Sorry to hear this. I've been following along, monitoring your journey. I know how badly you wanted it for her. Hopefully NROTC comes thru.TWE just received for my DD, as well. In TX.
TWE email received just now... we are out in PA.
Thank you for the kind words. She's a pretty sad young lady today, but (of course) has a tremendous head on her shoulders and determined plans for the future. Definitely agree that we hope NROTC comes through!! $$ needed! (twins headed off to school at the same time, yikes!!)Sorry to hear this. I've been following along, monitoring your journey. I know how badly you wanted it for her. Hopefully NROTC comes thru.TWE just received for my DD, as well. In TX.
Definitely seems like today was the wrong kind of wave Sad DD in TX for us, as well. I turn 50 next week myself, so totally agree about looking back! Best wishes to your DD and her excellent options. Still holding out hope for the NROTC scholarship, that sure would make the path a little straighter! She's accepted to Texas A&M engineering (as well as Citadel and Norwich), so we'll just hang tight a little longer and hope for some fair winds and following seas!Same here. TX. Got TWE email and update today. DS is upset - but plans B and C are still awfully good plans (USMMA Appointment and NROTC 4-year award) so I hope he eventually can realize that this is only a speed bump on the way to serving. But at 18 that’s hard when your dream was USNA. It’s a lot easier at 50 looking backward to see the bright spot.
Definitely seems like today was the wrong kind of wave Sad DD in TX for us, as well. I turn 50 next week myself, so totally agree about looking back! Best wishes to your DD and her excellent options. Still holding out hope for the NROTC scholarship, that sure would make the path a little straighter! She's accepted to Texas A&M engineering (as well as Citadel and Norwich), so we'll just hang tight a little longer and hope for some fair winds and following seas!
I hope he eventually can realize that this is only a speed bump on the way to serving.
All the best to you and your DS, as well!Definitely seems like today was the wrong kind of wave Sad DD in TX for us, as well. I turn 50 next week myself, so totally agree about looking back! Best wishes to your DD and her excellent options. Still holding out hope for the NROTC scholarship, that sure would make the path a little straighter! She's accepted to Texas A&M engineering (as well as Citadel and Norwich), so we'll just hang tight a little longer and hope for some fair winds and following seas!
DS also into A&M. His scholarship award was to Stanford who hasn’t replied yet. So now the risk is getting his scholarship transferred if Stanford turns him down. But he also has USMMA so he will have hard decision to make. Good luck to your DD!!
BGO reached out invited DS and us to the regional USNA alum gathering during the holidays. IDK if he invited the whole slate or what, but we were the only ones to take him up on it and actually attended the event. BGO sat with us and then made sure to introduce DS to all of the faculty and admin personnel, and really schmoozed DS up to the muckity-mucks, "I want you to meet my top candidate" which I thought was really generous. Anyway, just a data point, who knows if it'll make any difference having such an encouraging/involved BGO.
Capt, surely he gets that an appointment to USMMA and a 4yr NROTC is not in any way a "speed bump" to serving in the fleet, right? Hearty congratulation to him! That is awesome.
Remind him that if he wants to be a Navy officer then NROTC is an excellent route to pursue. Also, he can allays re-apply next year and doing it while in NROTC opens up an opportunity for another nomination, besides looking good on his application. If he plans on re-applying he should mimic the plebe year classes. But you knew all that, right?Same here. TX. Got TWE email and update today. DS is upset - but plans B and C are still awfully good plans (USMMA Appointment and NROTC 4-year award) so I hope he eventually can realize that this is only a speed bump on the way to serving. But at 18 that’s hard when your dream was USNA. It’s a lot easier at 50 looking backward to see the bright spot.
Remind him that if he wants to be a Navy officer then NROTC is an excellent route to pursue. Also, he can allays re-apply next year and doing it while in NROTC opens up an opportunity for another nomination, besides looking good on his application. If he plans on re-applying he should mimic the plebe year classes. But you knew all that, right?