USNA Class of 2028 Waiting and Speculating

For those designated as a Principal Nominee by a MOC, did it indicate so on your portal anywhere? It never did for my DS and now I'm wondering if there could've been an oversight. After reports of people getting Turned Down messages by mistake last week, we know mistakes can happen.
I believe MOC staffers upload a formatted slate via portal to USNA, with appropriate designations and method used.

Though USMA and USAFA are forced to offer an appointment to a p-nom if fully qualified, a slight difference in the legal language allows USNA not to. Most of the time, they do.
I can corroborate Capt MJ's s first statement as fact. If your DS was a principal nominee, it would have been indicated in the nominations section of the portal. By chance, was your DS notified by your MOC in writing that he was in fact the principal nominee? If so, the nomination could have been filed, in error, as a competitive nomination with other candidates on the slate. I hope that this is not the case. That error would be on the MOC staff and not the Naval Academy. Good luck to your DS on this one.
 
My heart aches for all of those turned down. And I wish patience for those still in the running.

So many find their way via an alternate route and bloom where they are planted in surprising ways. I wish that for those who got news they didn’t want today.
 
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