Qualification Letter

mom3boys · Nov 13, 2007

17?!

Wow! What a huge committee! Both MOC's had committees of 4. The MOC was not present. The senator did SA specific interviews. If you were WP, you interviewed w/ 2 Army guys, and two civilians. You could not ask for two SAs. Interview was 20 min. The congressman blocked interviews: all USMA, then USAFA, etc...His interviews were 10 min. He traditionally sees all kids in his district. Usually has 20ish. This year he had 44!! Usually he slates everyone as many as he can, this year kids had to pick one. Some won't get any slate. Between the spiffy new suit and the LOA, am hoping my son makes the cut for at least one! He practiced a good while, so he was interviewing well. He's also had to interview for jobs, so he's not totally new to it.
Your MOC does callbacks for final interview? I am assuming your district is highly competitive? Best of luck to him...and for your nerves as you wait this out with him!

THURL · Nov 14, 2007

mom3boys,

Our Senators have not even scheduled their interviews yet. Expecting to hear from them anytime. It seems it will all come together in the next few weeks.

Thurl

mom3boys · Nov 14, 2007

that's not all bad

I know as parents we are anxious to move forward, but for kids who are undecided, the later interviews are not a bad thing. Our kids had to have applications complete to the senators by mid-October. Congressman was only a week after that, so many kids who were undecided had their choice made for them. The application process was lengthy and took a good two weeks, so there was way they could complete them on the spur of the moment (i.e. one senator required CFA prior to app!). Good luck to your son, and to you as you navigate this with him. Now I have the daunting task of motivating my son to get all his backups in place...in case of injury or change of heart or (God forbid!) no nomination!