hopefulmama1218
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Just want to ask if anyone knows if the appointment for the Top 150 qualified alternates started already? Seems like a lot of 3Qs are still waiting. Will it start on or before 15 April?
Doubt any of us know. There could be some the have. Maybe they had a whole person score that is off the charts and USNA offered them confident they are top of that list.Just want to ask if anyone knows if the appointment for the Top 150 qualified alternates started already? Seems like a lot of 3Qs are still waiting. Will it start on or before 15 April?
Indeed.Each SA runs their own process. What WP chooses to do may/may not be exactly what USNA chooses to do. Typically USNA does NOT tell applicants if they are 3Q and based on prior threads I have seen, BGO's are not supposed to tell applicants whether or not they are 3Q. Usually on the USNA website they state that all applicants will be told their status by April 15. USNA also does not tell someone receiving an appointment where their NOM was charged. From a practical standpoint, at the point you are offered an appointment, you probably don't care.
I'm a BGO and very well connected with Admissions and I don't know that there are "many 3Q's" still waiting.Seems like a lot of 3Qs are still waiting.
Interesting. So why would Admissions be moving so slowly?I'm a BGO and very well connected with Admissions and I don't know that there are "many 3Q's" still waiting.
I think that you might be making some assumptions about candidates being qualified academically based on
scores and grades but the Academic Q has much more to it.
I know that it seems slow to you but things are moving at about the same pace I've seen for a very long time.Interesting. So why would Admissions be moving so slowly?
Yeah, it seems normal to me as well, just based upon the forum posts.I know that it seems slow to you but things are moving at about the same pace I've seen for a very long time.
this would not have been my first choice of wordsAnnapolis just needs to hit the trapdoor and get the dead wood out of there.
Could you elaborate on what you mean when you say "the Academic Q has much more to it"? I am still waiting, but believe I am likely academically qualified with a strong ACT (33), great grades, and over 10 APS (AP Scholar with Distinction) at a school where 99% of the senior class attends a 4-year college. I have 2 nominations, but am in a very competitive congressional district that had 4 others with LOAs.I'm a BGO and very well connected with Admissions and I don't know that there are "many 3Q's" still waiting.
I think that you might be making some assumptions about candidates being qualified academically based on
scores and grades but the Academic Q has much more to it.
They aren’t.Interesting. So why would Admissions be moving so slowly?
For example, I have interviewed candidates with over 4.0 weighted GPAs that had C's in Physics and key math classes with A's in Honors Chorus and Honor Band bringing their GPAs up so the GPA itself was very misleading. Specific courses taken can be another issue. Outside of Academics (which you might THINK is all that is in the Academic Q) are key stuff like leadership, the Essay and BGO interview.Could you elaborate on what you mean when you say "the Academic Q has much more to it"?