<p>Awww, why didn't they have a Plebe Dance while I was there? No fair.</p>
<p>I also just got back from CVW, i didn't go to the dance, we went to the AOC banquet instead. I met Wesley Brown, one of the Joint Cheifs of Staff and a bunch of other cool guys. I was the one in the green jacket.</p>
<p>In a way I wish I would have gone to the dinner instead of the dance, (my parents went to the dinner, however.) The dance was fun though. They had the Naval Academy band play--light years ahead of the DJs that play at my high school dances.</p>
<p>As far as worth the money, I think that if you are dead sure that's where you want to go, you don't NEED to do it. Most of the information they told me I already knew from reading here and elsewhere. But what you can't read about is the environment of the Academy. I was amazed by how much of a family it is.</p>
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<p>You have no idea.</p>
<p>And it gets even better AFTER graduation.</p>
<p>"Whenever two or three shall meet, and old tails be retold...."</p>
<p>Let me give you a bit of a story.</p>
<p>I just started work at a new company. Said company has hired an EXTREMELY well-known (and COSTLY) consultant. He's class of '72. It was him I was sent to to interview with first. Guess what most of the interview was about? :D</p>
<p>When my VP went to him for his opinions of me, she said, "He's technically brilliant, but he could use some help on the soft skills, no?"</p>
<p>The consultant pulled out my resume, handed it to her, and pointed at the first line. "You see where he comes from? They don't teach soft skills there. They teach RESULTS. Hire him, and you can TEACH him the soft skills."</p>
<p>I got the job! :D</p>
<p>(It was, of course, aided by the fact that no less than three of my old bosses ALL said they'd hire me again, and for the same reason: RESULTS.)</p>
<p>"Family" is PRECISELY the word.</p>
<p>Good morning: First time listing - a true rookie. I hope I'm doing this correctly. I'm just looking for advice/suggestions.</p>
<p>Quick background, my daughter attended SS 2005, received a guaranteed offer of appointment in December, nominations from senator, congressman and senior naval science instructor. Unfortunately, she is currently in DoDMERB purgatory. She received her second DQ two weeks ago, even with our additional documentation from a dermatologist that "no condition exists". She was flagged for "mild but well controlled eczema" on her elbows. </p>
<p>We have been in constant contact with her Regional Director and we do have confirmation that USNA has requested her additional medical paperwork but, still nothing concrete either way. </p>
<p>Any insight as to the disposition of such matters/conditions would be GREATLY appreciated. We thought we had this licked with the additional evaluation.</p>
<p>in my case, the rebuttal was unsuccesful but the waiver was. my waiver letter was dated after my acceptance.</p>
<p>wvdad- just keep the communication lines with your BGO/regional director open- and send whatever they request- </p>
<p>From your post, am I correct in understanding you sent in another derm exam/report after her initial DQ? With "no condition exists"? If you have not already done so, you might want to consider sending in any dates of treatment, extent of problem and extent of treatment required, and in what time frame it was resolved- expecially if it was an isolated, remote occurrance that has was contained to just her elbows, required just topical creams, was of limited duration and has not reoccured in XXX months/years. Just a thought. </p>
<p>best of luck- hang in there- if they sent her an LOA, and if her condition has resolved, it would seem reasonable that a waiver would be forthcoming!</p>
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<p>Z- you might want to invite the VP to CC to see your softer side!!! ;)</p>
<p>It is clear as day there is one lurking in there somewhere!!! And you more than make up for it with your wit!!! (no doubt, still the NY boy at heart :) )</p>
<p>Sandiegodude, you should see if you can go next week. Spyder and I are flying out of DFW Wed. night and we'd be happy to include you in our party :)</p>
<p>I was looking at the admissions calendar online and noticed a CVW on April 7th. Now that I have made my final college decision to go Navy, hopefully my parents will let me go now. Anyone else thinking of going April 7th? What time do we need to be on the yard?</p>
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<p>Trust me. No one here has seen my rough side.</p>
<p>Yet. :D</p>
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<p>Thanks. :o</p>
<p>I got back from my CVW yesterday, and wow...it was awesome. I really didn't want to come back to UW.</p>
<p>I went to my mid's naval science class, which was taught by an exchange officer from the Royal Navy. Man...he was vulgar, but hilarious. We then went to calc. His class is definitely more engaging than my 200 person calc lecture will ever be.</p>
<p>Some Marines were there with some special boat unit, taking mids out on the river. That was an incredible rush. Unfortunately, while doing a very fast J-turn, one of the handle straps broke, and several mids got thrown around. A few had to be returned to get stitches.</p>
<p>I was with 10th Co., who are apparently very oorah. Friday night they gave me some cammies, boots, a pack, and a dummy M16. We went to Hospital Point and split up into an assault squad and defense squad. After about 4 hours of that, thunder rolled in and we had to return. But not before practicing some urban tactics through Bancroft. I think if we tried that in one of the dorms here, we'd all be expelled...but none of the mids were even phased by all of us running around with our faces painted screaming at the top of our lungs as we rushed into rooms.</p>
<p>I loved every minute of it.</p>
<p>I didn't think my desire to go there could increase, but after this weekend, it definitely has.</p>
<p>dmeix,
sounds like you crammed a lot into two days! Your observations are interesting because you attend a fine university, and certainly one of the most beautiful in the nation. Someone once remarked that at times usna reminded them of a mental institution, jokingly of course ;). When are college students supposed to be notified? Any news?</p>
<p>No news yet...I didn't run into any other college candidates while I was there, but it seemed there were still a few waiting to hear as well.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, one of my host mid's roommates is leaving the academy after plebe year, and actually applying to UW. I didn't mention it out loud, but whenever I saw him, I could only think of how he wasted a perfectly good spot...one that could have been mine last year...grrr...</p>
<p>oh well...I've gone to college, and I'll be better prepared come my time</p>
<p>dmeix, my heart goes out to you.
I was talking to a mom friend of mine, and when I mentioned my daughter's appointment she said in an oh-so-casual tone of voice that her husband had once an appointment, but left after Plebe Summer because "the engineering program wasn't strong enough for him." Now, I knew that she had no clue about USNA's engineering program, but simply being a good wife and repeating the line he had told her. But inwardly I seethed at that guy, who I don't know, for having the gall to bilge out after 6 weeks with such a LAME excuse. It broke my heart that someone, somewhere, would have given their eye teeth for that slot, and that guy wasted it! Someone just like YOU!</p>
<p>lol, toolbox ten. what motivators. did you, by chance, run into the acronym ihtfp? i also reccomend that, among other things, when you come you don't mention out loud that you feel your spot in '09 was "taken" by someone less worthy.</p>
<p>no, I didn't see IHTFP anywhere...but while down on my mid's '44, I saw on one of the upperclassman's shoes BOHICA....a fitting place to put it, I thought.</p>
<p>don't worry, your cynicism will come.</p>
<p>DMeix, I think you and I shared a shuttle from the O'Callaghan! I had to laugh when I saw your post mentioning UW and realized it must've been you. </p>
<p>My family was wandering aimlessly around the yard when dmeix took us in hand and led the way to the briefing. The smart young man had reconned the building the day before and knew just where to go! [Spider's mom was too busy eating crab and buying one of everything in the gift shop]</p>
<p>Spider was assigned to the mid who was injured on the STAB. Apparently he got a concussion.</p>
<p>It was a great weekend and Spider's declining his West Point AOG offer today.</p>
<p>Yep...that was me on the shuttle.</p>
<p>I was on the STAB when that happened. I was sitting near the middle of the front. Even though the Sgt. announce the turn and direction, no one was prepared for it. Several mids in the bow were flung from their seats to the deck, but uninjured. At the stern however, the handle strap broke sending all four mids flying. From what I saw, none escaped without some kind of head injury back there. It was pretty bloody as well.</p>
<p>We returned to the Yard to drop them off....then went back out to continue our "headcracking lifestyle."</p>