<p>I have yet to hear from DoDMERB. At the summer seminar I was told that USNA does not contact DoDMERB until I've submitted 5 forms. </p>
<p>I have sent my personal data record, my personal statement, and my candidate activities record. My counselor sent my transcript about a week ago (although it has not said so by the CIS). I was hoping my CFA results would be sent in by now. I took it (and passed) at the summer seminar, but the website still reads "waiting for submission from Midn 3/C ****". Some of my squadmates have their results sent in already. Should I just wait until August before seeing if there's a problem? I need a copy of my CFA results for some of my nomination applications. I contacted my recommendation teachers before school ended, and I left a notice for them again this past week about the recommendation. I really hate to rush people, but I don't want to wait until the last moment hoping that they'll come through or that there's no problem. Any ideas on this? Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I wouldn't get too freaked out about all this. It can take weeks for information to be updated in the system. Plus, the admissions office just finished processing the plebes in for this year (with some last minute adds/drops etc.). Then they get some new people working in the office and finally, being summer, vacations abound. It certainly wouldn't hurt to call though and just verify that the information is there. As for DODMERB, I don't think my daughter received anything from them until winter and she had all her applications in by September. So, that takes a while as well. Good job getting things in though. I would like you, as I had a rule in my house that all college apps had to be in by Oct. 1st if daughter wanted to go out. Amazing how hard she worked that month of September. Hated me every step of the way. BUT, in the end, she got many early decisions, scholarships etc. and was way less stressed in the end. (of course the USNA was the very last one to notify late in March).<br>
Good luck.
NAPS05mom
now mom to Plebe daughter in E10</p>
<p>dictatoranna,
NAPS05mom is correct, relax and allow the Admissions office do their job. They are extremely competent and professional, efficiently processing thousands of applications annually. Last year my daughter attended Summer Seminar, received appointments from DODMERB in August, and completed medical/vision appointments by late August.
If you're considering an NROTC scholarship, now is a good time to start that application. Summer employment also makes an applicant more well-rounded.</p>
<p>Thank you for your imput! I was just concerned about DoDMERB because I know I'll need waivers for my eyesight and orthotics (shoe inserts). Does that mean I have to write two separate letters requesting waivers, or can I bundle the two problems needing waivers into one letter? Also, can I send a request for waiver before my DoDMERB exam?</p>
<p>Sounds as if some of the application has changed. Did you get a bubble sheet for your teacher recommendations? If so, then you should be working with your guidance counselor and have him/her submit the forms to your teachers to fill out. This will be the gentle "nudge" they might need.</p>
<p>DoDMERB, via a company named Concorde, will send you a form for your physical and vision examination, and a list of doctors they have a contract with to do the examination. Just follow the directions, and wait for DoDMERB to contact you with the results. I do not know if it is totally online or if they send actual forms these days. If you are "disqualified" for your vision, do not freak out (it is really hard to see that word in print), but follow the directions, to the "T", for the next step. Same with your feet. You may have to send supporting documents, etc, (most likely for the foot thing only) but follow the directions. Keep copies of everything you send, and send return receipt requested. Put a notation of the date a document was sent, and to whom.</p>
<p>This year everything is online (so far). My teachers said they got e-mails from the academy. I guess they have to fill out their part online. Thank you!</p>
<p>In my son's case, it was a paper application (totally). In some ways easier in that it was assembled, copied, and sent in one (fat) packet This way if someone did not submit their form, the guidance counselor was the liasion to make sure everything was complete.</p>
<p>One candidate in our school had his application quarrantined during the postal anthrax contamination of several years ago, and it did not make it to USNA. Fortunately, since this exceptional counselor had photocopied everything, she sent the copies (after making another set) via FedEx and they arrived in time.</p>
<p>I guess it is up to you to make sure everything has been submitted.
Best of Luck in your pursuit.<br>
CM</p>
<p>Oh, no blood is drawn at all. You give them a sample of your urine, though. Make sure you are hydrated (apparently, in my case, a 10 mile jog is "strenuous activity"...so no hard runs or long runs the night before/day of the exam), for that can mess with your results (but you can retake it). Girls should let the doctors know if she's on her period, for blood/protein in urine is a DQ.</p>
<p>I have to second what dictatoranna said about being hydrated and avoiding any kind of "strenuous activity" before the physical - maybe even for a day or two before. My S is going through a much more thorough urinalysis since he had a trace of protein in his urine. The Doc told him to not work out for 3 or 4 days before the new tests, stop drinking protein shakes and drink way more water.</p>
<p>An aquantance of ours has put in for all of the Academies and ROTC. He got a letter telling him to get his DODMERB physical, but he didn't know who the letter was actually from. Has anyone heard of that before? I'm sure he'll know eventually, but that seemed strange.</p>
<p>Cougar: Think your friend's situation is pretty normal.</p>
<p>Our son applied to USNA and USMA last year. The letter from Concorde asking him to set up a physical did not specific which academy originated the request. Never did find out. Doesn't matter since all academies and ROTC's share DODMERB info.</p>
<p>sandiegodude: Unless you know from prior medical history, conditions not found through urinalysis and the relatively perfuntory DODMERB physical will remain unknown.</p>
<p>Maybe past cadets or parents with older cadets can tell when, or if, a more indepth physical is performed on seemingly healthy cadets.</p>
<p>We were surprised at the lack of a blood test by DODMERB also, but I expect that the urinanalysis can provide indicators that might require a blood test followup. Ex: diabetes is generally first diagnosed via urine.</p>
<p>There was a discussion on this board sometime over the past 2 years about a candidate who was in top physical condition but the strenuous training program she was under caused a suspicious urine test (I don't remember the diagnosis) and she was initially disqualified. After several weeks of rest a retest was negative. Food for thought...</p>
<p>from what I understand a battery of tests were done- not only urinalysis, but blood chemestry, CBC's , etc.
They will be done again at I-day.
It would be unfortunate to "selectively exclude" a medical diagnosis/history on your DoDMERB....if found out on I-day you are out- for good.
Worse still, by not declaring a condition puts your life...and others...at risk. Your body will be stressed to its max from day one...do you really want to risk a hypoglycemic episode while you are out rowing on the severn or holding up the ropes of your fellow plebe who is repelling down a hill? think about it!!!!
The academies- all of them- base their structure on the Honor Concept...at WP they even have it inscribed in granite....to be anything but honest...and honest in every sense of the word....is not the stuff of military codes....I suggest you read "A Sense of Honor" by Webb before you even consider being anything less so---even if only to exclude a "small something" on the DoDMERB forms!!!!!!</p>
<p>You have to give a medical history prior to the medical examination. If you lie about a condition, you will be out when they find out, (and they will discover it) as a violation of the honor concept. Anything of concern to DoDMERB listed as a prior condition will require a follow-up.</p>
<p>On I-day, they will draw many vials of blood (I think my son said about 9, but I cannot be sure) for various tests. (One vial is kept for future DNA testing if required). Plebes who are there on medical waivers will have further testing to verify their supporting documents (i.e X-rays). If a medical concern is found, separation can occur before the oath is taken, or later but before Plebe Summer is even over.<br>
There is a poster on this forum whose medical condition was discovered during either I-day or Plebe summer, (the condition had not manifested itself and thus was not evident to either the student or his physician)who was separated and sent home.
Stay healthy.
CM</p>