MorningMommy
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Hello everyone,
I have been lurking for a while now and was hoping some of the knowledgable voices could help...
My daughter is young but is a unique young lady who has found her resonance in the navy. She is currently a Sea Cadet, will go to recruit training this summer for sea cadets at 14. She is an A/B student, crew coxswain (will join varsity next year in HS), sea cadet (will at least be a seaman by the time of graduation), has all of her silver level awards for girl scouts (will have gold by graduation) and is working on her congressional youth award. I love her dearly, but to be honest I don't see her scoring exceptionally high on her SATs, just not her performance venue. She's a performer not a tester that way.
Her current goal is to be a physical therapist in the navy. But as a mom I see a few issues with that.ROTC only pays for 4 year degrees. The only service academy to offer kinesiology is USMA and she wants Navy. I know the chances of her getting a tier 3 scholarship in kinesiology are low - do I encourage her to enlist instead as a corpsman, she could act as a Physical Therapist Assistant then and then maybe continue her education? Or do I encourage her to get her associates the enlist, or get her degree then try to be an officer? I know I technically have time - and she could join sea perch and lose her mind for engineering, but if she doesn't I want to be the cheerleader.
Sorry to babble and thank you for any help you can give to put my mind at ease.
I have been lurking for a while now and was hoping some of the knowledgable voices could help...
My daughter is young but is a unique young lady who has found her resonance in the navy. She is currently a Sea Cadet, will go to recruit training this summer for sea cadets at 14. She is an A/B student, crew coxswain (will join varsity next year in HS), sea cadet (will at least be a seaman by the time of graduation), has all of her silver level awards for girl scouts (will have gold by graduation) and is working on her congressional youth award. I love her dearly, but to be honest I don't see her scoring exceptionally high on her SATs, just not her performance venue. She's a performer not a tester that way.
Her current goal is to be a physical therapist in the navy. But as a mom I see a few issues with that.ROTC only pays for 4 year degrees. The only service academy to offer kinesiology is USMA and she wants Navy. I know the chances of her getting a tier 3 scholarship in kinesiology are low - do I encourage her to enlist instead as a corpsman, she could act as a Physical Therapist Assistant then and then maybe continue her education? Or do I encourage her to get her associates the enlist, or get her degree then try to be an officer? I know I technically have time - and she could join sea perch and lose her mind for engineering, but if she doesn't I want to be the cheerleader.
Sorry to babble and thank you for any help you can give to put my mind at ease.