<p>HOORAH! ANOTHER FEMALE for USNA 2011 on College Confidential! CONGRATS Emily!</p>
<p>all the appointments rolling in...this is so exciting!!! Congratulations to all who will be joining the Class of '11!!! :)</p>
<p>thanks!! it's all pretty exciting! June's just around the corner...</p>
<p>yay. secretary of senator that gave me my nomination called me during 2nd hour this morning and congradulated me on my appointment!</p>
<p>So happy for you! :) Way to go!!;)Very cool!!! :cool:</p>
<p>An Okie from Muskogie ... goes to Annapolis! :eek:</p>
<p>Congratulations PenQuinz!</p>
<p>Way to go, PenQuinz! :p :D :cool:</p>
<p>AHHHHHHHH!!! Senator Burr's office just called me a little while ago. IM IN!!!! Apparently, the second time is the charm!!! WOOOHOOOO!!!!!
GO NAVY!!
BEAT ARMY!!</p>
<p>P.S.-for all you previous candidates who didnt get in the first time, I'm proof that if you keep at it and are truly driven to achieve your goal, you can make your dream a reality! </p>
<p>Iday here I come!!!!</p>
<p>mightyrooster825- can I just call you mightyrooster for short? It makes me laugh.</p>
<p>WHOO-HOO!!! Congratulations! That is AWESOME !!! :D :D :D :cool:</p>
<p>Welcome aboard!!</p>
<p>mightyrooster is fine! Thanks a lot! Everyone on this board has been extremely helpful! Thanks again!</p>
<p>Congratulations mightyrooster! Start ending every sentence with
GO NAVY, BEAT ARMY SIR/MA'AM</p>
<p>Yes, that is a VERY good idea. Start now. I should have my son start with his teachers at school and just kind of freak them out!</p>
<p>What state are you from, mightyrooster?</p>
<p>HOOYAH! </p>
<p>I'm from North Carolina and am currently at NC State. But not for long!!!</p>
<p>GO NAVY MA'AM! ;-)</p>
<p>Go Navy, beat Army, Mightyrooster!</p>
<p>I am soooo happy for you!</p>
<p>Welcome aboard Mightyrooster!! :-)</p>
<p>word of advice:</p>
<p>disregard atrmom's advice (sorry). you're going to be saying about 100 times a day chopping around the hall for the next year of your life. Enjoy being normal for the next 138 days or however long you have left to enjoy real college.</p>
<p>Congrats by the way. I know how you feel...and it's indescribable!</p>
<p>DMeix...joking.....</p>
<p>Way To Go Mightyrooster! Congrats!</p>
<p>What is "chopping"?</p>
<p>Oh, how I wish I remembered the exact Reef Points definition!</p>
<p>Chopping is the way Plebes are required to move around the halls in Bancroft Hall. It is basically a rigid run, more in-place than forward. Assuming things haven't changed, it involves bringing each leg up so the thigh is parallel to th deck prior to coming back down. Elbows are held against the sides and forearms are parallel to the deck. Back upright, chin in. When they reach a corner, they are required to cut the corner 90 degrees and sound off with something motivating like "Go Navy, sir!" or "Beat Army, sir!" </p>
<p>In short, it's an age-old Plebe Transportation System. ;)</p>
<p>There are actually steel plates set into the deck for the Plebes to cut their corners on so as not to wear out the tile. It's a favorite pastime of the upperclassmen to Pledge the plates nice and slick then watch the unsuspecting Plebes go rocketting off toward the horizon when they try and make a turn, not that I was ever so cruel, of course. :D</p>
<p>As you can imagine, having over a thousand people chopping down the halls and sounding off at each corner makes the Hall a noisy place at times. :)</p>