<p>yep, nice shiny star</p>
<p>Well that's something, she's quite unhappy that many of her grades went to a "B+" after finals. "Finals weren't worth that much in high school, Mom!" I knew this was coming, she did too, but the reality was something else again. I am grateful for what she has accomplished and happy she now knows more of what to expect for the "fluffy" semester.</p>
<p>B+... Still great.</p>
<p>Keeping in mind that the average freshman GPA is around 2.7 a B+ is great and probably puts her in the top third to top quarter of her class.</p>
<p>Congratulations to the cadets on the Superintendant's list!! If past practice is repeated they will be invited to a reception at the Carlon House hosted by General Regni and his wife. Our cadet was impressed with each one that he attended, they put on a very nice spread!</p>
<p>First, allow me to offer my sincere (and I really do mean that) congratulations to the parents of ANY cadet that has made the: </p>
<p>a. Supt's list
b. Dean's list
c. Athletic list
d. Commandant's list</p>
<p>ANY of these achievements is quite noteworthy and is worthy of a great big SMILE and continual congrat's to your cadet.</p>
<p>Second...as a graduate who spent MOST of his cadet career on the "anti-Dean's list" allow me to try to give a bit of perspective on what those accomplishments truly mean, at least to me.</p>
<p>Later in life I was sent to graduate school at a rather prestigious university in the western USA. I was petrified (and yes, I'd already flown in combat, been shot at, etc...etc...) and not a little worried about schooling, given my less than stellar USAFA experience.</p>
<p>I cruised through grad school with a 4.0 GPA.</p>
<p>Why? Because of all that I had learned at USAFA (yes, my old prof's at USAFA are probably rolling their eyes on that statement, convinced all I learned was how to read the AC PRO list).</p>
<p>The study skills, time management skills, etc., prepared me for commissioned service, and then when I hit grad school...okay, the topics were hard (I'm a geek engineer) however...it was a fun time, and I blew away the mean. NO, I'm not any smarter than I was at USAFA, I just think the adversity of USAFA better prepared me for ALL things difficult.</p>
<p>So again, CONGRATULATIONS to your "young-un's" for their outstanding achievements! It'll stand them VERY well for their futures!</p>
<p>Steve
USAFA ALO
AFA '83</p>
<p>That's inspirational!!!!</p>
<p>I hope to get at least one of those medals.</p>
<p>But wait...oh yeah I'm not even in yet!!!</p>
<p>But i got a nomiination to be a '13er. YAY!</p>
<p>These are pins we're talking about, not medals. The only medal you're looking at any time soon is the [url=<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Service_Medal%5DNDSM%5B/url">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defense_Service_Medal]NDSM[/url</a>]. Pins come and go every semester (or faster if you're put on probation).</p>
<p>07PETKO...</p>
<p>And once they've all graduated and gone "operational" the "...gee, I was there along with 100k plus other people" medals will accumulate on a semesterly basis as well. ;-)</p>
<p>But that's a topic for another thread!</p>