Patience and hope is all we can hold onto right now! Good luck to all of us!
I see your son has been persistent in his efforts--I am sure that will be noticed--good luck to him--Hoping for the best
In his email, McMunn said early this week; but that could mean a few more days, nothing today from what I have seen but there is still plenty of time!
Yes, you are right as I bet they will drag it out as long as they can and wait it out till June 4th to tell my son that he didn't get in-just our luck or lack of it-it never fails for us--lol
You could ping Objee (the USCGA admissions account for this forum) if you really want an update as he was last online at 3pm today.
I am sorry but we don't know how to do this pinging you have mentioned and is this account the official admissions account?
Does this apply to all service academies?
No. They all have their own process and timertable.
Ping used as a verb - comes from sonar “ping” sound as it contacts an object. To ping someone is to contact someone in hope of getting a response.
Thank you, @Capt MJ --as someone mentioned above, we will wait--patience is a virtue that can be learned at any age and I guess as a nervous parent I am learning this now--if nothing happens by the end of the week, then we move on
That’s the one.
We read this and our hearts sank as my DS is a 17 year old average kid with dreams of serving as a coast guard for years & to see that even you all have been waitlisted even after being at MMI, makes us wonder what are they really looking for? The odds are so against us that every day without news is draining us mentally. Good luck to all you guys
Don’t give up hope. Even those appointed to CGAS aren’t guaranteed an appointment even though it’s often called a golden ticket. Each year there are people who attended NAPS, GMC and MMI on the the Coast Guards dime that still don’t make the cut for one reason or another.
I know that it can become all consuming to travel the Academy application route and sometimes it can seem frustrating or discouraging. Keep thinking positive and, perhaps, keep the other avenues in mind, too. Thank you so much for your kind words--he has paid the deposit at Norwich and signed up for their NROTC--let us hope that this will bring him closer to his dream and we try again next year and the next..as the beat goes on.As a Coast Guard family, I ASSURE you that there are multiple ways to become an officer in the Coast Guard if that is truly your DS's hope. If CGA is his dream, then I hope that he gets his wish. If that CGA appointment doesn't come through, though, just know that he could always go to another great university, go MARGRAD (degree from one of our 6 civilian US Maritime Academies or USMMA), DSCC (Graduating from a Senior Military College after being in the Corps of Cadets or 2 years of another ROTC program), CSPI (attending a minority serving institute) or graduate, enlist and apply to OCS. I know that it can become very easy to get narrowly focused on CGA as a means to become an officer but there are many other ways to reach that goal. It is still competitive, of course, but if his ultimate goal is to become an Officer in the Coast Guard, he can get there.
