New service academy forum

Colleges and Universities A-Z Naval Academy - Annapolis
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<p><a href="http://www.serviceacademyforums.com/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.serviceacademyforums.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>As a member of College Discussion, I have very much enjoyed my time here. However, the archaic form of forum software, combined with a lack of moderation of obscene threads, has prompted me to build my own service academy forum. The link is provided above (later it will point directly to forums).</p>

<p>Please PM Administrator on the forum if you have any problems, questions, concerns or suggestions.</p>

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<p>I'm on! :D</p>

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<p>?
You can hang out at this site. I haven't really been on it since naps.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=41%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.airwarriors.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=41&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>This new one is dedicated to the Academies, and offers a place for everyone. Check it out. :)</p>

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<p>Hey Zaphod:</p>

<p>My son learned last night that all the appointments for 2010 had been mailed so he is not getting in.</p>

<p>Out of 11000 applicants he got down to the last 50 or less. He is very upset.</p>

<p>He is going to reapply today and make the most of his year at UVA and NROTC.</p>

<p>How do they turn down a kid who is the class valedictorian, goes to a the Governors School for math and science, an elite former U17 travel soccer player, won the outstnading character award for his 200+ marching band, and first chair and all district in drums? AND WHOSE NAME IS FLEET!!!!</p>

<p>Painful</p>

<p>QL</p>

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<p>I'm sorry to hear about your son not getting in this year. While an UVA acceptance may not make up for his disappointment, it is a great accomplishment -- and UVA is a wonderful school.</p>

<p>Two things to consider. First, a couple of years ago, they actually took a few mids after I-Day (taking the places of those who quit on I-Day or didn't show up). Apparently, this practice wasn't uncommon in the 60s and the current Superintendent brought it back. However, to the best of my knowledge, it was only done the one year.</p>

<p>Second, if your son is still gung-ho on USNA next year, he should definitely reapply. There are numerous threads on courses to take in college, etc. But perserverence is considered a bonus and over 1/3 of each entering class now has at least some post-high school education.</p>

<p>On the other hand, he may find himself very satisfied with UVA and NROTC. and want to pursue his Navy/USMC carrer in that manner. Nothing wrong with that -- either way, he'll make a great officer.</p>

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<p>QL, really sorry to hear about your son's disappointment. We can all relate and share some of that burden. Here's to his next step forward. There are more than 2 ways to skin a cat.</p>

<p>Help those of us who are looking to USNA 2011 or beyond, please.</p>

<p>Can you speculate, what were the issues that kept him from USNA at this time? Your observations can be more helpful, insightful than all those who've made it.</p>

<p>Tell the lad to keep plugging and moving ahead. I presume his ultimate goal is to serve his country via the USN. That remains wide open to him. And that is the prize.</p>

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Hey Zaphod:</p>

<p>My son learned last night that all the appointments for 2010 had been mailed so he is not getting in.</p>

<p>Out of 11000 applicants he got down to the last 50 or less. He is very upset.</p>

<p>He is going to reapply today and make the most of his year at UVA and NROTC.

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<p>Damn. Not even NAPS?</p>

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How do they turn down a kid who is the class valedictorian, goes to a the Governors School for math and science, an elite former U17 travel soccer player, won the outstnading character award for his 200+ marching band, and first chair and all district in drums?

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<p>Well, that's the problem: ALL the applicants are that good.</p>

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AND WHOSE NAME IS FLEET!!!!

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<p>LOL. Yeah, you'd think. :rolleyes:</p>

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Painful

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<p>I can imagine. :(</p>

<p>Well, hang in there, and don't quit! ;)</p>

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<p>QL-my son was accepted to UVA and most likely would have gone if he had been offered a NROTC scholarship. UVA is a great school. One of my daughter's HS friends is a senior Marine ROTC student and they work hand in hand with the Navy. He went there as a Navy scholarship student and transferred. He gave us a great tour of their facilities and really spoke highly of the program. It won't be a wasted year. He'll decide to reapply to USNA or decide to graduate from UVA. Either way, he's on a great path. BOL></p>

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<p>quigglawrence: I hope by now some of the dissapointment over USNA has been replaced with joy about UVA- what a great accomplishment, and you should all be very proud indeed!</p>

<p>UVA around here is considered a big deal- and hard to get into, especially coming from out of state. </p>

<p>Who knows what gets one kid in and another one out- thus all the postings here I would guess- but if his heart is still in it, it might be worth tossing your hat in one more time- having a year of schooling under your belt is a huge advantage! On the otherhand, he may find what he is looking for at UVA and NROTC! Best of luck!</p>

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<p>OTHER SITE!</p>

<p>GO TO THE OTHER SITE!</p>

<p>We can all chat over there! :)</p>

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<p>QL- check your inbox.</p>

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<p>QL, makes ya wonder what the admission Gods were thinking doesn't it? He has such good stuff. I am so so sorry. I know he is crushed. How do you pick up that many pieces? I dunno. All he can do is go on. Hope he enjoys his time at UVA and hasn't been burnt so badly that he still has the want to apply again. Good luck to him this year. Hoping that good things happen for him!!</p>

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<p>TN - Is the link dead to the new service acad forum or is it me? I can't get there nohow.</p>

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<p>They said it would be down this morning for maintenance.</p>

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<p>Well it went down for more than a few hours.</p>

<p>This was not my planned maintenance (which occurred around 7:40 PM EST) but rather an unplanned server part failure.</p>

<p>For those of you reading this:</p>

<p>The RAID controller on the server (it runs in RAID-1 for redundancy) broke. The host has contacted a vendor and is waiting to receive the part (which they do not keep on hand, understandable) so they can put the server back up.</p>

<p>I very much apologize for this, as it is quite unusual to have servers go down like this (broken parts don't really happen that much) for these periods of time. Current down-time is approximately 12 hours. I would hope by the end of today they'll be back up and running.</p>

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<p>If you can view this (I'll post this on the site later for bookmarking), here's the server status:</p>

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<p>We're Desmond</p>

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<p>QL,</p>

<p>I know this is a disappointment, but also realizxe that VA is an extremely competitive state for USNA. Please take a peek at the posts from juniormom. Her son had amazing stats, but did not receive an appointment last year. The story may be interesting to you. He is a very happy NROTC participant at Cornell.</p>

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<p>I can only GUESS what has kept my son from getting an appointment to the USNA thus far and note that if anyone from admissions is reading this, that my son will GLADLY take the last spot in the class of 2010! 540-529-0609 anytime night or day!!! </p>

<p>Anyway, not being from a military family and not knowing much about the USNA process we relied on advice from our guidance counselor and others, including USNA grads. Most of their advice was incorrect.</p>

<p>We were told not to bother trying to get a nomination through our two US Senators as Virginia is one of the toughest states for getting an appointment (because of the large military presence and proximity to USNA) and because all the kids in Northern Virginia would get those due to their military and political connections. My advice and that of admissions is to go for all possible sources of nominations. Both senators and your congressman. </p>

<p>Mistake #2, I told my son to only go to one service academy summer session. He went to the AFA's summer session because the NASS conflicted with another service opportunity. My son wanted to serve for a month as a leader at a Young Life camp in Colorado near the AFA and I figured one summer session was good enough. Not going to NASS was a mistake.</p>

<p>I advised my son to concentrate on his grades and SAT scores his last two years of HS. With the exception of winter track his junior year, he stopped playing school sports and did in fact get his SATS up to 1390 and his GPA up to 4.2 at the Governor's School for Math and Science. He was valedictorian!</p>

<p>Not playing varsity school sports his last two years was a mistake. Although he played well on an Elite U17 travel soccer which is better than most HS programs, and he was one test short of black Belt in Taekwondo, we heard comments that he "lacked in sports". He also was not in great shape when he did his PFT - I think he ran a 6:42 minute mile at the tail end of the CFA. Now in a few months of training he is, once again, in great shape and much faster. A day late and dollar short.</p>

<p>My son is a phenomenal drummer. First chair in the Wind and String and symphonic band, jazz band, All District, and plays in a very top notch church praise band. But musical talent and awards appear not to be valued as highly as sports. If I were doing it over again I would have enncouraged him towards playing school soccer and running track and told him NOT to work a job during HS. Do less with music and work and more with school sports. </p>

<p>I would also make sure that the leadership positions a kid takes on are those that are highly valued by USNA. Being a key leader at a Young Life Summer camp or in a large vibrant church youth ministry of 180+ kids are not leadership positions they seem familiar with - or at least not value like they would if he had been a Beta Club president or a sports captain. But again I am guessing.</p>

<p>In short, my son had terrific grades and SAT's, terrific recommendations. He was lacking in SCHOOL sports and made a serious mistake in not seeking nominations from all sources. If I had known better, and given him sound advice, I am convinced he would be in the class of 2010</p>

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<p>My son is reapplying and we are still hoping he will still get in to the class of 2010.</p>

<p>Fleet cannot go to NAPS becasue his grades and test scores are too high. Not sure why he could not go to a Foundation college????</p>

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<p>Yeah, most of that information you received was wrong. And dropping sports was, as you said, a bad idea.</p>

<p>However, go to college then re-apply after a year. A lot of people do it.</p>