Some of you may know from reading my profile, other from asking me about college. But I'm not hiding the fact that I want to go into the US Naval Academy. If I can't make that, I want to go into Navy ROTC.
I've set up meetings at Fort Sheridan, filled out an application, did four essay questions that were 2 pages long (each), and an eye exam. My mom, unfortunately, is 100% against me going through with this, and will do anything to stop me. Well, she won.
I need my physical done within 22 days in order to qualify. I went in this morning at 11am to get it done, to be denied because I am under 18 and didn't have a parent with me. Sounds normal, except this gives too much control to the parental figures...
"Absolutely not," is the answer I got when I asked her to sign off for me to get a physical. That's right, she denied me from going into a half-decent college (University of Michigan - Ann Arbor) with a full-ride, 4-year scholarship ($30k/yr plus tuition and books), just because she doesn't want me to join the military.
Thanks, mom. I love you too. Looks like Harper community college for 2 years, followed by some shitty in-state school that I can afford all by myself for Mechanical Engineering. This also excludes University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign because I can't afford room/board.
</rant> Thanks for listening.
I've set up meetings at Fort Sheridan, filled out an application, did four essay questions that were 2 pages long (each), and an eye exam. My mom, unfortunately, is 100% against me going through with this, and will do anything to stop me. Well, she won.
I need my physical done within 22 days in order to qualify. I went in this morning at 11am to get it done, to be denied because I am under 18 and didn't have a parent with me. Sounds normal, except this gives too much control to the parental figures...
"Absolutely not," is the answer I got when I asked her to sign off for me to get a physical. That's right, she denied me from going into a half-decent college (University of Michigan - Ann Arbor) with a full-ride, 4-year scholarship ($30k/yr plus tuition and books), just because she doesn't want me to join the military.
Thanks, mom. I love you too. Looks like Harper community college for 2 years, followed by some shitty in-state school that I can afford all by myself for Mechanical Engineering. This also excludes University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign because I can't afford room/board.
</rant> Thanks for listening.