My son is just finishing his year of prep school at Kiski ( near Pittsburgh). He chose a school that had hockey. Kiski wasn’t his first choice but I am glad he went there because it was only 4 hours away so he was able to come home a bunch and had a few of his hockey games near us. There was nothing military about this particular school… we figured he would get plenty of it in his future. There are 2 other foundation kids there and they are all roommates which is great because they all have the same goal and kept each other motivated.
The idea of him doing a year of prep school was though to swallow at first, because in our mind our son’s application was perfect… superscores, tons of volunteering and Captain of a couple teams… but he came from a very competitive are ( Maryland) and he knew that foundation was a golden ticket for the following year. His dream was always USNA, so he turned down Westpoint and NROTC. I think this year was a great way for him to mature and live away from home… (the Naval Academy is literally in our backyard… well, we can see it from our front yard
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