Yep. Website still indicates "no decision has been made". Hard to believe...
Once he received and accepted appointment to KP it mattered much less to us but it does make us wonder what is going on.
It will be a full 8 months at the end of April (his complete ROTC app was submitted late Aug and made the 1st board).
BH
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Thanks for the reply CaKPDad. Finally got through to admissions and it's an official prep school spot. We are in shock and thrilled. Basically was moving on to 'other' plans until this occured. Would like to PM you with my billion questions about the NMMI experience but it appears I don't have enough posts.
Good luck to all who are still ON HOLD - we stopped checking the portal for weeks and was pleasantly surprised.
[/QUOTE]Dear wtdoorusna80 -
our son is still on hold as well- which apparently as of April 1st, is now a national waiting list ranked and developed from the state "hold" list. To answer your question, we are not seeing any movement on the portal- but some with hold status have in recent days seen the hold field empty. This apparently is an indication that the cadet is getting a prep school offer. Most I am sure will accept but some, for whatever personal reason, may reject their appointment. The Cadet Reply Date is April 15 - and after that cadets from the national waiting list will be offered appointments in order of merit.
Our son has been encouraged by so many over the course of this exciting and frankly nail biting process and we would like to pass it on to you - in a nut shell "keep the dream alive" if the KP opportunity remains your child's objective, and for some reason does not get the appointment this year- May i offer/borrow the battle cry from James Lawrence of the war of 1812; "don't give up the ship"
I agree with the sentiment that: if KP calls great. If not, plan B/C/D are already in the works.
It's time to take a 'burn the boats' mentality... Go forward and don't look back at what wasn't.
And I won't be re-applying next year... My community college instead of highschool approach to school has put me in the position being able to obtain a BS in ME or Chem in 2 years. The lack of a USCG license is a downer... but hey, I can make up for that with a PhD!
Haze,
Just out of curiosity how did you receive a spot as a sponsored prep? Did your DS express interest in attending NMMI or was he just offered a spot out of the blue? In other words, what do you think the factor was that got him this prep school spot?
Thank you.
Haze,
Happy to PM you regarding questions about NMMI. Again, a FANTASTIC opportunity and way to get to KP!
To answer the question about getting in to NMMI, we were not exactly sure on what got our DS in other than he must have been competitive yet fell a bit short on either GPA or an ACT/ SAT score. Our DS did express interest when contacting admissions regarding a prep slot if offered although I am not sure if this had any bearing. NMMI will definitely bring your DS or DD up to where they need to be and fully prepare them to enter KP. From talking to other NMMI preps that went on to KP, they felt that it made their first year there much easier than had they gone directly out of high school. This year USMMA sponsored 40 preps and only a handful did not get accepted into the class of 2018.
Not this year but a few years ago, a mom told me her daughter got a D in Physics at NMMI and although she was a sponsored prep and her overall GPA did exceeded the minimum, they did not give her an appointment.
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