<p>Can anyone shed some light here--plebe dd is putting in for a chit to travel to her sister's senior recital. Does anyone know what the timeline for either receiving a chit or being turned down is? Trying to find plane tickets... Thanks!</p>
<p>When I was at the academy I used to submit special request chits evry week, except duty weekends, to attend church in Virginia. The turn-around time was normally just a couple of days. Assuming that the academy processes chits electronically, it shouldn't take long. Special request chits used to be approved by Company Officers.</p>
<p>Suggestion to ponder: If the chit seems to be taking too long, your DD may want to contact her Youngster and ask them to check into it. It wasn't good form for Plebes to go to 2/C or 1/C (and definitely not CO's) asking to speed up paperwork.</p>
<p>But, as GA said, give it a few days.</p>
<p>So if my cousin was having a wedding in November that I was supposed to be in, I could ask for a chit to get home and attend it if I don't have any duty that weekend? Because I figured I wouldn't be able to attend the wedding at all, but it's still possible?</p>
<p>It's POSSIBLE, but a lot will depend on it being PROBABLE.</p>
<p>For example: If the wedding is on a weekday, you're pretty much sunk. Since it's a cousin vice a sibbling, the situation is a tad tougher. Also, how many days would you need? If you'd need four days, you'd probably be turned down. If you only need to be out on a weekend, then your chances are better.</p>
<p>Now, I'm not sure if Plebes are allowed weekends these days, but this would be the ideal time to take one if you do. Same for upperclassmen. </p>
<p>I'm hoping one of the current Mids will chime in with current data on this. Mine is WAY too out of date to get any more specific than I have been.</p>
<p>One thing to remember is that plebe chit request/approval is on a company by company basis and there are a lot of factors that go into it. Your grades (whether your sat or un-sat) your military perfomance, you prt scores and whether or not your company officer approves of plebes leaving the Yard for other than leave. In my son's company, the only reason a plebe could get a chit request approved was if it was an extreme emergency such as an illness or death in the family. Glitterhairdye, you might have to start preparing your cousin for the fact that you may not be able to be in the wedding. It may work out, but you won't know for sure until you get to the Academy. One suggestion, don't even mention wanting a chit during Plebe Summer!!!</p>
<p>One other thought to add:</p>
<p>Folks, you're joining the Big Leagues now. You need to realize NOW that being in the Armed Forces will often (more often than not, actually) require you to miss events like this, weekends, nights home when the kid is sick, and the traditional holidays. Get used to it now or find some other line of work.</p>
<p>Sorry, but there it is.</p>
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Glitterhairdye, you might have to start preparing your cousin for the fact that you may not be able to be in the wedding. It may work out, but you won't know for sure until you get to the Academy. One suggestion, don't even mention wanting a chit during Plebe Summer!!!
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<p>Very true. I would not think you want to even ask for a chit until after 6 weeks grades come out and that is in October. The current plebes didn't get any weekends (overnights is a better way to put it) until November so you may not even have a weekend to ask for and without a weekend a "Cousin Wedding" might be a real stretch.</p>
<p>Z and Promom2 have it in one. The idea that privileges are earned is what life is all about at USNA. One benefit of that is that you appreciate the small things so much more. Plebes-to-be, don't worry about you're missing, think about all that you'll be gaining!!! It's X week soon so I'm not sure how many current Mids will be on the boards!</p>
<p>It's already assumed that I won't be in the wedding even though I was asked to be in it. In fact when she asked me she said I hope you won't be there, because you'll be at the Academy. And yes it's a weekend. It would be nice to go though...</p>
<p>If you can't get there, make sure she saves you a piece of the wedding cake!<br>
Unfortunately, from here on out, it's hard to plan for anything. We're hoping our son will be home for his sister's high school graduation. He applied to have the first training block off, but it may not work out....needs of the Navy and all that. We've learned not to factor him in the plans. We're happy when he's there but don't stress about it when he's not.</p>
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<li>Chits are not approved electronically.</li>
<li>Depending on the situation, there are different approving authorities. It is not always the company officer; in fact, in this case, it might be the battalion officer.</li>
<li>Times have changed for the Academy and for weddings (even though involving a cousin), it might be approved. I would definitely say it is worth putting a chit up (assuming it is over a weekend, Fri-Sun). The worst that can happen is it will be denied. I don't think a 1/C would be upset that you put up a chit to see a cousins wedding. Now, approval could be based upon grades, performance, and 1/C recommendations (possibly training sergeants, too).</li>
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<p>That explains it.</p>
<p>Jadler, what the heck are you doing here instead of studying? ;)</p>
<p>Battalion Officer, eh? Wow. Didn't see that one coming. I'd have thought CO. Oh, well. Times change.</p>
<p>Thanks for the update, buddy. This is the kind of question that you guys are best suited to answer.</p>
<p>Now go hit the books, slacker! Good luck! ;)</p>
<p>X week does not exist anymore. They got ride of it 2 years ago. Teachers are free to give exams whenever they want to. Most give it at 5, 10, 14 weeks. Some give it 6 and 12. It is at the discretion of the professor. Common exams are still given. X week was eliminated because of its purpose...midshipmen were not pressumed to be honorable, that is they were expected to cheat unless exams were given at the same time.</p>
<p>Because teachers have discrestion, most exams occur between 5 and 6 weeks. In fact, a lot of professors anticipate that other professors give exams at 6 weeks, so what ends up happening is a majority of the exams occur in the 5th week.</p>
<p>My son still calls it X week, old habits I guess.....</p>
<p>OHH.. never considered it in a million years that there might be a small chance that GHD could come home for her cousin's wedding!</p>
<p>Well, if it happens.. 10 months from now.. we would keep it a secret and would be a HUGE Surprise for everyone! :) Fun to think about whether it happens or not. But we never even considered it and either way Lola will be the honorary bridesmaid. She has 10 other bridesmaids so if Lola cant come all is well. :)</p>
<p>With chits it never hurts to ask. The worst they can do is turn you down. But if I had to make a bet, I'd say the chit would get approved</p>
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What do you base this on?</p>
<p>For us, X-Week was simply mid-midterm exams. Didn't affect normal exams (which were usually weekly or bi-weekly) in the slightest. The X-Week exams weighed more toward our grades, though.</p>
<p>That's the impression I get from my son Z....he's a 2/C. </p>
<p>Here's some trivia for you...exams were called Rivers and you had to cross 8 Rivers to graduate.This was based on the fact that everyone was taking the same classes at the same time but it had nothing to do with whether they were honorable or not...it was just the system during the 30's and 40's. Since there were no majors, everyone took the same schedule of classes.</p>
<p>not the honorable part but the X week part</p>