<p>I was just recently offered an appointment to USMA. It came in a nice leather binder with a letter and a color "congratulations" document.
I got in off of a JROTC nomination.</p>
<p>If you have any questions about what my stats were or whatever, feel free to ask.</p>
<p>I'm very excited, this was a long time coming!!!!</p>
<p>Congratulations! I'm currently a junior, and am working towards a JROTC nomination. My SAI already told me that he would nominate me. Could you tell me what exactly needs to be done in order to receive a JROTC nomination? And also, what were your academics, EC's, etc like?</p>
<p>Congratulations; you are in a very small, accomplished, and extraordinary group of your peers. You are also in for the experience of a life time.</p>
<p>Fuzzy- </p>
<p>I had my SAI fill out 2 forms. He also had to fill out a recomendation form. If you(or he) does not have these, contact your MALO. That person should have them.
I had 630V 760M, JROTC Battalion commander (XO jr year, s5 soph), Manager at a lasertag place in Indpls, Varisty drill team/color guard/track/baseball, track-captain, NHS, Sci-olym state medal winner, helped create/run a small "junior" summer military program for elem kids, SLS (plus air force sls), etc...</p>
<p>WPSON -</p>
<p>Thank you VERY much!! I have wanted this for SO LONG. I'm glad i got it early instead of having to wait. Getting your full packet in early really helps!!</p>
<p>USMA011,</p>
<p>Congratulations and a big thank you for pursuing a career of service to our great country. Have a great Thanksgiving.</p>
<p>Aspiring candidates, make note of USMA011's advice about getting everything in early.</p>
<p>USMA011,</p>
<p>Congratulations to you! I know it must be great to have the waiting over. I hope you stick around here for the next few months to encourage your future classmates. </p>
<p>Fuzzy,</p>
<p>Make sure you apply for all nominations that are available to you. I'm not sure how many appointments are available to JROTC nominees, but you want to make sure you have as many routes to that appointment as possible. Good luck.</p>
<p>I applied to all the people I could. I actually have interviews setup with my state Senators (Indiana), and my representative. I will shortly cancel these, as I do not want to waste their time, as I already have an appointment. I felt I should apply to them anyway, because the more you apply to, the more pools you can potentially get your nomination/appointment from.</p>
<p>The hardest part is really just getting everything done. I wish I didn't procrastonate as much on some of the forms. I got everything in (including nomination around 31 october, and recieved my appointment about 14 october.) slowly, and wish I did not. Essays aren't that bad - get them out of the way early and send it in. The more you send in, the better your chances are at getting an LOA.</p>
<p>If any future 2011'ers want to AIM me so we can stay motivated, feel free. PM me and I will shoot you my AIM name.</p>
<p>Hey, congrats!
I got my appointment for the class of 2011 in mid-October, and I was (and still am) just as excited! I received a Presidential Nomination, apparently.
Anyway, I see that you are a JROTC battalion commander...that's pretty Hooah! I am the BC of my ARJROTC unit as well, and I served as the Command Sergeant Major last year...good times.
Hope to meet you soon!</p>
<p>Congrats on your early Appointment Thunder! JROTC Battalion Commander is a fun job. I was Battalion Executive Officer last year, and S-5 year prior.
You can always hit me up on AIM!</p>
<p>Mike</p>
<p>USMA011- Let me offer my congratulations as well. </p>
<p>I will be sending in the entirety of my packet later this week and only wish to recieve the same news as you.</p>
<p>Good!! The sooner you get it in the better! Where are you from? Will you definately accept if West Point offers???</p>
<p>Congratulations, USMA011! Looks like we'll be seeing each other next summer. Where are you coming from? I just found out that I was the first person in Colorado to be officially accepted, which is weird because I accepted my offer in October, and I thought the game was already in full swing by then. Probably just because I got a service connected nomination so I didn't have to wait for the senatorial nominations. We're pretty lucky that we don't have to deal with that, huh? Once again congratulations to you and everyone else that accepted their offer. See you guys on June 25!</p>
<p>Congrats! I'm hoping to have my appointment soon. Got LOA, just waiting on medical waiver, lol. I was looking at Navy first choice, but Army wants me more, so if I get my waiver I'll be there next summer.</p>
<p>Hey all you JROTC candidates. I was in the same boat you are a year ago, and now I'm a plebe in 2010. I was HIGHLY active in JROTC for all four years of high school, so I just wanted to give you all some unique advice/suggestions for you. For starters, know that you ARE more prepared than the average high school student, whether the upperclassmen or your peers will let you know that or not. However, keep in mind that you don't know everything, and you really don't know anything, however, you do know a few little golden nuggets that will help you out. You'll already know drill and ceremony, first aid, map reading, and some required plebe knowledge, and all that will help a little, but in the grand scheme of things, there is still A LOT OF NEW STUFF YOU WILL LEARN. Anyways, on to a very helpful warning:</p>
<p>DO NOT LET ANY UPPERCLASSMEN OR YOUR CLASSMATES KNOW THAT YOU WERE A BIG SHOT IN JROTC.</p>
<p>They will haze you more and start being like "what rank were you....you were a colonel.....YES SIR, COLONEL SIR!!!" and will start making fun of you. AND FOR ALL SAKES DON'T BE A KNOW IT ALL. NEVER ATTRACT ATTENTION TO YOURSELF DURING BEAST. Just perform well in the areas you already know mentioned above. A great adage for this situation is "it's better to be a fast learner than a know-it-all." Pretend like you've never seen this stuff before like all of your classmates, and just do well at it.</p>
<p>I know some of this by personal experience, and some of it by what I've heard by classmates. I actually didn't have it that bad, but trust me, they could have been a lot worse if they wanted to be.</p>
<p>If you have any questions at all about my beast experiences or anything like that please just ask and I'll answer them to the best of my ability. Good Luck!</p>
<p>Hey Yoyo,</p>
<p>Thank you for the GREAT advice! What sorts of things should I be learning now to prepare myself for beast knowledge? I know I shouldn't learn anything, but do you know anything very basic I should know?</p>
<p>Thank you!!</p>
<p>edit:grammar</p>
<p>concerning learning beast knowledge prior to shoiwng up, I know how there have been debates on this topic in the past on these boards....in my opnion though, LEARN AS MUCH AS THAT STUFF AS YOU CAN!!!!</p>
<p>Here is a great website, I'd focus on learning early (because they are long) The Corp, the Star spangled banner, THE CODE OF CONDUCT, schofields, worth's, etc.</p>
<p>By the way, you don't need to learn most of the stuff listed in the "legends and traditions of the Corps" section.</p>
<p>dont feel as though you have to learn it early because it is very possible to learn it in the amount of time you are given (while standing at parade rest waiting to go through another issue point)</p>
<p>Or you can go to your nearest ROTC and ask them to help. Make one of the STG's go 'beast' on u</p>
<p>I just got the same packet! Pretty damn happy... feel free to ask about my stats, too... I believe I got in through my senatorial nom. </p>
<p>I have a question- they say "Vigorous conditioning exercises, swimming and cross country running are recommended"
Is swimming really that helpful (as opposed to running/gym/land sports)?
I guess I'm lazy :)</p>
<p>You'll need to pass a swimming class so practicing wouldn't be a bad thing. Also, cross training can lead to better conditioning with fewer injuries.</p>
<p>Congratulations and best of luck to you.</p>