I tried to PM you, but kept getting error messages, so here goes.
He applied to USNA, USAFA, NROTC, and AFROTC. He has not heard back from USAFA yet. USNA has sent a letter saying he is guaranteed an offer of appointment if he meets the medical qualifications. He has been offered an NROTC scholarship at the University of Colorado-Boulder and a Type 7 AFROTC scholarship he could use at South Dakota State University. He is currently medically disqualified with USNA, USAFA, and NROTC. The DoDMERB site says his status is pending waiver review. He has been granted a waiver by AFROTC's waiver board without sending extra info. So, he has that option.
He had a contact dermatitis reaction to mango peel once in 2013. Sounds weird, huh? Unfortunately, the peel of the mango has the same poisonous oil as poison ivy (urishiol). It wasn't a scary reaction or anything. A couple of days after eating the mangoes (off the peel, instead of peeling it), his lips became swollen. A few days later, his lips were fine, but his eyes were swollen. After about a week, we took him to a clinic. He was prescribed some prednisone, then he was fine. We took him to an allergist last month and submitted the doctor's notes from that visit regarding his "diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis." The doc also tested to make sure he wasn't allergic to the flesh of the mango, and the test was negative. So, we are crossing our fingers that the waiver board thinks it's as little of a problem as the allergist thought it was. The doc tried to ease their minds that it was any type of anaphylactic reaction...simply contact dermatitis.
If my son had his choice of the four options, he would choose USNA. He wants to be a Naval Officer.....So, we'll see what happens.
The mom in me sometimes thinks about how Colorado Springs is so much closer to South Dakota than Annapolis. (Just like Colorado Springs would be farther from you than Annapolis, but it sounds like USAFA is your kid's dream scenario.)