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It was from Congressman Thompson PA-D5. Still have not heard anything from Senator Casey's office yet and DS was not even considered for Spector.
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It was from Congressman Thompson PA-D5. Still have not heard anything from Senator Casey's office yet and DS was not even considered for Spector.
Thanks for the info - I am really curious if the senators are sticking to what I as told earlier. DS was interviewed by Casey and Specter. Casey told everyone they would not find out until January at the earliest so no real suspense with that yet. However, Specter's office said we were fortunate to get the phone interview and that we might hear something by Thanksgiving. Well, the latter didn't happen yet. I get the feeling Senator Specter did not interview anywhere near the 390 plus people Senator Casey did and that's why the lady on the phone from Specter's office seemed to imply it was very hopefull to have even been given a phone interview. Rep. Sestak has separate interviews for each SA and the USNA interviews haven't been held yet, however, when the interviews wrap up on Dec 13 and 14 all the kids will get notified before Christmas. Sounds like your gift came early! Congrats.
Thank you Luckymacy and OhioStateDad!
The Nom came from Congressman Tim Murphy PA-R18.
Interesting information OhioStateDad about the slate order. In my son's case he received the nom before the LOA so I'm not sure how that affects the others on the slate. Supposedly he was at the top of the slate but his USAFA online status doesn't show that he has a nom yet. I think this means the LOA was issued before they (USAFA) became aware that he had a nom. If they had already known that he had a nom AND wanted to issue a LOA, wouldn't they just give an appointment? Some of these combinations get pretty complicated for me. I can say that there is a VERY happy 17 year old using up a lot of his cell phone minutes in my house today.
Good Luck to all those still waiting!
The Nom came from Congressman Tim Murphy PA-R18.
Interesting information OhioStateDad about the slate order. In my son's case he received the nom before the LOA so I'm not sure how that affects the others on the slate. Supposedly he was at the top of the slate but his USAFA online status doesn't show that he has a nom yet. I think this means the LOA was issued before they (USAFA) became aware that he had a nom. If they had already known that he had a nom AND wanted to issue a LOA, wouldn't they just give an appointment? Some of these combinations get pretty complicated for me. I can say that there is a VERY happy 17 year old using up a lot of his cell phone minutes in my house today.
Good Luck to all those still waiting!
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My son was also interviewed by both and we haven't heard from either.
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Thank you Luckymacy and OhioStateDad!
The Nom came from Congressman Tim Murphy PA-R18.
Interesting information OhioStateDad about the slate order. In my son's case he received the nom before the LOA so I'm not sure how that affects the others on the slate. Supposedly he was at the top of the slate but his USAFA online status doesn't show that he has a nom yet. I think this means the LOA was issued before they (USAFA) became aware that he had a nom. If they had already known that he had a nom AND wanted to issue a LOA, wouldn't they just give an appointment? Some of these combinations get pretty complicated for me. I can say that there is a VERY happy 17 year old using up a lot of his cell phone minutes in my house today.
Good Luck to all those still waiting!
My understanding of the letter we received would mean once the two letters your son got catch up to eachother he would be removed as the principal Nom (since he would be getting accepted anyway due to the LOA+NOM) and the #2 alternate on the slate would then move up to principal NOM. Keep us informed if you find out if this is true or not as we all are starting to suffer from information overload
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UASAFA Falcon 15, CO, D2, 01 December 2010.
I'm super excited, but can someone please explain to me what the talk is of the "slate." From what I understood candidates with LOA's received higher priority than those without for nom's?
I'm super excited, but can someone please explain to me what the talk is of the "slate." From what I understood candidates with LOA's received higher priority than those without for nom's?
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The slate is the rank of NOM's from the MOC's, they can be ranked with Principle NOM and then 9 others ranked from #2 - #10. Don't confuse this with how the SA's handle candidates (LOA's). What I mean is that according to the letter we received explaining the process from our MOC, a person with an LOA just needs any NOM from any source (irregardless of rank on the slate) and they get accepted to the SA (provided all other entrance conditions are met). Now if the Principle NOM has an LOA they would be moved down on the MOC's slate (since they will be appointed anyway) moving the #2 to the Principle spot (who does the shifting on the list is not known by me as it was not explained in the letter). This way the candidate with the LOA does not get charged to the MOC giving someone without an LOA the spot at the SA charged to the MOC. This would make it so that more people from the MOC's district can attend the SA. I hope I made that clear as it gave me a headache writing all of the information
If anyone has any other info on this please chime in because I am in no way an expert.....just a parent interpreting a letter.
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That may be the case for your MOC, but it may be different other places. Our son was on three slates; two Senators and our Rep. He had an LOA and got Sen. Feingold's nomination, and got the Big Fat Envelope. After he had accepted his appointment, we got a letter saying that the Academy had changed his nomination source to Sen. Kohl. A month after that, we got another letter saying that they had changed it once again, now using Representative Petri as his source, and charging the appointment to him. Having a LOA made our son's appointment much more flexible, but it still had to be charged to some MOC's opening.
That was also 4 years ago, so it may have changed since then.
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UASAFA_Falcon_15: Did you receive a LOA or Nom on 01 Dec 2010?
Either way congrats!!!
Okay, so I did receive my LOA from USAFA, but I am still wating on the edge of my seat for a nom. Now, I received after all three of my interviews, but before they had decided, as well as sent them a copy of the letter. My concern was that I had an LOA to USMMA as well. That was my third choice.
Second, thank you for all the useful information. But clarify for me? Do I have a stronger chance if not a guarantee since I received the LOA for a nom? In my mind it seems logical that those with would get priority? (Humbly stated).
UASAFA_Falcon_15: I am not a fan of posts that respond to someones question with "I don't know but....". However since your question seemed directed to me....I don't know but..... there certainly has been a lot of discussion on this site arguing both pro and con of this question. One thing I can say confidently is that regardless of the effect on the nomination process your odds are better of gaining an appointment with a LOA than without one. And for those without LOAs, I've read that only approx. 5% of USAFA candidates receive LOAs so an LOA is certainly NOT needed for the vast majority of cadets eventually accepted.
BTW - My son also had a LOA from the USMA that he received before his nom interviews and was asked by several committees if he wanted to be considered for a USMA nom. His reply was that he had thought long and hard about the great opportunities that WP offered but that he didn't think it was right for him, He'd rather the nom go to a candidate that was more interested in attending WP. I don't know if the committees were impressed with that answer (he didn't get a WP nom) but they were at least considering the USMA LOA as part of his interview despite it being ranked after other SAs. FWIW: Each of his MOC interviews (3) was with a SA specific nomination committee. He had USAFA as his first choice for two MOC nom committees and USNA on the other MOC (and VP). Supposedly there was/is some communication between the various MOC nomination sources in our state and we have not heard yet from either of our Senators.
Probably a lot more information than you need (or wanted) without ever actually answering your question but hopefully some of it will be helpful.
Good Luck with your nom! If the USAFA sent you a LOA you must be a very strong candidate and I'm sure you'll do well in the nom process.
BTW - My son also had a LOA from the USMA that he received before his nom interviews and was asked by several committees if he wanted to be considered for a USMA nom. His reply was that he had thought long and hard about the great opportunities that WP offered but that he didn't think it was right for him, He'd rather the nom go to a candidate that was more interested in attending WP. I don't know if the committees were impressed with that answer (he didn't get a WP nom) but they were at least considering the USMA LOA as part of his interview despite it being ranked after other SAs. FWIW: Each of his MOC interviews (3) was with a SA specific nomination committee. He had USAFA as his first choice for two MOC nom committees and USNA on the other MOC (and VP). Supposedly there was/is some communication between the various MOC nomination sources in our state and we have not heard yet from either of our Senators.
Probably a lot more information than you need (or wanted) without ever actually answering your question but hopefully some of it will be helpful.
Good Luck with your nom! If the USAFA sent you a LOA you must be a very strong candidate and I'm sure you'll do well in the nom process.
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Thank you for all of your information! It's been great! I hope your son the best of luck! This process is brutal! I swear by the time I get to the academy, (Lord willing) my hair will be gone! I hope to see your son at USAFA this coming year!
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Bold, but very courageous and humble rejection to an LOA to USMA. Your son must have strong character!
Best of luck to all of us!
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Bold, but very courageous and humble rejection to an LOA to USMA. Your son must have strong character!
Best of luck to all of us!
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Hi!
Nice post!
Everyone miss their leaves days. So they should enjoy it completely.
Nice post!
Everyone miss their leaves days. So they should enjoy it completely.
Son received a letter from Senator Specter today advising him that he is a really great person but did not get the Senator's nomination for the USAFA. Fortunately Congressman Murphy did NOT send my son a letter rescinding his USAFA nomination
....so I think DS is going to be fine in regards to the USAFA.Good luck to those still waiting.
Son received a letter from Senator Specter today advising him that he is a really great person but did not get the Senator's nomination for the USAFA. Fortunately Congressman Murphy did NOT send my son a letter rescinding his USAFA nomination
Good luck to those still waiting.
Aw, sorry to hear that but maybe he did because his staff knew you had one already and wanted to target kids that didn't have other nom sources. Our mail is delivered late in the day so it'll be a couple more hours before DS can check the mail. However, now I'm going to have an even harder time focusing this afternoon.
We still haven't heard anything officially from any MoC so the suspense is getting taughter daily.Hopefully that is what happened. We were told at our Congressman's Nom interview that they do coordinate with the US Senators in PA to offer as many noms as possible. I posted the information primarily for those that are still waiting to hear from Sen Specter. Good Luck to you and your son!
Hopefully that is what happened. We were told at our Congressman's Nom interview that they do coordinate with the US Senators in PA to offer as many noms as possible. I posted the information primarily for those that are still waiting to hear from Sen Specter. Good Luck to you and your son!
BTW, approximately how many days after you heard from your congressman did you see an update on the academy website with the nom information?
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I know this wasn't directed to me but I figured I would chime in from PA-D5. We got the letter from Thompson on Saturday 12/4, called to accept on Monday 12/6 and they said they were sending the nom's in on Friday 12/10. Hopefully they will be updated by 12/18 at both USNA and USMA, I will post again once we see them show up on the SA web sites
Also we have still not heard anything from Senator Casey's office.Nom letter was dated 11/24 and we received it 11/30. The USAFA status page was updated yesterday for both the Nom & LOA.
We are also still waiting on Senator Casey.
Good Luck!
Called to accept what? The Nom?