<p>Just wondering if any college candidates have heard any knews concerning their appointment (if there are many out there!) And if not, does anyone know when college apps are reviewed? I've conflicting reports from my BGO and the admissions office; although the last time I spoke to admissions was in December...
Thanks</p>
<p>-Jason</p>
<p>Glitterhairdye is a college freshman, recieved LOA 3 weeks ago, call from congressman 2 weeks ago about her appointment, and the actual appt came last week. But she skipped her senior year so I dont know if she is in the same category as other college candidates. Send her a PM if youd like and she can give you details. BEST OF LUCK!</p>
<p>I didn't hear until April 18 last year. Hang in there...I know how you feel.</p>
<p>Are you a previous candidate?</p>
<p>DMeix- </p>
<p>Yes, I am a previous candidate. I am currently enrolled at NC State in nuclear engineering. I have just under a 3.7 GPA and have nominations from my MOC and Senator Burr (NC). Hopefully this time around, I'll be hearing good news. </p>
<p>The only reason I ask if college apps are being reviewed yet is the fact that in December, admissions told me they would start the college apps around mid-january. My BGO called last week, half expecting me to have found out, but today, he said that he heard that college apps wouldnt be reviewed until sometime later this month. So I dont know what to expect. Guess im just gonna be playin the good ol waiting game...</p>
<p>-Jason</p>
<p>I'm gonna say there's a 99.999999% chance you'll get it.</p>
<p>I reapplied with a 3.3 at UW with a MOC and NROTC nom and got the appointment. </p>
<p>If admissions passes you up a second time, somebody needs to be hit.</p>
<p>Hahaha. Thanks for the encouragement! I hope youre right! Congrats on the appointment and hope to be seein ya in June!</p>
<p>-Jason</p>
<p>haha...I got the appointment last year. I hope to be as far from Annapolis as possible in June.</p>
<p>haha, my misunderstanding. any advice for plebe summer? (hopefully assumeing that i get in)</p>
<p>Keep your cool, know your rates (a copy of RP beforehand isn't a bad idea), be a PT stud. As a college guy, you'll be up there with the priors in age, and the high schoolers will look to you simply because of that. I did NROTC for a year at UW, which helped immensely. My platoon thought I was a prior.</p>
<p>Last of all, have fun and kick ass! You'll reminisce about the summer forever. My firsties still talk about their's.</p>
<p>Just remember that no matter how much the summer sucks, once the AC year starts, you'll be wishing it was still the summer. Doesn't make sense now, but it will in mid-August.</p>
<p>haha. thanks a lot for the advice. i plan to have fun with plebe summer and even mess with the detailers a lil bit...haha..not but anyways, thank for takin the time to respond. im sure you have work to do..or better yet, sleep. haha. thanks again</p>
<p>-jason</p>
<p>mightyrooster,</p>
<p>I am currently reapplying for the Class of 2011 after receiving a nomination last year, but no appointment. I am enrolled in the NROTC unit at Mizzou and have received 1 senatorial nomination, 1 congressional nomination, and a NROTC nomination. I have not heard anything about qualifications or appointments, but I think it is just going to be another waiting game. I wish you luck and we will see what happens!</p>
<p>TheBigKahuna-</p>
<p>Good luck to ya! I'm sure you're a shoe-in. Hope to be seein ya in a few months.</p>
<p>-Jason</p>
<p>On a side note to those 'previous candidates' who earn the appointment:</p>
<p>You guys are going to USNA with some previous college experiences. Use these to your advantage. All the study habits and academic hoopla you applied to get in here will put you light years ahead of your HS classmates. Fall semester at UW, I LIVED in the library, knowing those grades would be what USNA looked at. This past fall, I would get out of the hall to study as much as possible, while my classmates would fool around on Facebook or waste time 'smoking and joking.' Granted, there are plenty of people here I can't compete with academically, but just use your experiences to your advantage.</p>
<p>You guys are going to appreciate everything that much more because you spent an extra year working to achieve your goal. When times get rough, remember how much work you put into it, and how much you wanted it. It takes a different kind of person to be willing to put in an extra year of work to come here.</p>
<p>(NAPsters not included on this next one)
On the contrary, you're also going to be the ones who hate life the most. I never considered quitting, and plebe summer is too busy to do any rational thinking (I liked that...all you had to do was ACT). But once the summer was over, not a day passed that I didn't wish I was back in NROTC at UW with all my buddies. While I was getting yelled at for not making my rack in under 1:30, my friends were taking hops in Super Hornets, practicing amphib landings with the Marines, and relaxing on the beach at San Diego....and they sent me pictures just to rub it in. I was a 3/C already, and well on my way to my commission before coming here.</p>
<p>Your year(s) at college is going to seem like another life that happened ages ago. You're going to look back and remember what it was like to nap after a hard workout, or stay up all night writing a term paper last minute running on 8 Starbucks Doubleshots and show up to class only to turn it in...then return to your bed for the day. And then you're going to look around your room, hear someone getting yelled at out in the p-way, and you're going to hate life.</p>
<p>The next day, around 0740, you're going to be walking to your English class in Sampson hall. Soley walk takes you right past that granite phallus that looms in the back of your mind day and night. Your heart is going to beat a little bit faster as you imagine the day it will be your turn to climb it...and all the alcohol, extra sleep, and free weekends could never create the kind of euphoria you know you'll feel when you climb it faster than the C/O 2009 (cuz you're not gonna beat one-'aught!)</p>
<p>But, that's just how I feel.....</p>
<p>Hooyah. .</p>
<p>I'll second that.</p>