So my DS got notified he is being deferred to the Regular Selection period in March and "not to worry, about 50% of the appointments are from the Regular Selection period." So what does that mean? How many of the "early action" selections given LOAs and just need a nomination and how many are simply appointments that are applied to Presidential or other nomination sources?
Doing the math with 535ish nominations from MOC each year that is half anyway. I have heard that if you have at least one nomination from a MOC you have about a 50/50 shot based on others in the MOCs slate not being 3Q for some other reason or choosing some other option for school. Just want to be able to reassure my DS (and his Mom) all is not lost.
MD, All is not lost. Remember slates are up to 10 people per opening that MOC can fill. They can name a principal nom and if qualified that person gets the nod. The other 9 then compete as part of that national pool we are al thrown into. Unless you know what type of nomination you get, you really can't be sure. Other candidates with Pres, VP, Sup, etc nominations don't always need an LOA to get in. A qualified candidate with a Pres nom, gets in. Up to 100 of them I believe.
Our DS rec'd the same letter today and he sent it to me via email. My response back to him was "well, you now know that you are one of the 2700(maybe more) or so that are part of the qualified candidate pool and were'nt rejected". I'm proud of him for the fact that he got himself "qualified for USAFA"...if nothing else.
Approximately 50% of appointments are awarded during the March/April timeframe but so are a lot of them between now and then. Remember, EA is really the AFA's way of saying to the cream of the crop with lots of college options to "look at us" b/c "we'll admit you early" or at least give an LOA. They know they are competing against the other top schools for that candidate pool.
Any candidate with an LOA that remains eligible AND gets a nomination, gets an appointment. LOA's are not all that common so I don't think that there are several hundreds of them out there. Our DS did not get an LOA and is hoping for an MOC nom. If he gets a nom, he's got a 50/50 shot at getting in.
Not going to dwell on it. Nom interview is done, College apps are in, ROTC package done....just gotta wait it out and see where he ends up. He's said he'll serve either way so if serving is the goal, there are lots of paths to commissioning as an Air Force Officer.
Best of luck to your DS and as everyone will always tell you on these boards, have your plan B and C and D ready to go if AFA does not come through.