Have him continue to work out and keep his fitness up, make sure his immunizations are done, schedule dentist appointment if needed, make sure you have his passport and copies of birth certificate that way if he gets called all he has to do is pack.
LOL Great Minds thing alike
Thanks! Is there a list of immunizations that the academy requires? I'm trying to do this behind the scenes since 1. I don't want him to be distracted from focusing on plan b, and 2. it might inadvertently get his hopes up. I know it sounds weird because he wants to go here so badly, but it's been such a roller coaster ride so far and I want him to ENJOY this last month of high school! (Also, he's a wrestler, so staying in shape is like breathing for him
. It's the not getting injured part I'm worried about!)This immunization form is from a couple years ago (class of 2023), but it should be about the same. (Except I don't know the current status on the covid vaccine requirement.) https://uscga.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/immunization-form.pdfThanks! Is there a list of immunizations that the academy requires? I'm trying to do this behind the scenes since 1. I don't want him to be distracted from focusing on plan b, and 2. it might inadvertently get his hopes up. I know it sounds weird because he wants to go here so badly, but it's been such a roller coaster ride so far and I want him to ENJOY this last month of high school! (Also, he's a wrestler, so staying in shape is like breathing for him
I don't know if there is an official "last day", but last year quite a few were pulled from the waitlist at the very end of May.
Thank you, that is good to know.
I remember one of the last "pulled from the waitlist" that was mentioned last year was May 31st. There was an email sent out shortly after letting everyone know that the class was "closed" or full so that everyone knew. I felt like the USCGA communicated really well especially compared to some of the other SAs (most likely due to size).
Regular. You won’t need the extra pages. And not the small card.
Awesome. Thanks! We can't get an appointment at our local acceptance offices until mid-May. Do you suggest we expedite it? (I should note we live in HI so the mailing time may be a couple days longer.)
What about the post office? We can make an appt. at ours. Don’t know the wait. Yes, expedite.
Based on Eagle's schedule, some of the swabs will be flying to Bermuda to start their week on Eagle. The other two groups of swabs will only go to stateside ports. Since you don't know yet which group your swab will be in, you'd want to make sure your child has a passport in hand before mid-July since the first group will fly to Bermuda ~22 July. Based on expected turnaround times and then the time to get it to your swab, you probably would want to expedite if you can't get an appointment til later May.
Our post office doesn't have any available appointments until May 15. Expediting and praying it gets here! (Also still praying he will need it!!
)Thank you for this helpful information! We're going to hope it gets here on time and if not, send it to him right away!! (Also praying that he gets off the waitlist so this is a happy problem!
)I did see that. Really hoping it gets here sooner than later! I'll keep checking for possible cancelations.
