<p>Take Z’s advice: consider the jacket and tie a “must do.”</p>
<p>As for the haircut- good for you! Don’t make it “too high and tight”… I mean, you are still in HS and not trying out for the Marines just yet (and girls do like a little something to run their fingers through!!! 
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<p>On that note, have a funny story to share with ya’all…</p>
<p>At the end of the Thorpedo’s senior year, the awards ceremony to be exact, his BGO came to present him with a certificate of achievement from the USNA (appointment related, if I remember correctly). Anyway, the BGO had lots of wonderful things to say (mom and dad were crying bucketfuls), but I digress…</p>
<p>of all times not to have a haircut (thorpedo always favored the shorter look), he was there (in jacket and tie of course) but with this full mop on top of his head…apparently the lax kids had decided at the start of the spring season (back in Feb mind you) that they would not cut their hair unless they lost a game… well, they didn’t up to that point, and he was captain, and so you get the picture… by June, when this story took place, his hair was long enough to braid (thank goodness he didn’t do that)…</p>
<p>Anyway, when I spotted the BGO walk up to the stage just prior to the start of the event, I asked he kindly “ignore” the whole haircut thing- I mean, the last time he saw our son he was spit-polished clean like a shiny new penny for his interview!!! </p>
<p>The BGO was most gracious! When he got to the podium to speak, he mentioned our conversation…“I got it on good authority that Thorpedo has committed to growing his hair until such time as the team loses a game…and while I am pleased to see that by all accounts the team has been doing exceptionally well, I just want to assure him, and everyone else in the room, that the NAVY will be sure to take care of that first thing on I-Day.” </p>
<p>Roar of laughter followed, along with one very sheepish 6’2" lax player who now had to climb up on that stage with all his locks!!! Too funny! </p>
<p>Anyway, when you do get that appointment in the mail for USNA, do consider getting your hair cut on the short side before you arrive- I can’t tell you how many white head-and-necks we saw from skin that had not seen the light of day for many, many a year! :)</p>