Recent content by ath42

DS is a freshman in AROTC with a 3-year AD scholarship, so he would be contracted fall 2013. He just found out that the army is going to pay for spring semester (so his scholarship is now 3.5 years). He had been assuming that since he was not contracted (not to mention being low on the totem...

My son got an email back saying essentially the same as has been reported in this thread: the class is full and the chances of anyone else being appointed is pretty much zero. Why they would mail these nominations out at such a late date (and when the class is full) remains a mystery.

Sorry to hear that. We have found anything out yet. In my son's portal it says "VPRE4" for the nomination. Out of curiosity, did you have the same code or something different? Based on your post, my son is now assuming that he missed it by 3 places...

My son applied to West Point, but did not receive a nomination from any MOC. He received a letter from WP (in March?) saying that he was qualified but needed a nomination. He has not received any other communication from WP. He has moved on to plan B: he was fortunate to have received a...