Medical Waivers

tridude87
Tue, 19 Jul 2005 09:42:40 +0000

Cobias210:

This is one of those cases where I cannot believe he did not get an appointment. However, the eyesight can serious decrease the chances of getting an appointment (thus my concerns).

My brother was a NROTC recruiter in Chicago (he’s now on another tour in Seattle on the USS Pennsylvania Gold) and he had some interesting points to tell me when I began to consider the academy. He said that having the family history does help, but it WILL NOT get you there if you don’t have the grades, extracurriculars, etc. that make you just as qualified as the next person. What could have happened in your son’s case is that when he got put into the pool of applicants, someone with as good of stats of your son had a family history that put him over the top (which is still almost hard to believe with his stats). Wierd things happen I find with the medical waivers; it becomes extremely competitive and sometimes the people that belong there don’t get an appointment. Additionally, it could have had something to do with when your son got all of his application material to the Naval Academy; they could have already handed out that 30% by the time he submitted everything. When did he get all of the requirements in to the Academy?

This is my take on it and I will talk to my brother and see if he has any additional information for you.