USNA Class of 2028 Waiting and Speculating

The waitlist is definitely a mystery, but I am almost certain it is done by area. So it wouldn’t be ranked at all or in a list.

The reason I say that is because I was on the waitlist and saw a post on here saying that their DS turned down an appointment from my district and I got the call later that day of an appointment.
 
NavyHoops said:
Anyone who applies for a VP nom technically qualifies for it. Only 5 can be charged there. The Supe can technically have 50 discretionary noms (if I recall correctly). In BGO training it has been repeated many times that USNA prefers to keep that number minimal, I believe most years it’s the 5-10 range.
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Thanks for your insights.
 
smokey% said:
That's awesome, then he'll have to greet YOU your youngster year.
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Capt MJ said:
Just go with happy and figure it out as you go. Take your cues from him. No doubt it will feel odd to be separated, but you’ll figure it out.

A nom isn’t necessary for a NAPS offer. They liked what they saw in his application, felt he wasn’t a good fit for whatever reason for 2028, and he has a seat saved for him in 2029.

If you’re identical, way down the road, and if you’re a detailer, and he’s around during that summer, dress him up in a 2/C set of shoulder boards and a spare red detailer name tag with your surname. Direct your plebes to do a uniform race from X uniform into Y uniform, and just to make it interesting, you will do it with them to show them how fast it can be done. Door shuts. You are in X. You hear bedlam inside as the scramble begins. Your brother is in Y, of course, and knocks on the door about 8 seconds later, demonstrating his superior skills at uniform races. You are nowhere in sight. Now go for Z. He announces race to Z. You appear at the door in miraculous time wearing Z.

This will make sense to you at some point this summer.

We had a set of identical twin sisters in our sponsor mid family - one had a slightly lighter tiny mole on her temple than her sister - who were both detailers at the same time. They pulled all kinds of twin stuff. Plebes finally figured it out.
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I will have to revisit this later!!!
 
pleaseUSNA said:
My twin brother just got his offer to NAPS. He had no nomination so I am just really surprised. Although he will be coming in a year after me, I am not really sure how to feel
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As a member of the “sibling club”, it’s really VERY cool. Beyond what you can think. And actually, your twin will have a leg up on YOU, as s/he will learn from mistakes/choices/hints/tricks/tactics from your prior ‘been there, done that’ experience at USNA.

An interesting tidbit: at my BGO training, I was asking about siblings: do they have a better chance of an appointment bc of a prior sibling? The answer surprised me. No, they don’t. Except for twins bc studies show that twins do better if they are together. Thought that was interesting.

Congrats to you both. And to your parents. Who get another year in Annapolis (hopefully).
 
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nerdycadet said:
If I don't get a decision from USNA in the next few days, I will take my USAFA offer. The deadline to accept that is approaching fast. This is absurd.
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You can accept it now. And change if you receive an offer, and decide you want it.

Honestly, some decisions be offered now, including the waitlist, are *potentially* from situation like you are in with USAFA. Yield is ebbing and flowing from (among other things) acceptances and declines. So it’s not all admissions ‘fault (absurd)’. Think about how all that looks. This is all normal and part of the class build process as people make decisions, medical clears, etc, etc.

It makes sense. It’s part of the way things work. And also why offers trickle in through May. Occasionally later. As class yield comes into focus through acceptances/declines, waiver clearage, etc.
 
justdoit19 said:
As a member of the “sibling club”, it’s really VERY cool. Beyond what you can think. And actually, your twin will have a leg up on YOU, as s/he will learn from mistakes/choices/hints/tricks/tactics from your prior ‘been there, done that’ experience at USNA.

An interesting tidbit: at my BGO training, I was asking about siblings: do they have a better chance of an appointment bc of a prior sibling? The answer surprised me. No, they don’t. Except for twins bc studies show that twins do better if they are together. Thought that was interesting.

Congrats to you both. And to your parents. Who get another year in Annapolis (hopefully).
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Thank you so so much!
 
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