<p>Perhaps 3 "major" academies and 2 "more exclusive" ones? </p>
<p>Nicely Put...
:)</p>
<p>Tell everyone who make the best BBQ</p>
<p>I got my big appointment package in the mail today :)</p>
<p>^^^^^
Congratulations!!!</p>
<p>Go Navy!!! Beat Army!!!</p>
<p>Congratulations!</p>
<p>Congrats!
Also, does your Candidate information system application status ever cahnge? Does it tell you if you have been accepted or not?</p>
<p>^^^^^
CIS does reflect the status of appointments.</p>
<p>it could take a week or 2 before the envelope arrives at your door. don't worry. the BGO has the inside scoop and paper is slower.</p>
<p>My daughter received her Appointment package November 3rd. Her CIS status has not changed. Still just lists all her info. Maybe it changes when you send in your acceptance. She will hold off until she hears from other schools applied to.</p>
<p>Congrats to your daughter. Smart to not make a decision until everything is on the table. There is a lot of time between now and may first - good time for reflection... My Youngster also waited to see all of the offers, One did come close to taking priority but in the end decided that USNA was the one. Same reason that I am not a fan of civilian Colleges and binding Early decision too early to make this decision - even if you are dead set at attending - you may not know how you will feel come May.</p>
<p>I appreciate the reflection period and evaluation of all offers on the table, but I'm sure that reading that suggestion is extremely frustrating for some candidates not yet in receipt of appointments.</p>
<p>I have no doubt there are prospective mids who would sign the acceptance the second it was opened (I know of one with a strikingly similar mailing address as mine!) After discussing this item with him, it was readily apparent that my son cannot fathom the concept of someone turning down a slot that could have gone to a fully qualified candidate who has dreamed for years of signing the acceptance and attending USNA.</p>
<p>For his sake, I hope it doesn't come to that.</p>
<p>PaulRevere, your son and I definitely have the same mindset. I have two nominations and have everything done except the CFA. I'm in decent shape, but I'm really nervous that the CFA could be my downfall.</p>
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<p>I believe the slot will still go to a fully qualified candidate. Perhaps not one as motivated as your son, but I don't think they lessen the standards as the process rolls along. </p>
<p>I agree with others who advise to wait. Reflecting on your commitment, your dedication to the service, your real reasons for wanting to go, and evaluating any other offers are all excellent reasons to ponder before sending anything in.</p>
<p>"Accept or decline" paperwork is not due until May 1st, you never know what can happen in the next 6 months.</p>
<p>Soylent,
have you been doing practice tests? If so I am sure you can get an idea of how you will do by comparing peoples scores on this site and the SA sites for what the max is. I know that USAFA and USNA are point based, I am not sure about USMA. Max for guys is @18 pull-ups, 6:00 min mile, 95 sit-ups, 75 push-ups, @100 ft bb throw and unfortunately I don't remember the shuttle. Hope that helps.
Remember each part is only part of the equation, it is the entire pic, so go and practice and you will do fine.</p>
<p>Luigi59 - of course every candidate is fully qualified - you missed the last part of PaulRevere's statement:
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<p>Not every fully qualified candidate has dreamed for years - for some it isn't even their first choice.
There are many stories of kids who apply to one school and one school only - a USXA..... these kids KNOW what they want. They are not interested in other options, they are driven and goal minded.<br>
For a candidate like that - go for it! It all depends on the individual.</p>
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my son cannot fathom the concept of someone turning down a slot that could have gone to a fully qualified candidate who has dreamed for years of signing the acceptance and attending USNA.</p>
<p>For his sake, I hope it doesn't come to that.
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<p>First that is why more offers are made than available "seats" just like at civilian colleges. The next in line is as fully qualified as the one who decided to turn down the offer. USNA may not be the first choice for all appointees - nothing wrong with attending your second choice school should you happen to not get the nod from first choice.</p>
<p>When you say that for his sake you hope it does not come to this...</p>
<p>I would disagree and say if it did HE is doing the right thing for Him and not for doing something that he thinks will please others. </p>
<p>This is a huge decision and just because one has wanted it since say 7th grade (a long time for an teen) It may have just become an expectation rather than a true desire and thus not really the right match for a child. That is why reflection and waiting on other offers is a good thing for an 18 year old. Mine decided on USNA at 9th grade but once he did the other college visits it was not that clear and another school spoke to his heart too. In the end, through much self reflection he came back to USNA as his first choice but it easily could have gone the other way. We certainly would have been very proud parents that he had the maturity to see what he wanted at 9th grade was not the right fit at the end of 12th. They will truly succeed at USNA if it is 100% their decision. We said nothing and offered no opinion - he had to take 100% ownership of his decision.</p>
<p>Good counsel. Even from a woman from GA. ;) Go Tech ... except when they play USNA!</p>
<p>I read PaulRevere's comments as meaning he hopes his son will not lose out on spot at USNA because someone else waits until May 1st to decide.</p>
<p>Profmom - that worked for your son and that is great - but each kid and family is different.</p>
<p>I know kids who enlist during high school to leave for basic right after graduation and kids who enlist in the guard during high school at age 17. These choices are no less serious than attending a service academy - perhaps more so because frankly you get two years before you commit - yet somehow these kids are able to make that decision.</p>
<p>Don't begrudge kids who just KNOW in their heart this is what they want and won't be swayed.
Sometimes parents who push too hard for their child to look at all options and consider other offers - end up swaying them AWAY from their dream. It can backfire.</p>
<p>My 2 cents here. Many kids applied to several acadamies, that is also why they have less matriculate than the amount offered. If we look around the posts, there are kids who applied to AFA and MA, just as there are kids who applied to USNA and the MA.</p>
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<p>won't happen. they will fill that slot. every year kids get late appointments - some even in June. If there is room in the class another appointment will be made. Sometimes - depending on how late it is an offer is made from the MOC's slate if the turned down appointment came from that slate of nominees.</p>
<p>I interpreted it as a kid would get picked who had less "desire" to attend than another. I could be wrong though.</p>