<p>my app. status changed to “hold” today. what is that mean?</p>
<p>What was it before it changed?</p>
<p>it means that they will not give you an appointment. quit posting stupid questions in every forum</p>
<p>now hold on USMMA2009. Take it easy on the kid - he is anxious, interested and has probably worked hard to get this far. See Jamzmom’s post on “hold” here: </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/merchant-marine-academy-kings-point/277154-what-does-hold-really-mean-3.html?highlight=hold+status#post3548502[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/merchant-marine-academy-kings-point/277154-what-does-hold-really-mean-3.html?highlight=hold+status#post3548502</a></p>
<p>at the end of the day, I think it means you are in the hunt. just hang in there. In response to your other post about visiting - absolutely, go visit the campus and make a positive impression.</p>
<p>(Was '09 a Drill Instructor? 
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<p>Hold, I think, could be for a bunch of reasons – congressional paperwork and/or Dodmerb (your physicals) wandering it’s way through the labyrinthine corridors of both government AND college admissions. Other stuff too. Pace yourself, young Jedi!</p>
<p>I think a LOT of speculation can go on… But in the end,
- pick up the phone
- ask admissions what it means. (Besides, it will show them that you have the initiative to talk directly with them. YOU call … not anybody else finding out FOR you [not Mommy or Daddy] ). </p>
<p>They have been amazingly helpful at explaining details. (and post your findings to help the other folks too). Good luck to you.</p>
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<p>PS. Like all the other service academies, you WILL be issued Cranky Pills. THere will also be supplements for _itching and Moaning. My S is particularly adept and posting Scowling and Frowning photos too.</p>
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<p>LOL LOL LOL </p>
<p>Some say he has the mark of the devil. 
Beware all who enter!</p>