is there any way i can go next year?

milesthang
Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:39:09 +0000

The beginning of the month I received a LOA saying that a spot has been reserved for me pending my nomination, last week I got my nomination from my senator. Unfortunately, today I received a letter from DoDMERB informing me that I was disqualified from Service Academies and ROTC for “academic skills defects”. I assume this is a result of being diagnosed with ADHD. To my understanding it would be okay if i was off meds for a year, so I stopped taking them last april.

I understand waivers are quite rare for this. Is there anything I can do about my situation and is it possible to attend USMA next year? Its a shame because I was on meds for such a short time, I didn’t even like them and rarely took them. and now its ruining my future. I am still a strong student, I am taking a heavy course load this senior year and am doing very well on standardized tests - well enough to have been accepted by the academy and the nomination committee.