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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Although the admissions officer for recruited athletes can help a bit, there are not free passes on nominations for every athlete at a SA. Our area is the hardest to get nominations, especially Virginia district 11. And your kid will have to turn down good offers from other places while they wait in that uncertainty. That's the hardest part in my opinion.[/quote]

Recruited athletes are given nominations from other areas that don't use all of theirs.  A kid from VA can use one from places like SD or UT.  The nomination for a recruited athlete is actually the easiest part of the application [/quote]

SOME recruited athletes can get this. Not all. And DOD could end it at any time.[/quote]

I always wonder about people like you, who love to jump in and post with a nasty negative tone. Are you posting from a dingy dark basement? A mental institution? [/quote]

Nope, I am posting on good faith not wanting anyone to have unrealistic expectations. Recruited athletes need to put in the work of seeking a nomination and need to take it seriously. It is a stressful time for cadet candidates. [/quote]

^^ Oh to add, if you really have the academy experience you want to claim you do by posting on this thread, you’d know how much interaction and guidance there is from ALO, coaches etc. IME, if they want a kid, they are all over them to help with this process. Pretty sure their knowledge is more current than yours… [/quote]

Plenty of contact, plenty of encouragement-- no 100% guarantees[/quote]

Maybe not, but it seems that a not insignificant percentage of people want to only post about the negatives. Like you. There are a lot of sad creatures on the college board who do this.  [/quote]

I think that honesty is more helpful to prospective students than false statements that tell them it will be easy. It won't be easy; it will be worth it.[/quote]

Look at the OP. 'Anyone btdt?" was the post title, and then this below....

[b]"I have heard all the usual criticisms of service academies,[u] all the reasons my dc has no shot,[/u] etc. So all you anti SA warriors can save your fingers from typing.
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I’m looking to hear from people whose DC have had athletic recruiting experiences at service academies, what the process was like, etc. And of course if your dc ended up there, what they like or don’t like about it."[/b]

You apparently have nothing to offer that is responsive to the question, so why would you bother posting over and over? (and clearly you have on this chain) 
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I am absolutely not saying that kid has no shot. I am saying in my btdt experience that prospective candidates need to start early and take the nomination process seriously. They need to prepare themselves for the stress of uncertainty and be willing to turn down solid offers from other good schools while they wait. And they need to decide if they'd be willing to do a year of prep school instead of direct admission if that is the eventual path offered (and if they wouldn't be, have a backup plan)[/quote]

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