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So what number should they use for "applicants" that would be apples to apples with other schools? Those who got a Nomination? Those who got a nomination and passed DODMERB? Those who got a nomination, passed DODMERB, and the CFA? Or should it just be someone who completed the written part of the application? It's a lot of semantics, especially since the SA's also do an initial evaluation and actually tell some potential candidates to not apply. Other schools don't do that.
That's pretty simple. If I'm applying to Vanderbilt, I fill out and application with my information and I answer essay questions and then I SUBMIT. When you apply to West Point or Annapolis, you do something similiar. Yes, there's other stuff added on but you have to "submit", right? That's your number.
If I'm writing someone an email, and I open it, don't write anything, never click send.... and just close it, discarding the draft...... did I SEND you an email? No. So what do West Point and Annapolis consider an unfinished, never-submitted application as an "applicant?"