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Yep...it was a great process. Especially the panel interview in order to get the nomination. Imagine being 17 years old, sitting in a Congressman's office, sitting across the table from officers from each service academy, a CIA agent, and FBI agent, the Congressional aide, and a superintendent from a local school system. It was very cool. To be honest, I still feel honored to have even gotten the opportunity.
I have my appointment letter framed; it's that important to me. Do I have any regrets about not going? Not at all. My collegiate experience was second to none, with memories I'll never forget.
If he has a chance to spend a weekend at the school during the application, I HIGHLY recommend it. I went for two separate weekends at Annapolis, and to be honest, I was less then impressed with the school. This partially helped me decide to not go. Going into it, I had it in my head that everybody there was a cut above the rest, squared away, and shared the same moral views that I had.
That being said, both times that I visited, I was assigned to a midshipman that was being "punished" for jumping the wall when he wasn't supposed to. I was hoping to experience some classes, and see how it really was. Since I was their "punishment" they skipped class, and generally didn't give a crap about showing a potential student around. Make sure this situation doesn't happen to him if he visits.
As for not having my heart in it....my dad definitely took it harder than I did. ...That in itself told me that I made the right decision.
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-mike
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