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At this point, I'm just going to try and stay positive. I guess I have about a 64 percent shot of getting into the Academy if I get the nomination, so I'll just keep my head up and hope for the best at this point.
What if I receive a nomination from one of my state Senators?
Just to be clear Hopeful MDN: You can get a nomination from one of your two state's senators. Not the state senators who serve in the state Senate.
......an applicant cannot get an appointment from a MOC whose slot went unused.........you must live in the Congressional District or State where you get the nomination. If Congressman XX doesn't nominate anybody or there is no one on their slate who is qualifed, an applicant from another Congressional District CANNOT have that spot. /QUOTE]
Can anyone confirm from an official source? Anecdotal evidence from years ago, but a USMMA sibling was wanted for athletics but living in nearby Long Island, NY competitive district. Didn't make our MOC's list,but was found nom [by coach? -- through academy channels.] as alternate from MOC somewhere in Oklahoma.
Sutter93 said:Also I don't quite understand what this is about a MOC having a certain number of nominations/appointees. Can anyone clarify that?
Luigi, thanks for that link and the USAFA info on nominations. Can you, or anyone out there, explain how the Superintendent of the Naval Academy Nomination works? Section 6954(d) allow the Superintendent to nominate 50 persons (I assume that means applying candidates?)
Does the Superintendent 'hand pick' these names out of the applicant pool or is there a nomination application path?
The nominees may be submitted without ranking or with a principal candidate and 9 ranked or unranked alternates.
Apparently my district is underrepresented in all the service academies.
How would you go about finding out whether your district is "underrepresented"?
JennyP posted a list of under represented districts earlier in this thread.
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Two lessons from this: make sure your package is as strong as possible
Jenny - once in the national pool they don't compete for a VP or Supe nomination; they compete for an appointment as a qualified alternate.Those names go into the national pool and compete for an appointment there from other sources such as Supe, VP, Pres (if qualified), etc. Those other nine names may also appear on another MOC slate and get appointed there.
These candidates are picked by Admissions, there is no application. They could be a recruited athlete but not always. They might be a candidate who, for some reason got an LOA but not a nomination from their MOC.Does the Superintendent 'hand pick' these names out of the applicant pool or is there a nomination application path?