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After working in civilian and government jobs for decades, I believe any process needs improvement; tweaking or revision for more efficiency As far as the nomination process, the efficiency depends on the MOC office. They are given guidelines and the ability to handle their nomination process...

I agree it waters down the nomination process. Getting a nomination is a great achievement, and great to say you got one. It means you survived a process that narrows down the field to be considered for an offer of appointment. Most important to me is that the applicant (and their family)...

I wish you great success with your program. I had many responsibilities for the Members I served but nominations were my favorite. I know Congressional services offer applications for online but I created my own and streamlined it. I wanted my Board to have an efficient packet to review...

I feel there’s no definite answer to your question. I have seen second time applicants get noms and some not. Depends on rest scores, what they did in that year, i.e. attend college, join military. I’ve seen a statistic of 25-30% appointees that don’t come directly from high school but that...

In reading the US Code link, it appears the nomination increase may be so but looks like total number of cadets/midshipmen remains 4400. Remember, that’s total all classes. Yes, five more can be nominated, but it’s still highly competitive and may not mean offers for more from a slate...

Your timeline is very on point and congratulations. Only one comment: the representatives you contact are your US Congressman and US Senator. Yes, they represent your state but are federal officials, not state. It is a complex process and yes, well worth it. One other comment, I know...

it is a courtesy from the Academy Admissions office to notify the staffer in charge of nominations that a offer of appointment is going out. Each MOC designates a staff member to the Academy as the contact person for their nominations. BGOs and Academy liaisons are asked, as a courtesy, not...

Thanks. You’re right……535 processes. And each Member decides how to handle nominations. I’ve noticed recently that many Members are using an application that appears to be developed by a Congressional service. It is way too complex and asked questions that would be answered by documents...

“Wave” of offers of appointments from the Academies is a variable. It can be dependent on each Academy, their Admissions staff, procedures, etc. In my experience some Academies were faster than others. Unfortunately for nominees and parents, it can be a wait&see game. It incredibly...

I handled Congressional nominations for 23 years for two MOC. I was fortunate that both Members had great respect for the US Service Academies and took great pride in the young people seeking to achieve their goal of being a serving. We had great success in many time having multiple nominees...