LOA

just curious scprepoh... Are you a recruited athlete?

Either way.. Mad props and congrats!!
 
Two LOAs (1 male and 1 female) were given out at each week of AIM. So at least six people already have LOAs.
 
Oh sorry I did not clarify. I was talking about people who did not receive the LOA from AIM and who have submitted their application.
 
Littledebbie3 said:
Oh sorry I did not clarify. I was talking about people who did not receive the LOA from AIM and who have submitted their application.
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The clarification helps. My son recieved an loa last year. He was not a recruited athlete nor did he get one during AIM. His sport is water polo, which is a club sport (sorta). He is a good student though.
 
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AIM Summer Program Lazy summers are for lazy people, not you. You’re driven to do something greater. The Academy Introduction Mission (AIM) is a one-week summer program where you’ll immerse yourself in Academy life. AIM is exclusively for students entering their senior year of high school and is...
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scprepoh said:
The clarification helps. My son recieved an loa last year. He was not a recruited athlete nor did he get one during AIM. His sport is water polo, which is a club sport (sorta). He is a good student though.
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Your son got his last year, right? I think @Littledebbie3 is asking if any applicants for 2028 have gotten LOAs yet.
 
Has the academy sent class of 2028 LOA's yet? We were told they begin reviewing apps at the end of Sept, so I didn't know if the send some earlier than that.
 
GnomeOoGnomeo said:
Has the academy sent class of 2028 LOA's yet? We were told they begin reviewing apps at the end of Sept, so I didn't know if the send some earlier than that.
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There's no set schedule for LOAs and they don't hand out too many of them, particularly at a smaller Academy such as CGA. LOAs usually trickle out starting in the summer. Often LOA's are based on what they know about an applicant prior to the actual application process, so if they're a high end recruited athlete, they will have already asked for grades and test scores and know those things are solid as well. Some others come from AIM performance along with athletics. Of course they'll have your AIM application and know what your academics look like.

Once applications are reviewed some more LOAs may be generated to give top candidates or those highly desired for sports or other activities some peace of mind while waiting for full appointments to roll out.

Even with the LOA, applications are reviewed by the review board just like everyone else to be sure nothing went south since the LOA was awarded.

I'm sure there are tons of other scenarios. This is just sort of what I'm familiar with since my daughter had received an LOA for another service academy last year but was dead set on USCGA.
 
So excited my son got the call this morning that he is receiving an LOA for the class of 2028! After getting on the waitlist for the class of 2027, and not getting a spot, this is wonderful news! He is thrilled!

FYI…he will be a naval architecture major, and is not an athletics recruit.
 
Jeeplady777 said:
So excited my son got the call this morning that he is receiving an LOA for the class of 2028! After getting on the waitlist for the class of 2027, and not getting a spot, this is wonderful news! He is thrilled!

FYI…he will be a naval architecture major, and is not an athletics recruit.
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Great to see this.
They know who persevered on the waitlist the previous year. What a relief!
Any conditions to fulfill? Good luck with those, if any.
 
Jeeplady777 said:
So excited my son got the call this morning that he is receiving an LOA for the class of 2028! After getting on the waitlist for the class of 2027, and not getting a spot, this is wonderful news! He is thrilled!

FYI…he will be a naval architecture major, and is not an athletics recruit.
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That's awesome. Congrats. What sports does he play in HS?
 
scprepoh said:
That's awesome. Congrats. What sports does he play in HS?
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He did XC and hurdles in track in high school but he attended a small 1A private school and with 2 years missed due to Covid (in Oregon), he was never really able to develop/excel at a highly competitive level. I think he would love to try rowing so who knows what he will do at the academy.
 
Capt MJ said:
Great to see this.
They know who persevered on the waitlist the previous year. What a relief!
Any conditions to fulfill? Good luck with those, if any.
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I believe his only condition is to get the application done during early action and no issues with medical or fitness test which he had passed last time so shouldn’t be a problem again. His problem last time was that he decided to apply too late for early action and got it in a week or so before the general deadline and the class was basically full by then. That was the feedback when he met with admissions on why he didn’t get in last time.
 
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