DD is MMI bound!

My DS is headed to MMI as an West Point AOG Scholar this Fall as well. There is an Open House on April 5th that we are going to attend. His decision is made. This is just about meeting some people and getting a sense of where he will be this Fall. Always a chance that he could get an admission to USMA this year, but I'm led to believe that is unlikely at this point. We are so grateful for the opportunity, and I see many positive things about LTC Bowen. He called my DS to welcome him, and he could not have been nicer. My DS said, "You don't know how nice it was just to have someone talk to me like a human being rather than a CFA or SAT score."
If anyone else is heading down for that, it would be good to say "hi."
 
Estab34 said:
My son received an athletic scholarship to MMI for track. He will be going if he does not get an appointment also!
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LLPOH said:
My DS is headed to MMI as an West Point AOG Scholar this Fall as well. There is an Open House on April 5th that we are going to attend. His decision is made. This is just about meeting some people and getting a sense of where he will be this Fall. Always a chance that he could get an admission to USMA this year, but I'm led to believe that is unlikely at this point. We are so grateful for the opportunity, and I see many positive things about LTC Bowen. He called my DS to welcome him, and he could not have been nicer. My DS said, "You don't know how nice it was just to have someone talk to me like a human being rather than a CFA or SAT score."
If anyone else is heading down for that, it would be good to say "hi."
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We are headed down there on Monday during our spring break. Unfortunately we won't be able to attend the open house on the 5th, but I'd love for us to stay connected as they will be spending the next year getting to know each other! Where are you guys from?
 
LLPOH said:
My DS is headed to MMI as an West Point AOG Scholar this Fall as well. There is an Open House on April 5th that we are going to attend. His decision is made. This is just about meeting some people and getting a sense of where he will be this Fall. Always a chance that he could get an admission to USMA this year, but I'm led to believe that is unlikely at this point. We are so grateful for the opportunity, and I see many positive things about LTC Bowen. He called my DS to welcome him, and he could not have been nicer. My DS said, "You don't know how nice it was just to have someone talk to me like a human being rather than a CFA or SAT score."
If anyone else is heading down for that, it would be good to say "hi."
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LTC Bowen is all that and more. The lasting memory of him that I will keep is my first in-person meeting with him when my son (a self-prep) and I went to visit in early May and for my son to decide whether he was all in on Marion or not. So LTC Bowen took us around campus for well over an hour and stopped and talked with every cadet we encountered and then filled us in on the cadet's plans for the coming year. He literally knew everybody and their story. For a student body that basically turns over every year, I was incredibly impressed. Then he told us to go to Diane's for steak, and it was awesome . . . and just as homey as he described.

The cadets seem like a close bunch, regardless of academy of interest, and this semester we parents have kind of formed a rooting section here for each other's cadets.
 
mamarowe said:
We are headed down there on Monday during our spring break. Unfortunately we won't be able to attend the open house on the 5th, but I'd love for us to stay connected as they will be spending the next year getting to know each other! Where are you guys from?
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We currently live in MA, but we've lived all over the US. We aren't a military family, but we've moved often enough that it seems that way. My son was born in Kansas City, but we've lived in Las Vegas, Denver, Northern VA, and MA (between Boston and Providence, RI). I'm excited that they will get to know each other before they hit the academy.
 
franknd said:
LTC Bowen is all that and more. The lasting memory of him that I will keep is my first in-person meeting with him when my son (a self-prep) and I went to visit in early May and for my son to decide whether he was all in on Marion or not. So LTC Bowen took us around campus for well over an hour and stopped and talked with every cadet we encountered and then filled us in on the cadet's plans for the coming year. He literally knew everybody and their story. For a student body that basically turns over every year, I was incredibly impressed. Then he told us to go to Diane's for steak, and it was awesome . . . and just as homey as he described.

The cadets seem like a close bunch, regardless of academy of interest, and this semester we parents have kind of formed a rooting section here for each other's cadets.
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What a great testament to his devotion to the cadets. The good thing is that they are all on the same journey together. It is my hope that they will be a source of support and encouragement to each other. I hope that your son is doing well and gets the appointment he wants.
 
franknd said:
LTC Bowen is all that and more. The lasting memory of him that I will keep is my first in-person meeting with him when my son (a self-prep) and I went to visit in early May and for my son to decide whether he was all in on Marion or not. So LTC Bowen took us around campus for well over an hour and stopped and talked with every cadet we encountered and then filled us in on the cadet's plans for the coming year. He literally knew everybody and their story. For a student body that basically turns over every year, I was incredibly impressed. Then he told us to go to Diane's for steak, and it was awesome . . . and just as homey as he described.

The cadets seem like a close bunch, regardless of academy of interest, and this semester we parents have kind of formed a rooting section here for each other's cadets.
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This was the exact experience my DS and I had at MMI and with LTC Bowen last April. I can't say enough good things about MMI and LTC Bowen.
 
I just want to reach out to the MMI community of cadets currently there and send my sincerest sympathies to the tragedy of this past weekend. Know that is felt among the greater prep program cadets at all the other JR MC's.
 
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