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Comment by Paymaster on January 1, 2017 at 8:01pm

OkieMama....welcome to the academy process. Your son's Blue and Gold Officer should be able to answer your questions. Please ask the BGO to direct you to the parents group in your area, you will find the other parents most helpful.

Comment by OkieMama on December 14, 2016 at 11:56am

Have a question...My son has received a nomination to the Academy.  Does anyone have any insight as to what the hurdles are once you receive a nomination?

Comment by NavySon'sMom on June 7, 2016 at 9:41pm

My son has been active service Nuke for last 18 months but in just three weeks is going to be a plebe! Third time was the charm and I am so proud of my son.

Comment by OkieMama on May 10, 2016 at 11:28am

I have a son who is applying a the Naval Academy and we are just starting the process.  Did not know if you guys had any suggestions or links to help us out in this process.  Also have a son shipping out to BC next week!  What a crazy time!!

Comment by poodlelover on March 4, 2015 at 12:23am

Hi, My son, who is enlisted, just graduated A School in Charleston in the Nuke program.  He just found out he has been admitted to the Naval Academy, to arrive July 1st.  What group(s) are appropriate for me to join?  I know nothing about the Naval Academy, I am very proud of his achievement, and want to support him, but don't really even know where to start.  Any help appreciated!

Comment by SpunkyNavyMom2014 (PIR 4/25/14) on March 20, 2014 at 3:35pm

Hello!

I am a new Boot Camp Mom and have a 16 year old that has been invited to the Naval Summer Stem Program.   Has anyone here been involved with the program?

Comment by Tex on October 18, 2013 at 2:13pm

Anyone here from Central Texas?

Comment by Arwen on December 19, 2012 at 10:43pm

After this semester Erin won't be taking *any* AP/Honors classes. She will be attending the local community college instead. She will graduate with both her high school diploma and a transfer associate of science degree. Her core academics are taken at the college, and stuff like band, art, NJROTC, would continue at the high school. She knows that she would still have to do 4 years at an Academy.

Comment by Disy (Ship12Div371) on December 19, 2012 at 9:50am

Put down the books and run! Join a gym and train as a female on her upper body strength. The CFA is fine and my daughter is pretty athletic but no upper body strength all in her legs and endurance and she struggled with the pull ups! From what we can tell it's not all GPA - everyone will tell you "well rounded" "well rounded". My daughter only decided very late and it's a long process and can be stressful for them. Your daughter has a long way to go but sign her up for the summer seminars they have at Annapolis. Don't concern yourself with GPA she sounds like my daughter and with the AP classes she has to have a 4.0+ and she'll likely score well which will make her a likely candidate which is good - first foot in - after that it really has to be "well rounded"!!!!!!!!

Comment by Arwen on December 19, 2012 at 1:49am

We're still at the exploratory part. Erin is a sophomore, so we have time to get this right, and for her to work on her GPA. We've done our homework and found the GPA range is wider than we expected. We were a bit stunned to learn that the the bottom 25 percent of those who are accepted had a high school GPA lower than 3.1. I guess they make up with it in athletics, activities and SAT scores?  She's within the middle 50-percent range, but we'd like to get it up more to increase her chances. She's very strong in activities and has great PSAT scores, with 4 of 6 classes being honors/AP, but her athletics - ahem. none. She's an engineer/math geek, and while she's reasonably fit and active I would laugh if someone called her athletic.

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