bbtitle]
» CC HOME » FORUM HOME

Go Back   College Confidential > College Admissions and Search > Colleges and Universities > U.S. Service Academies > Naval Academy - Annapolis
New User

Welcome to College Confidential, the leading college-bound community on the Web!
 
Here you'll find hundreds of pages of articles about choosing a college, getting into the college you want, how to pay for it, and much more. You'll also find the Web's busiest discussion community related to college admissions, and our College Visits section!

You are currently viewing the site as a guest.
Registration is simple and easy, and provides full site access.

Join our FREE community:

  • Post and reply to topics
  • Talk privately with other members
  • Participate in polls
  • View less ads
  • Remove this welcome message

 REGISTER NOW

Discussion Menu
»Discussion Home
»Help & Rules
»Latest Posts
»NEW! College Visits
»NEW! Stats Profiles
Top Forums
»College Search
»College Admissions
»Financial Aid
»SAT/ACT
»Parents
»Colleges
»Ivy League
Main CC Site
»College Confidential
»College Search
»College Admissions
»Paying for College
Sponsors
CC Resources for United States Naval Academy
Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 01-11-2007, 11:21 AM   #1
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: The Kitchen
Posts: 119
BGO Interview

I was wondering what the typical BGO interview questions are. My BGO told me he was going to ask canned questions, so I'm wondering if he has a USNA-issued book of questions, or general guidelines as to what he should ask?

My interview is tonight; crossing my fingers and praying hard!
FewAndProud16 is offline   Reply   
Old 01-11-2007, 11:31 AM   #2
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: VA - USNA '80
Posts: 6,400
If you use the advanced search feature, you should be able to find positings on this subject.
GreatAmerican is offline   Reply   
Old 01-11-2007, 11:32 AM   #3
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 2,672
And while it won't aid you this night, if you've not already gotten Smallwood's book, do so. Plenty of 'em @ bargain basement prices on ebay. A real treasure.
Whistle Pig is offline   Reply   
Old 01-11-2007, 11:34 AM   #4
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 69
Few and Proud, are you a Jr. or a Sr.?
empire_'12 is offline   Reply   
Old 01-11-2007, 11:44 AM   #5
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 199
Be yourself, speak from your heart, don't fudge answers & don't say 'and..........um' ;-)

Wishing you the best!
CelticClan07 is offline   Reply   
Old 01-11-2007, 12:04 PM   #6
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 1,011
or "like" between every other sentence. VERY annoying to old ears.
Bill0510 is offline   Reply   
Old 01-11-2007, 12:26 PM   #7
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 2,672
Bill, would you pleeeeeeeeeez say that again!
Whistle Pig is offline   Reply   
Old 01-12-2007, 10:11 AM   #8
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: The Kitchen
Posts: 119
empire_'12:

I am a second-year senior (or fifth-year, whatever you prefer to call it). In my second senior year to drastically improve my transcript with more math and science classes.
FewAndProud16 is offline   Reply   
Old 01-12-2007, 10:20 AM   #9
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: The Kitchen
Posts: 119
As to CelticClan and Bill, hate to say I probably dropped a few um's here and there, but I don't use the word like, like, very often, but, like, just once in a while.

It was pretty much up to me last night, so I treated it like a more casual version of the MOC interview. My BGO was nothing like I had expected; I had pictured a man in his late 30's to mid 40's, but found him instead to be sort of a grandfatherly figure. Very friendly, told a good number of stories during the interview, and really made it feel like a conversation rather than just asking questions.

He spent about an hour with my parents, and then another 1.5 hours with me, and then about half an hour more talking to my parents again. I think it went well; just hoping to see a favorable outcome.

A question for those of you who have been through these things before:
Do BGO's ever extend the interview to a second time? The impression I got from mine was that he wasn't going to submit his report until he had talked with me again, given me some materials to read, etc. Part of the reason being that I had never been sent a catalog from the Academy, about which there are required questions for the interview.
FewAndProud16 is offline   Reply   
Old 01-12-2007, 10:39 AM   #10
Senior Member
 
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 2,672
The catalog's on line. Buy a ream of cheap paper and crank it off your printer. Test #1 -- Retake.

Trying to get a hard copy can be challenging, as we learned when we visited campus. We DID get one, but it was last year's.

I've read that some may ask for a 2nd interview. Ours did not.
Whistle Pig is offline   Reply   
Old 01-12-2007, 01:43 PM   #11
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: USAFA
Posts: 1,679
I did one interview for summer sem., one to get to know my ALO (usafa version of a BGO) and for the application. Then a couple more during and after the admissions process to get updates and advice.
raimius is offline   Reply   
Old 01-12-2007, 02:40 PM   #12
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 199
FewAndProud-

I'm like really um, glad to hear that your, um.......interview, went like really well! ;-) Excellent to read! I'm sure you did well & you're like, forgiven for like dropping a few um's! LOL!

No, our son did not have a 2nd interview, & not sure if this is common, but neither of us <parents> were interviewed. The BGO had our son over to his home one Sat. last summer, & we didn't even attend. He drove over & came home a couple hours later. Just the way this BGO works.

Keep us updated!
CelticClan07 is offline   Reply   
Old 01-12-2007, 02:57 PM   #13
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 892
CelticClan - our son was interviewed in a starbucks one morning during the summer. We (parents) never meet the BGO until his appointment certificate was presented at his high school's senior awards program.

Each BGO has their own method.
Profmom2 is offline   Reply   
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:28 AM.


Copyright 2001-2009, Hobsons, Inc., All Rights Reserved