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[quote=Anonymous]I hear you, OP, that the 'military' is out.

I normally wouldn't share so many details stringed together but hope to lay the groundwork for some questions. Our DD was likewise interested in West Point, even won the local WP Society award but ultimately decided to forego it for multiple reasons: a food allergy (that still existed well into HS), a eye-sight issue (yet still holds the second best marksmanship comp score ever at her HS), lack of 'team' sports participation (she did Band instead), and only middling PFT scores. She did do, and very much excelled in, JROTC and everyone thought she'd be a good (but not necessarily shoo-in) candidate for WP. Her real problem: she wanted Marine Corps and that meant Annapolis rather than WP....and it just didn't appeal to her in anyway. She tried AFROTC in college and that was an abject failure. It was waaaay too laid back and horribly male-[u]ego[/u]-dominated (where, ironically, the MC was not).

So can you tell us a bit more about what appealed to her with/for the Service Academies? Was/is it the intense structure (of both command and logistics)? Camaraderie? Sense of service to Country? Even something as mundane as 'the uniform'?

Academically speaking, the academies select excellent (but not necessarily Top) students and so if she'd meet those criteria (and the scores you reported for her I think do so)....she will have lots of options elsewhere.

A prior poster said &quot;[g]ive us more about what she's looking for. School size? Area of the country? What is she looking for in a school?&quot;  Do that, and perhaps we can provide some more realistic suggestions.

My heart goes out to her and you. As a third generation Army family, we would've loved for our DD to be at WP and there were enough contacts in multiple branches to overcome even some of the medical issues (there, apparently, are a lot of waivers...just not for ADHD meds!...which wasn't an issue here). You have to really want an Academy. DD's JROTC Platoon commander turned down a full ROTC scholarship for NAPS and is now still two years away from graduating at Annapolis but I've no doubt, none, that he will be an outstanding Marine.

Our DD has found a different path (BSN&gt;NP) and yours can too.

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