trad2026
usna '26
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- Jun 15, 2021
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So, last week I received an LOA from USNA and live in a fairly non-competitive district so my only concern right now is on the medical side of the application. Every morning, and several times throughout the day, I check my DoDMERB portal to see if there are any updates.
This morning at around 8:10, I saw the following status update from USNA:
I burst out of my seat with excitement and ran to the stairs to tell my family.
About 20 minutes after having checked the portal, I received an email (at 8:29) that I had a "new correspondence from DoDMERB regarding your Application". I figured it was just a delay in announcing the news which I had already seen, but I went and checked the portal just in case. And boy am I glad I did because to my dismay, my Status had changed to:
I know that "Under Waiver Review" is a better position to be in than the "Waiver Denied" from USMA which I received this morning, but it's certainly not the "Qualified" which was a huge comfort for the 15 minutes I had it.
Now comes the difficult part of explaining how the medical status changed so quickly to my family and my close friends whom I texted with the news.
*I posted this here since it's not a DoDMERB question and is a status update about the medical side of my USNA application. But, if the mods think it is better suited in the DoDMERB thread, please go ahead and move it!*
This morning at around 8:10, I saw the following status update from USNA:
I burst out of my seat with excitement and ran to the stairs to tell my family.
About 20 minutes after having checked the portal, I received an email (at 8:29) that I had a "new correspondence from DoDMERB regarding your Application". I figured it was just a delay in announcing the news which I had already seen, but I went and checked the portal just in case. And boy am I glad I did because to my dismay, my Status had changed to:
I know that "Under Waiver Review" is a better position to be in than the "Waiver Denied" from USMA which I received this morning, but it's certainly not the "Qualified" which was a huge comfort for the 15 minutes I had it.
Now comes the difficult part of explaining how the medical status changed so quickly to my family and my close friends whom I texted with the news.
*I posted this here since it's not a DoDMERB question and is a status update about the medical side of my USNA application. But, if the mods think it is better suited in the DoDMERB thread, please go ahead and move it!*