Our DS received his LOA letter last week and our Senator called him at school to congratulate him on his nomination. It’s been a happy few days in our house, but our DS knows that the true celebration doesn’t start until he receives a BFE!
So there’s a lot of “celebrations” but it’s really never ending in terms of the unknown.
We celebrated DD’s LOA to USMA briefly. We then celebrated her appointments first to USAFA in early Dec then followed by USNA (mid-Jan) and USMA (a day or so later).
You’ll celebrate the BFE but then you’ll always wonder if something will happen between then and R-day to cause a medical DQ. You’ll want to bubble wrap the kiddo but then you’ll think the kiddo deserves to live a normal HS senior life.
You’ll celebrate R-day but that’s an emotionally roller coaster day. You’ll celebrate getting thru those first couple of days but then you’ll wonder if they’ll get thru Beast.
You’ll celebrate the kiddo getting thru the 1/2 way point of Beast but you’ll wonder if they’ll get thru ok during the Camp Buckner phase.
You’ll celebrate the end of Beast but you’ll wonder if they’ll do ok with the 19 credit hours the kiddo will be taking when a normal college load is 15 credits. I guess there’s no doubt they’ll do ok BUT the difference is will the kiddo be ok not being the rock star anymore while being surrounded by equally (if not more) motivated kids - hundreds of them.
My point is congrats on the first of many celebrations. You’ll experience much more but that also comes with unknowns about the next milestone.
...But this is his dream, so we support him in the ways we can...
So there’s a lot of “celebrations” but it’s really never ending in terms of the unknown.
We celebrated DD’s LOA to USMA briefly. We then celebrated her appointments first to USAFA in early Dec then followed by USNA (mid-Jan) and USMA (a day or so later).
You’ll celebrate the BFE but then you’ll always wonder if something will happen between then and R-day to cause a medical DQ. You’ll want to bubble wrap the kiddo but then you’ll think the kiddo deserves to live a normal HS senior life.
You’ll celebrate R-day but that’s an emotionally roller coaster day. You’ll celebrate getting thru those first couple of days but then you’ll wonder if they’ll get thru Beast.
You’ll celebrate the kiddo getting thru the 1/2 way point of Beast but you’ll wonder if they’ll get thru ok during the Camp Buckner phase.
You’ll celebrate the end of Beast but you’ll wonder if they’ll do ok with the 19 credit hours the kiddo will be taking when a normal college load is 15 credits. I guess there’s no doubt they’ll do ok BUT the difference is will the kiddo be ok not being the rock star anymore while being surrounded by equally (if not more) motivated kids - hundreds of them.
My point is congrats on the first of many celebrations. You’ll experience much more but that also comes with unknowns about the next milestone.
Congratulations! So great to get this news (and confirmation) early! I think the BFE won't come until they are sent out in bulk/waves (first wave in January) if what I remember reading is correct.Our DS just called from school beyond excited!! He sent us a screen shot of his portal...
CONGRATULATIONS!
You have been offered
Admission to West Point!
The link to your acceptance form
can be found on the left side
of your Overview page.
Looking for some advise, as this is all new to us. Is this the same as the BFE?
Our DS just called from school beyond excited!! He sent us a screen shot of his portal...
CONGRATULATIONS!
You have been offered
Admission to West Point!
The link to your acceptance form
can be found on the left side
of your Overview page.
Looking for some advice, as this is all new to us. Is this the same as the BFE?
So much truth in this! Each and every move forward is reason to celebrate!So there’s a lot of “celebrations” but it’s really never ending in terms of the unknown.
We celebrated DD’s LOA to USMA briefly. We then celebrated her appointments first to USAFA in early Dec then followed by USNA (mid-Jan) and USMA (a day or so later).
You’ll celebrate the BFE but then you’ll always wonder if something will happen between then and R-day to cause a medical DQ. You’ll want to bubble wrap the kiddo but then you’ll think the kiddo deserves to live a normal HS senior life.
You’ll celebrate R-day but that’s an emotionally roller coaster day. You’ll celebrate getting thru those first couple of days but then you’ll wonder if they’ll get thru Beast.
You’ll celebrate the kiddo getting thru the 1/2 way point of Beast but you’ll wonder if they’ll get thru ok during the Camp Buckner phase.
You’ll celebrate the end of Beast but you’ll wonder if they’ll do ok with the 19 credit hours the kiddo will be taking when a normal college load is 15 credits. I guess there’s no doubt they’ll do ok BUT the difference is will the kiddo be ok not being the rock star anymore while being surrounded by equally (if not more) motivated kids - hundreds of them.
My point is congrats on the first of many celebrations. You’ll experience much more but that also comes with unknowns about the next milestone.
Our DS just called from school beyond excited!! He sent us a screen shot of his portal...
CONGRATULATIONS!
You have been offered
Admission to West Point!
The link to your acceptance form
can be found on the left side
of your Overview page.
Looking for some advise, as this is all new to us. Is this the same as the BFE?
My advice...keep the worrying to a minimum if possible. You know you've bought them up right. It follows that they will make good career decisions!Here's a question for parents on this thread and the never-ending cycle of angst / celebration. DS is my second. I have a DD who's a soph at a civilian school, good, well-respected public university.
If DS goes to USMA or AROTC, I'll worry about which branch and where he would be stationed and obviously safety. He'll be in the Army for a minimum of 5 years. So that's 9 years from now at the least when he's out of the Army.
With DD, an Econ major, when she graduates in 2 years, no idea what her career will be. I've taken the last 5 months off from worrying about her to worry about DS's USMA process, but starting to get back to that splinter in my brain.
So for those with kids going the civilian route AND the military route, whom do you worry about more?
Studies have shown that when adjusting for factors such as health, income, job satisfaction, friends...biggest contributor to someone's stress is whether they have kids. I'm sure many of you can relate lol.