MOC ?

[burnerafter16]

Each state has two US Senators and a US Representative in addition to the VP nom. Each of those has 5 slots. Are you saying all the MOCs in your state have 5 cadets currently at USAFA and none graduating?

One can only apply to their respective district's MOC including the senators, VP and Presidential if qualified.
My question was if a MOC's slot is unfilled, can they give it to an applicant that is not from their district?

 

[Christcorp]

One can only apply to their respective district's MOC including the senators, VP and Presidential if qualified.
My question was if a MOC's slot is unfilled, can they give it to an applicant that is not from their district?

No. It can only go to a person on that MOC slate. But your question really isn't practical. The only way a MOC slot couldn't be filled is if none of the 10 on the slate was qualified. As long as the MOC has an opening, and at least 1 on the slate is qualified, the academy must give an appointment from that slate.

Now, there has been times when they offered an appointment from the slate, and the person turned it down, and because of timing late in the season, the academy didn't fill the slot and the academy told the MOC they will have 2 slots for the next year because there were already enough for the class that current year. But if a MOC slot is going to be charged, it must be from one of their nominees.

 

[burnerafter16]

even though their nomination was from their MOC, doesn't mean they filled their MOC SLOT. If they got the appointment in the National Pool, then NO SLOTS ARE CHARGED!!! The National Pool is so the academy can choose "AS MANY AS NEEDED TO COMPLETE FILLING OUT THE CLASS". These appointments aren't charged. In theory, a US Representative could have 15 cadets from his/her district at the academy. 5 might be charged to him/her.

Thanks Christcorp.
What I gather is: that it really is in the hands of the AFA board to fill the the class including allowance for appointees that may wait until the deadline to make up their mind. Regardless of how many qualified applicants there are from your district, there's still the national pool where the MOC's slots doesn't really matter.

Is the order of awarding appointments as follows?
1 Recruited athletes
2 Prep School reapplicants
3 The rest until class is filled
4 NWL due to slots vacated by appointment rejection

 

[Christcorp]

There is no "ORDER". There's certain appointments that the academy MUST OFFER. Those are the MOC's slate. They have no choice there. But it's not a "Priority" or "Order" thing, because the numbers don't add up anyway. What I mean is; let's assume that on average, EVERY MOC has 1 slot open. That's only 535 appointments. That's half the class. Even if you include another 100 for some MOC's having 2 slots. You still need another 400-500 appointments.

You have other slates too. Presidential, VP, ROTC, and other military slates/nominees. Athletes and Prep-school aren't a SEPARATE category. That athlete of prep school applicant has to get a nomination from their MOC just like you. Chances are, you're competing with each other.

Depending on the athlete or prep schooler, they may get their MOC's slot; but most usually get in from the National Pool. But remember; "Air Force Athletes" aren't like athletic scholarships at a traditional school. The overwhelming majority of air force recruited athletes are also STELLAR STUDENTS!!! Most of these athletes also had the 3.8-4.0gpa; high class ranking, etc... They aren't the 2.0gpa high school student like many civilian athletic scholarship recipients.

But MOC slates/slots must be filled first. That's the "LAW". Yes, there's actually a FEDERAL LAW that says how the appointments are done. It's not the academy CHOOSING how to do this. After the MOC slots are filled, then the academy will do what they need to, to fill the rest of the class. Some of those MOC slots are athletes. Some are from the Academy. Most are first time applicants.