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Friends son at WP had active duty General's daughter in same squad* during plebe* year, he visited often - was not a good experience for any in the squad*, let alone this young lady.
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<p>Dunno about "squad", but WP freshmen are "Plebes" as well. "Doolies" at USAFA...</p>
<p>Time for the old joke:</p>
<p>What do West Point cadets and Navy midshipmen have in common?<br>
They all got appointments to West Point!</p>
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My daughter still has an LOA from West Point but USNA is her first choice. USNA to USUHS to Medical Corps; at least that's her plan.
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Good for her - I hope she gets it. Many congratulations to her!</p>
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What do West Point cadets and Navy midshipmen have in common?
They all got appointments to West Point!
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<p>I have heard that was an "old joke" --here is a true story:
My daughter wanted West Point since she was 13. I wanted her to check out USNA and USAFA. Her date to her junior prom applied to USNA, USMA and USAFA. His first choice was USNA - he is a plebe there this year. Was rejected by USMA and USAFA.
She thought she would apply to USNA as a backup to USMA. Kinda convoluted thinking because IMO no academy should be seen as a "back up" to any other! Anyway - her USNA rejection didn't really bother her. She got what she wanted too!</p>
<p>usna09mom & JustAMomOf4</p>
<p>LOL</p>
<p>My oldest son didn't even get a nod from the ALO for Air Force - she phoned him up to tell him that USAFA was not right for him a couple of days after his interview. I told him that I would rather see him in jail than at USAFA - Just kidding (sort of) :cool:</p>
<p>He was appointed to WP first in January '06 , and then USNA in February '06.</p>
<p>You just never know...</p>
<p>Thanks Peskemom
I kind of thought you meant for the "parents" but was not sure. You are correct on the if they had any brains.... ;)</p>
<p>GA looks like she has some good back up plans. Cheers to her!</p>
<p>USNA recruiter at of all places Experimental Aircraft Fly in in Oshkosh WI all said tounge and cheek when asked about USNA flying vs other Academies: "You can go to USMA and crawl through the dirt, You can go to AFA and possibly end up flying a desk or go Navy and possibly fly an airplane or pilot a ship. Much more adventure and see the world!" </p>
<p>Found the line great when asked about why he is at USNA and not USAFA with wanting to be a pilot.</p>
<p>In the end only applied USNA - wanted it all!</p>
<p>One thing we did learn about legacy parents...USNA Admissions did a study and the BIGGEST prediction of female retention at USNA is...being a legacy! This is an interesting statistic and it shows that if a daughter of a grad ( male or female) is accepted to USNA and shows up on I-Day, she has a higher than average rate compared to the rest of her female Classmates, of graduating.</p>
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<p>No you're not.</p>
<p>You're right - I'm not. Guilty as charged, hence the "Just kidding (sort of)" comment. :cool:</p>
<p>Somehow, I could deal with him being at Army, but the thought of my son at USAFA was not a particularly good one for me.</p>
<p>My dad was Air Force and wanted me to go there, but all my life he told me, "If you're not a pilot in the Air Force, you're not s**t." </p>
<p>I couldn't be a pilot because I didn't have 20/20 - not to mention that I had no desire to fly, so when he asked me why not USAFA, I said, "What have you been telling me my whole life?" He left me alone after that, but always acted as if I somehow betrayed the family legacy...</p>
<p>Fourteen years ago. My kid was either fly fighters via USNA or Duke premed. He got early acceptance at USNA. He would not make a decision until he heard from Duke. One day I came home to the very unusual meeting at the front door. "Guess what, dad? I just got a letter from AFA. They want me to apply". I told him that I would be honored if he went to USNA or WP and would get used to Duke but if he applied to AFA, he had better give up Duke. When he asked me why, I told him that I was disowning him and he would have to get through Duke, if that was his choice, on his on. He never applied to AFA. From October until April, I had Duke hanging over my head. Early April; "Guess what dad, I just got accepted at Duke". After the immediate financial sinking feeling, I told him he had better call USNA and tell them that he wasn't coming. His reply was that he was going to USNA but he just wanted to always know that he had a choice. I don't think he has ever fully forgiven my reaction to either statement.</p>
<p>During our 'Journey Across America' last summer driving the mid's car to Annapolis, we visited the Air Force Academy. Beautiful setting, but it's so different from USMA/USNA that it's hard to make comparisons. Self-tour only and the mid is so loyal to Navy that she didn't even want me to buy any souvenirs in the Falcon-Mart! "But grandpa flew this airplane..." She allowed me to buy a couple framed prints of the B-17 that her grandfather flew in the war. </p>
<p>Additional comments: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=404455%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=404455</a></p>
<p>Son #2 did the same thing to me over VT. When USNA didn't come through in Feb like it had for his older brother, he said, "That's ok; I'll go to Tech." He kept me and my wife waiting until the 11th hour - even after his USNA acceptance in April. Finally, he asked me to take him to dinner so he could tell me what his decision was. It was always USNA, but he wanted to "think about it" before making such a big commitment. Glad he gave it thought, but I am pretty sure he took 5 years off my life with the waiting...</p>
<p>My sons grandfather (WWII Army Air Corp pilot) could not grasp why the boy didn't want to apply to the Airforce Academy after all is that not where THE Pilots are? Son also does have an eye issue, not 20/20 but under 20/40 so decided that flying a desk was not a good choice but would have choices at USNA.</p>
<p>LOL USNA69 we too had that sinking feeling when other top choice came April 1th. Kind of like how are we really going to pay for that! He even talked to second choice about keeping a slot through I Day for that just in case scenario. To our dismay they countered with until PPW - talk about a real sinking feeling for an entire summer - are we going to get the dreaded "I'm out of here" and now we have two weeks to cough up big dollars. Needless to say he is a "happy camper" exactly where is and now like the commercial says I can spend the college fund!</p>
<p>These stories crack me up! My mid's high school friends are scattered around the country at Ohio State, USC, UPenn, Columbia, Stanford, Berkeley, UCLA, Northwestern, Yale, etc. One mom says she sends Northwestern a check for $5,000 a month!</p>
<p>^^^^ tell me about it!! :(</p>
<p>(I keep telling myself "it's only money!" )....
excepting we still have law school to go for our dd....
oh, and I still have one more class to pay for too!!!!!</p>
<p>:eek:</p>
<p>GA & Sarah!!! WOW! Terrific accomplishment and so very happy and excited to hear your grand news. Will be fun connecting @ the Yard. So very very pleased for you. Now she can really enjoy her seinior season.</p>
<p>Congratulations!</p>
<p>I just received an appointment this morning! Too bad it was at my front door since last night.</p>
<p>After getting the acceptance to SS mike was getting interest from other coaches. we spent most of June taking him to football camps at Vanderbilt, Ohio State, Cincy, Western Kentucky, Eastern Mich, and Navy. He spent the first week at SS then followed up with 4 days at USNA Football camp. We had appointments to see VTech and VMI but after SS and the offer coming from Coach Johnson, all the other offers meant nothing. I wanted him to pick Navy so bad but it had to be his choice. That is why we spent $5k taking him to all the camps and buying the souvenirs, sitting in all those coaches offices and them " selling the program to him". I am glad he had the oppurtunity to see them all and for him to know it is his dream as well. </p>
<p>Now he has his LOA and we are waitng for the MOC interviews. But it is a relief to be in this position this early. Friends parents are still sweating it out for all sorts of colleges and the budget for some is crazy.
I Thank God for it all. We are blessed</p>
<p>USNA, I Hope (and to all who have full-fledged appointments): Congratulations!!! Have your parents wrapped you in bubble wrap yet?</p>
<p>Many congrats to GA's D from Steeler country! And several pats on the back for the parents too!</p>
<p>All the Navy/Army/AF talk is funny for me since my eldest bro went to USNA, bro-in-law was USMA (1970/nam vet), and my dad was Army Air Corps in WW2. We laughed that we should have at least one kid in USMMA and USCGA just to round out the service academies.</p>