USMA official sites. The key materials you will want to look for are:
- Planning Dates AY13-14
- Buff Card AY13-14
- R-day final schedule (Same for A-day, PPW, etc)
- Bus schedules
These should be available now for AY12-13 if you want to check them out. (
http://www.usma.edu/parents Go to the resources section on the upper left menu.
Also, each class has a section. From the above link, look for
classes http://www.usma.edu/Class
The
2016 page has last years R-day schedule, etc that you can scan to get an idea of what this year's *may* be like.
All that said, it's unfortunate for the 2017 folks having to deal with moving targets. That does make travel plans hard. Just wait for official before you cancel those existing reservations!!!!