The dreaded NWL .....

[Capt MJ]

For newer readers, this discussion is not about being “waitlisted.” That occurs very late in the cycle, as the last puts and takes settle. There may be just a few people who are told specifically they are waitlisted, as in, the SA may well offer them an appointment if there is a late-cycle appointee who declines, or can’t get medically cleared, or they want to hit the higher range limit of the incoming class. No guarantees. Some are offered a spot off this final waitlist, some are not.

Late, late in the cycle means exactly that. No one should feel rushed to make their decision so they “can give a spot back.” The spot is theirs until any deadline given. The SA plans for declinations, acceptances that are rescinded, medical DQs that pop up, etc., and always offers more seats than they expect to accept.

 

[Capt MJ]

Thank you for the posters helping to explain what I find to be a very complicated process. I think I now understand that the top 150 are pulled from the list of candidates who got on a nomination slate, but did not win that slate. My question is if you are an "additional appointee," does that mean you also have been on your MOCs slate? Or can an "additional appointee" be someone who is 3Qed, but did not get on their MOCs list at all?

See the link I posted in an earlier post, page 7, Table 1.

 

[jl123]

Thank you for the posters helping to explain what I find to be a very complicated process. I think I now understand that the top 150 are pulled from the list of candidates who got on a nomination slate, but did not win that slate. My question is if you are an "additional appointee," does that mean you also have been on your MOCs slate? Or can an "additional appointee" be someone who is 3Qed, but did not get on their MOCs list at all?

An Additional Appointee must be 3Q and have a nomination. The nomination can come from anywhere - MOC, VP, Presidential, Superintendent, etc.

The key characteristic of an Additional Appointee is that the appointment may be made out of Order of Merit. Most of these appointments go to recruited athletes and diversity candidates.

 

[kinnem]

Everyone who is 3Q with a nomination is eligible for an appointment and is placed on the NWL. After the first 150 are offered an appointment, others can be selected for appointment from the list. They use these appointments to round out the class as they see fit.

If you have no nomination from any source, then you cannot receive an appointment. There are other nomination sources besides the MOCs, for example ROTC, Presidential, VP, etc.

 

[TB_Rays]

Everyone who is 3Q with a nomination is eligible for an appointment and is placed on the NWL. After the first 150 are offered an appointment, others can be selected for appointment from the list. They use these appointments to round out the class as they see fit.

If you have no nomination from any source, then you cannot receive an appointment. There are other nomination sources besides the MOCs, for example ROTC, Presidential, VP, etc.

Does an ROTC nomination place you in a different admission pool than a congressional or senatorial nomination before one is placed on the NWL?

 

[jl123]

Does an ROTC nomination place you in a different admission pool than a congressional or senatorial nomination before one is placed on the NWL?

Yes, but it is not one or the other. It provides a source of appointment in addition to congressional and senatorial appointments. There are 20 appointments available for those ".... nominated by the Secretary of the Army............from the honor graduates of schools designated as honor schools by the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, or the Department of the Air Force, and from members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps."

A clarification on the NWL. It is not like a normal college wait list. All 3Q + NOM candidates/appointees are placed on the NWL, even those winning slates. It is more of a holding pattern than wait list.

 

[kinnem]

Suggest you read the stickies at the top of the Nominations forum