USMAROTCFamily
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If a candidate simply wants to serve and go to an academy, then this is truly the dilemma. If they list the same order on their nomination requests, and they get the nomination to that academy, what happens if they are not admitted into that academy, but they are into another one? I've seen that mentioned on these boards, too. So, I don't think it is about bragging rights to say they got noms into multiple academies, but that they have the opportunity to get into one of them! No nomination; no appointment. Like someone else mentioned, why even apply to multiple academies, if they MOC won't give appointment to more than one? I know our DS would be thrilled to attend any of his 3 choices, even though he does have one that would be his favorite. If he doesn't get into that one, but he gets into another one, then he would be happy. The only saving grace for him in all of this is that he will have the Presidential nomination, and while it's ultra competitive, will still give him a chance at any of the 3 if he is deemed admissible by the academies. Unfortunately, not everybody has that option. I just don't think I consider changing the order with different nominating sources as gaming the system. I concur with others that the MOCs are trying to game the system to make everybody happy. If they simply choose the very top candidates on every slate and let the academies do their jobs, then we wouldn't have to worry about this.