What do I do?

pazz04

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I have been accepted to USMMA and I know I am required to let them know if I decide to attend by May 1 but...I have been waitlisted to USCGA. If I tell USMMA I am going there by May 1 is it binding or can I go to USCGA if they end up having an opening later in the summer?

Thanks for the help,
Matt
 
You really need to decide where you want to go and commit to that academy. I'm not sure if it's binding or not (I would think it would be) but you should not take the slot away from someone who really wants to go to USMMA if you really don't want it. My DD was accepted to both and decided on USMMA because it offers so many more options after graduation but the reality is you need to make the decision for yourself but be fair and don't take a slot that someone else that really wants it! Best wishes for you as you make your final decisions.
 
USMMA> Weanie Hut Juniors ;)

Adding to the previous comment, the academy does offer you many options upon graduation. Good luck and hope to see ya next year!
 
thats exactly what I am thinking as far as taking a spot from someone else...but USCGA is my number one and if I do not get off the waitlist then I definitly want to go to USMMA so I am sort of in limbo.
 
CG

I'd talk to the USCGA Admissions and explain your quandary, maybe they would tell you what the odds are of you getting an appointment i.e., where you are on their wait list.
 
Same spot

My DS is waiting on word from CGA as well, but has secured a spot at MMA. We visited Kings Point last weekend. I was really impressed. Im pushing for my DS to go to MMA, be he like you is torn.
 
So this is what America has come to...... (shakes head)

...and what exactly is this supposed to mean? alot of people end up in this situation. heck, I was in a similar situation before I decided on KP. I would imagine that most sensible and emotionally balanced people would have a tough time making a decision between the school they want to attend most and the one that has an opening RIGHT NOW.

personally, i would second calling the academy. i had a medical waiver issue that, as it turned out, wasnt being processed properly by KP. one phone call cleared it up, letter came the next week. amazing what initiating a little contact can do.
 
My DS was in the same position: Wait listed at USNA, USAFA, and USMA. He elimininated two choices, and then contacted his congresswoman to reach out and see where he was on the third wait list. You won't get any information if you don't ask for it. BTW, the percentage of appointments that are turned down has dropped over 75% in the "Big Three"
 
Our DS had appointments from Kings Point and Annapolis by early March. We made an agreement that he would make his decision and notify both academies no later than April 1st based on not taking up a slot that could be offered to another candidate.

Here is my suggestion. Call CGA - figure out your odds of getting in there and make a decision to commit to one or another. If you sign the paper to go to USMMA that is your written commitment to honor - when you put that letter in the mail you should go inside call CGA and take your name off their list so they can award that slot to another candidate.
 
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