All candidates offered appointments are 3Q and have a nom. NAPS included. LOA offers still require the ultimate outcome to be 3Q and a nom.
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All candidates offered appointments are 3Q and have a nom. NAPS included. LOA offers still require the ultimate outcome to be 3Q and a nom.
Think about this for a minute. Regardless of the number of applicants, 10,000, 15,000, 20,000, even 100,000. ALL of those may be 3 Q.
But herein lies the problem with your logic. Nominations come from Senators and Congressmen. (Yes, VP, SecNav, Pres, Supe, few ROTC also), but the majority come from MOC. And that number is static. Each of them can nominate 10 applicants per open slot.
So even if there's 100,000 3 Q candidates, a very similar number from year to year of them will have nominations
Last year, there was an abundance of appointment activity in February.
The waiting is tough. I swear last year, I checked son's Candidate Info page daily (so did he!) and the mailbox (we have to drive 7 miles to town) twice daily!
If you are 3Q and have a nomination, your odds are getting better and better. Having a back up plan (ours was Texas A&M Corps of Cadets) and a firm decision that son would attend college and apply again seemed to make the waiting easier. We told each other that daily.
It is so hard to wait, though............
If you are 3Q and have a nomination, your odds are getting better and better. Having a back up plan (ours was Texas A&M Corps of Cadets) and a firm decision that son would attend college and apply again seemed to make the waiting easier. We told each other that daily.
It is so hard to wait, though............
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backup plan makes it easier, but being 3Qd with two noms didn't make the wait any easier for my older son....who didn't get in to USAFA.
Younger son would have been 3Qd with nom for USNA if not for the fact he broke his collarbone during Football. Now we wait for doctor's clearance and then wait for Remedial to be cleared.... aarrrrggh! and then quick Fitness test.
So his nomination slate of 10 are probably waiting on him to complete his file. Many of you may be waiting on one of 10 kids to complete their files.
Younger son would have been 3Qd with nom for USNA if not for the fact he broke his collarbone during Football. Now we wait for doctor's clearance and then wait for Remedial to be cleared.... aarrrrggh! and then quick Fitness test.
So his nomination slate of 10 are probably waiting on him to complete his file. Many of you may be waiting on one of 10 kids to complete their files.
I agree Jenny...the waiting is very hard...son is 3 Q'd, 2 nominations, one Congressman, One State Senator...(will grad 1st in his class, tons of leadership roles, athletics, etc...)we are thinking positive....but the waiting is sooooo very tough...his back up plan is NROTC, but also has a full tuition(academics) scholarship to a local college...but his dream since 7th grade is Tha Naval Academy....so we wait...hopefully good things really DO come to those who wait!! BUt it is VERY HARD TO WAIT SO LONG!! Good Luck to all in the same boat!!
Offers tend to come out in waves, and the first wave should hit the mail in the next three or four weeks, and probably be the largest group of offers. Then there will be a wait until they get the response from those offers. Candidly this tends to go on until June. In mid-April those candidates who are 3-Q'd but who have not received an offer or a rejection will receive a letter apprising them of their status as a candidate - either still in contention or needing to find another school for fall entry. One of the big factors is the number of offer recipients who sit on them until the last minute before responding to Admissions. Typically NAVY will send out 1400 to 1500 offers in a cycle and the final class size had been about 1220 to 1230 (2013 was reported at 2050). BE SURE TO KEEP YOUR FILE UPDATED WITH NEW GRADES, AWARDS, ETC WHILE YOU ARE WAITING - IT JUST MIGHT BE THE DIFFERENCE THAT EARNS YOU AN OFFER! Best wishes to all of you.
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I'm in the same boat
NROTC to Notre Dame (accepted)
as well as Appointments to USMA and USAFA
but where is NAVY????
NROTC to Notre Dame (accepted)
as well as Appointments to USMA and USAFA
but where is NAVY????
Academy Questions: maybe you are on one of those slates with one or more candidates awaiting a medical remedial or still completing their apps.
Which is your first choice? If you accept USNA or USMA or USAFA, then someone else off your slate of nominees to the other two SA's will be selected for appointment.
It is a giant juggling act of candidates qualified with one or more noms at each SA. Add to that candidates trying for multiple SA's......well you get the picture.
I am speculating that indeed many offers of appt will go out in January, but not the large numbers suggested by 1964BGO because of the many incomplete apps, waiting on waivers, etc still hanging out there until March. Surely the bulk of those are candidates awaiting medical waivers. I would like to believe that most serious applicants have their app completed.....after all, they got the app for the nom completed. I have read of a few still training for CFA though.
Which is your first choice? If you accept USNA or USMA or USAFA, then someone else off your slate of nominees to the other two SA's will be selected for appointment.
It is a giant juggling act of candidates qualified with one or more noms at each SA. Add to that candidates trying for multiple SA's......well you get the picture.
I am speculating that indeed many offers of appt will go out in January, but not the large numbers suggested by 1964BGO because of the many incomplete apps, waiting on waivers, etc still hanging out there until March. Surely the bulk of those are candidates awaiting medical waivers. I would like to believe that most serious applicants have their app completed.....after all, they got the app for the nom completed. I have read of a few still training for CFA though.
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I liken it to the lottery.
You've chosen the numbers, bought the ticket and now you wait to see if they draw your numbers.
Nerve wracking. Make the most of this final semester of your senior year.Have fun, laugh a lot, spend time with friends and make memories to last a lifetime.
Have faith and if this is the path that's meant for you it shall be.
These kind of posts, although certainly wise and well-intended, do not do much for reducing the anxiety level. Mostly, because the target audience are the type of individuals who have always been able to control the direction of their life through outstanding achievements. Basically, up to this point in their life, they've achieved every goal they've ever set.
Saying, "Relax", doesn't help them relax.
It reminds me of something a stand-up comedian said many years ago that I thought was very funny. He was criticizing Nancy Reagan's campaign against drugs. If you recall, the program was called "Just Say NO to Drugs."
The comedian said,
Telling somebody hooked on drugs to "Just say no" is like telling a manic-depressive to "Cheer up!". What a brilliant idea! I'm sure that's going to help a lot.