I'm not sure where to start. Is it too late?

[rreagan3]

My advice to you is save up as much as you can just in case you have no one on the outside to provide for you. That's what I'm doing. I know I'm only 20 but I'm definitely not about to have my mom come outta pocket for ANYTHING.

So yeah that's my advice for you. I know 50-100 dollars seems like a joke but you're most likely going to have to dig deep and find a pro that out weighs it.

you can do USNA without your parents coming out of pocket. i had a sort of mutual understanding with my parents that after i graduated high school, the faucet was turned off - period. that was the largest factor in me going USNA over some other school/scholarship.

i graduated in 07 and was pulling in about $550/mo by my firstie year, if i remember correctly. also of note in the finance area is the option of taking out a loan during your jr year, for little interest (mine was 30k at 0.75%). you don't start accruing interest and you don't have to pay anything back until 3 mos after you graduate, so it doesn't come out of your meager academy pay. it's called a career starter loan because it helps you prepare for your career in the navy by going to mexico for 2 spring breaks... i think.

 

[T33]

@rreagan3

Oh I didn't know about the loan, thanks.

I was just gonna save up my meager E-3 pay(~2k/mo) until I get selected.

But the loan thing is a brilliant idea.

 

[T33]

I received an email saying that I've been made a candidate.

what does this mean?

 

[phrogpilot73]

I received an email saying that I've been made a candidate.

what does this mean?

All that means is you've started the application process. First comes candidate, then nomination. Since you're prior, you'll receive a SecNav nomination if you receive an appointment.

 

[T33]

Oh, so it doesn't mean anything all "hoo-ha" special?

Cause I got excited for a second. lol

 

[phrogpilot73]

Oh, so it doesn't mean anything all "hoo-ha" special?

Cause I got excited for a second. lol

Not really, but you can be excited. I was the first time I was a candidate. By the time the fourth application rolled around, it was kind of "ho-hum".

 

[A.war.IN.me]

Haha same here t33. I told everyone. Then my divo burst my bubble and said "everyone gets that email."

My heart was crushed. Haha.

 

[Uncle Fester]

Hey, it's the first step in the process.

BTW, if you get picked up, don't sweat saving up your pay beforehand too much. You really have no expenses as a Middie. Food's all provided (and it's not bad), you're not really allowed to own anything else plebe year (no car, no cel, no civvies, no booze, no nuthin').

 

[T33]

I was only worried about not being able to send money home. I'd like to
keep a steady $100 a month flowing home. (parents need a little extra help that's why I enlisted in the first place)

 

[phrogpilot73]

Food's all provided (and it's not bad)

The mids we sponsored looked at me like I had an arm growing out of my forehead when I started waxing nostalgic about chimichangas... Apparently, they don't have them anymore. What else is gone? Don't know, but please tell me they still have cannon balls & hard sauce...

 

[Uncle Fester]

No more chongas? *tsk*

Forget what I said. Go to a regular college.

 

[rreagan3]

cannon balls/hard sauce were rare, but we did have chiminichangas. cells are allowed now, as of halfway through my plebe year - turns out those things can be used as a liberty leash, who knew!

 

[BusyBee604]

[quote="T33, post: 698140, member: 33714]I was just gonna save up my meager E-3 pay(~2k/mo) until I get selected.[/quote]

Wow, got a big chuckle out of that adjective 'meager'. I would have substituted 'generous', as my E-3 pay was ~$120.00 p/mo. in 1954! Granted, cost of living was a bit less back then...
*BTW T33, did you receive my PM?
BzB

 

[T33]

Wow, got a big chuckle out of that adjective 'meager'. I would have substituted 'generous', as my E-3 pay was ~$120.00 p/mo. in 1954! Granted, cost of living was a bit less back then...
*BTW T33, did you receive my PM?
BzB[/quote]


Well you know what I mean haha.
And yes I got it but somehow I can't read it on this app. Don't have access to a PC at the moment. I will as soon as I get the chance.

 

[ReconJos]

T33, just FYI, you'll only net $100/mo your first year, so it may be tough (or at least it will severely limit your liberty options) if you plan to send the entire sum home each month. It does go up (a little bit) each subsequent year - by firstie year you'll be netting $3-400, IIRC.