c/o 2019 wait list

Wait list here, too. Came on the day the response was due! Postal service is cutting it a little close, I would say....

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Oh, that is disturbing. After waiting since last August for some response from USNA, I sincerely hope that DS does not return from spring break to a waitlist offer that is expired. That would really put me over the edge with this process!

Good luck to everyone already on the list!
 
Move over everyone, make room for my DS. TWWaitList letter today.

Alternate plan A and plan B in place.

Oh D22 I'm sorry to hear that! DS still has not signed on the dotted line so his spot may open up! Going this weekend to finalize his decision. Turned down several other "regular" options. Down to two. Hoping it all works in everyones best interest!!!
 
Oh D22 I'm sorry to hear that! DS still has not signed on the dotted line so his spot may open up! Going this weekend to finalize his decision. Turned down several other "regular" options. Down to two. Hoping it all works in everyones best interest!!!


Thank you, Vtmom!

DS is very happy with his alternate plan A. Aside from everything he has going on he is working out in prep for NROTC.

All the best to your DS--whichever course he chooses.
 
I recall (last year, maybe) someone posted that admissions offers approximately 100-200 appointments more then what their target class size will be knowing that those 100-200 offers will be rejected and ending up with the class size they actually want.

Does anyone have insight whether there's truth to this?

Sorry, Renee Realistic, aka Debbie Downer, strikes again. :)
 
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Would somebody mind posting the second page of the waitlist letter bc I just shredded it by accident. My DS is going to kill me.
 
I recall (last year, maybe) someone posted that admissions offers approximately 100-200 appointments more then what their target class size will be knowing that those 100-200 offers will be rejected and ending up with the class size they actually want.

Does anyone have insight whether there's truth to this?

Sorry, Renee Realistic, aka Debbie Downer, strikes again. :)

I am not sure exactly what you are asking. Admissions looks at the historical acceptance rate, as well as the trend over the years, and anticipates what percentage of kids will accept their offer. Lately is has been something like 83% for women and 86 or 87% for men (IIRC). This year the Academy is hoping for a class size of 1165 (according to the wait list letters). To get to that figure they typically offer roughly 15% more admissions than they have openings. Once that 14-17% of kids turn down the offer the class size should come out pretty close to what the school wants. Some years they overestimate how many kids will turn down a slot, and end up not only taking ZERO kids from the wait list, but even end up having to turn down some principal nominees etc (last year, for example). Other years more kids turn them down than expected and they offer 30 or more slots to the kids on the wait list.

This year the wait list letter said that they offered 1300 appointments in hopes of getting 1165 enrollees. In other words: 135 more offers went out than there are openings. If those numbers are exact (and the 1165 certainly sounds like an exact number) then the Academy is expecting 88-89% of kids to accept. If they get the historical average of 85-86% then there should be 30ish openings for kids on the wait list. If they really offered 1300+ and were just rounding off, then there could be no slots available (or very few). The last couple of years have seen way up in the 1300s in terms of the number of offers (1391 seems to stick in my mind). If they truly only offered 1300 this year, then I believe there will be at least a couple of dozen wait listers who get in. If they sent 1330, and just rounded off the number when they sent the letters, then there probably won't be any slots that open up.

In any event, your recall is correct, in that they offer at least 100 more people acceptances than there are slots. I'm pretty confident that the fiasco of last year has caused them to be extra cautious this year, and that they will end up with at least a dozen or two openings.
 
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Does anyone know if you can use your financial aid to cover room and board since the scholarship does not cover that?
 
I am not sure exactly what you are asking. Admissions looks at the historical acceptance rate, as well as the trend over the years, and anticipates what percentage of kids will accept their offer. Lately is has been something like 83% for women and 86 or 87% for men (IIRC). This year the Academy is hoping for a class size of 1165 (according to the wait list letters). To get to that figure they typically offer roughly 15% more admissions than they have openings. Once that 14-17% of kids turn down the offer the class size should come out pretty close to what the school wants. Some years they overestimate how many kids will turn down a slot, and end up not only taking ZERO kids from the wait list, but even end up having to turn down some principal nominees etc (last year, for example). Other years more kids turn them down than expected and they offer 30 or more slots to the kids on the wait list.

This year the wait list letter said that they offered 1300 appointments in hopes of getting 1165 enrollees. In other words: 135 more offers went out than there are openings. If those numbers are exact (and the 1165 certainly sounds like an exact number) then the Academy is expecting 88-89% of kids to accept. If they get the historical average of 85-86% then there should be 30ish openings for kids on the wait list. If they really offered 1300+ and were just rounding off, then there could be no slots available (or very few). The last couple of years have seen way up in the 1300s in terms of the number of offers (1391 seems to stick in my mind). If they truly only offered 1300 this year, then I believe there will be at least a couple of dozen wait listers who get in. If they sent 1330, and just rounded off the number when they sent the letters, then there probably won't be any slots that open up.

In any event, your recall is correct, in that they offer at least 100 more people acceptances than there are slots. I'm pretty confident that the fiasco of last year has caused them to be extra cautious this year, and that they will end up with at least a dozen or two openings.


Thank you for the clarification!

Question: What is IIRC?
 
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Does anyone know if you can use your financial aid to cover room and board since the scholarship does not cover that?

If it is University of Arizona, we were told by them that their academic merit scholarships could not be used for room and board when NROTC was covering a scholarship. With AROTC, you could use the merit scholarship for tuition and use the AROTC Scholarship for room and board, instead. I would call their financial aid office and ask, though, as things can always change.
 
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