<p>Congrats on Naps-
even better, congrats to your son for accepting it!</p>
<p>Noms: he will need to re-apply and secure a nomination again- not a big issue, but he will need to follow through with that.</p>
<p>Direct Appointment this year: anything is possible, especially if he moved his academic grades. I have heard of foundation kids getting direct appointments at the last minute- personally, have not heard of anyone from Naps getting one. So if anything, would consider it a long-shot- and if it were me, I would be putting the NAPS bumper sticker on the car. </p>
<p>Keep in mind-
a year at NAPS is a good thing- and it will help him out buckets full when he does get to the academy for the following year. It is time well spent- from every angle- academically, physically, mentally, maturation- Naps (and I put foundation right in here too) is a “blessing”- it may not seem like that right now, but trust that you will come to realize that once your son gets to the academy!</p>
<p>ROTC- if he has accepted NAPS, then he should drop ROTC.</p>
<p>One word of caution:
he needs to work hard at NAPS.
“2.0 Good to Go”…
fall below that, get in trouble for silly stuff, and he will end up on his kiester.
So work hard, study hard, and enjoy your time up in Rhode Island!</p>