USAFA83GradWife
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I don't believe 808Dad said that redistricting was the reason his Senator lost a slot:
It commonly doesn't effect my state but for some reason because of POTUS budget cuts my state was affected. This now causes my Senator to lose a slot so from two slots he now goes down to one which was already taken by the EAP candidate and my DS ends up on the waitlist.
This sounds like sequester/budget cuts caused the slot to disappear. As I mentioned in an earlier post, this happened to a friend's DS a couple of years ago. His appointment was postponed until the next year because the number of appointment slots was reduced due to budget cuts.
Based on past experience working in the DoD, budgets aren't usually solidified until late in the year (when they SHOULD be done in October.)
Edit:
My DD's BGO "sort of" mentioned Early Action. He told her to get everything done before October. Because of rolling admissions, the longer you wait, the less slots are available.
2nd Edit:
Regarding the slot that was lost, the assumption is that 808Dad's Senator had an extra slot this year because he only has 3 appointees at the Academy this year (for whatever reason.) I would bet that this late in the game, any MOC slot that wasn't filled by the end of 2013 got cut to remain within budget. I honestly can't blame USNA for this. It wasn't their fault. Sequester hit everyone in the DoD pretty hard. Though, I feel really bad for those affected. I truly hope that if the waitlisted principals don't get an appointment this year, then a deferred appointment will be offered.
It commonly doesn't effect my state but for some reason because of POTUS budget cuts my state was affected. This now causes my Senator to lose a slot so from two slots he now goes down to one which was already taken by the EAP candidate and my DS ends up on the waitlist.
This sounds like sequester/budget cuts caused the slot to disappear. As I mentioned in an earlier post, this happened to a friend's DS a couple of years ago. His appointment was postponed until the next year because the number of appointment slots was reduced due to budget cuts.
Based on past experience working in the DoD, budgets aren't usually solidified until late in the year (when they SHOULD be done in October.)
Edit:
My DD's BGO "sort of" mentioned Early Action. He told her to get everything done before October. Because of rolling admissions, the longer you wait, the less slots are available.
2nd Edit:
Regarding the slot that was lost, the assumption is that 808Dad's Senator had an extra slot this year because he only has 3 appointees at the Academy this year (for whatever reason.) I would bet that this late in the game, any MOC slot that wasn't filled by the end of 2013 got cut to remain within budget. I honestly can't blame USNA for this. It wasn't their fault. Sequester hit everyone in the DoD pretty hard. Though, I feel really bad for those affected. I truly hope that if the waitlisted principals don't get an appointment this year, then a deferred appointment will be offered.
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