Never met a MALO

Spidermom
Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:27:52 +0000

TMAC, that’s the same deal Spider got. We started this process with Spider positive he wanted West Point and Mom (me!) talking up USNA. The tide turned around the holidays. USNA made it clear that they wanted him (BGO calls and visits, blue chip dinner, contact from admissions, early offer of foundation, etc.) With West Point, we had to beg an invitation to the Army/TCU tailgater, when we updated the MALO with new honors and improved SAT scores we got back a terse “candidates from this area usually score higher”. Fine. He’s being honest. Never heard another word from him.But USNA (just as selective) apparently took a harder look at the whole package Spider had to offer. They made it clear early on that they wanted him. Army offered their prep program too, finally, but by then Spider had changed his perspective.

I found the whole thing curious.