Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I highly doubt a family connection would be enough so there is always that hope.

Two family members are Congressmen/Senators. It's a done deal if wanted.

Gross.

So I guess your family is not opposed to pulling strings, but they are opposed to raising self sufficient kids.

Got it.

Attaining an appointment is literally a game of pulling strings. Even the brilliant but broke kid living in a dirt floor house in the Bayou..... has to find someone to 'pull strings'

Don't be so ignorant of the process.... or dismissive of those with ties closer to the source.

Does your son want to be in the military? That is the real question. (If he does, you need to get over this.)

OP is a troll trying to stir up trouble

Anonymous wrote:USNA grad. I seriously doubt your DH can simply make this happen as easily as he thinks. But maybe he can. I think the academies are amazing experiences, but I would never recommend them to a kid who isn’t eager to do it.

Is that why you’re opposed?

It doesn't happen that way.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I highly doubt a family connection would be enough so there is always that hope.

Two family members are Congressmen/Senators. It's a done deal if wanted.

Gross.

So I guess your family is not opposed to pulling strings, but they are opposed to raising self sufficient kids.

Got it.

Anonymous wrote:Because of family connections an appoitmnet would be easy to attain.

I am opposed. I do not want my son entering the military.

Is there anyway I can prevent it?

Graduates of the service academies do very well in the real world after their service commitment is completed.

Anonymous wrote:Where does your kid want to go to school?

Hello!!

How come the student’s opinion is absent from the discussion??

This stinks, on more than one level.

(He/she is not a chess piece!)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I highly doubt a family connection would be enough so there is always that hope.

Two family members are Congressmen/Senators. It's a done deal if wanted.

with that support I would agree - as long as GPA is higher than a 3.3 and they were a captain of a sport - done deal

What does the student want?

Anonymous wrote:I highly doubt a family connection would be enough so there is always that hope.

Two family members are Congressmen/Senators. It's a done deal if wanted.

USNA grad. I seriously doubt your DH can simply make this happen as easily as he thinks. But maybe he can. I think the academies are amazing experiences, but I would never recommend them to a kid who isn’t eager to do it.

Is that why you’re opposed?

Where does your kid want to go to school?

I highly doubt a family connection would be enough so there is always that hope.

There's nothing you can do to prevent it, anymore than your spouse can make it happen. It's up to your son.

Because of family connections an appoitmnet would be easy to attain.

I am opposed. I do not want my son entering the military.

Is there anyway I can prevent it?