I'm a junior in high school, and I was wondering: should I contact my ALO anytime soon? How can he or she help me during this time in high school?
I see. Where did you get his contact information?I would right now. I emailed mine awhile ago asking about Summer Seminar and he was very helpful. After I put in my application for SS he contacted me and gave me a series of questions to answer regarding my SS app which I'm pretty sure helped me out since I did get accepted. So go contact him/her nothing wrong with it plus it helps you stand out I guess.
I actually contacted my Liaison officer (contact information was on my AFA SS application... she was labeled as a "Local Liaison Officer" on the appl.) shortly after I applied for the Seminar. I had the same feeling as you... she asked me some questions and implied that she was going to write a "recommendation" based on the application.My ALO contacted me after I submitted my application for the SS. He was very helpful and even said he was going to help push my application for AFA SS. I implied that he writes some sort of recommendation/statement based off my SS application.
It was definitely worth it.
Also, all 3 of these admission rep/officers are totally unbiased about getting you to choose a particular SA. They all emphasized the fact that they would love for their applicant to go to their SA but also see that not every belong in a plane, aboard a ship, or in the mud, and vice versa.
I see, congrats! Just wondering.. how did you get his contact information?I also wrote a brief email to my admissions officer, formally introducing myself, a week after submitting my summer seminar application. To some people it may seem bothersome,but he seemed more than happy to greet,and answer a quick question I had about presidential nominations.Though this site is extremely helpful..and I have become very educated in the application process ahead, I personally felt it was appropriate to quickly introduce myself.In return,he set up an interview for summer seminar..and write a review for my application. Should one be contacting them everyday for information? Probably not, but it is very helpful to have someone who knows the entire story,and knows how competitive your area is to give you an idea and hints.
I see, congrats! Just wondering.. how did you get his contact information?
Thanks! I already contacted my "Local Liaison Officer" back in November... thank you for answering! I've been wondering if this "Local Liaison Officer" was really my "Admission Liaison Officer" for a very long timeI actually first looked up my ALO on the admissions website, and emailed from there. Then, I realized it was the same colonel that was listed under the "Local Liason Officer" on the Summer Seminar page.
Amen. The definitive word from someone who is there. I have been doing this as a USNA BGO for almost two decades and have interviewed hundreds of candidates. I can count on one hand the number of younger candidates who have bothered me more than I feel they should. However, honestly I can say that of the four or five hundred that I have interviewed, the majority would have benefited, admissions wise, from a small course correction or two back at the beginning of their quest. Specific questions suc as "Is 'A" better than 'B?" or "Should I do 'C'?" are often interrelated with a whole lot of other inputs and can not be answered on a general forum such as this. I cannot believe that this is even being questioned. I amsure if one were to dig out the ALO job description, it would charge them with assisting underclassmen. The USNA one definitely does.best word of advice i heard: it's NEVER too early to start!!
Contact him/her now. They have a lot of insights that would help you. Things like ex-curricular stuff, groups, sports, clubs, etc - if the ALO suggests things like that to you in your senior year.. it's already too late. As a junior, you can get on it!
Your hs gc should also be able to give you the info. At the 3 hs's that our kids attended they all had the contact info for who the ALO assigned to the school was.
Very well said.Too funny or maybe I should say too sad!
I tend to forget that there are places like Olanthe KS that have no military life near them....kind of like being from NY/NJ/CT and forgetting that not everyone in the US has ever seen the Statue of Liberty, or from the DC area and realizing that not every resident in MD or VA has been to DC.
Sometimes we forget how large and diverse our nation is, and it is good to be reminded what we take for granted is actually rare.