State Nomination Threads - Moderated

Very generally speaking the competitiveness of your district is correlated to the median income and school achievement profiles. Regardless of state the more affluent areas with top performing schools produce more candidates with high SAT/GPA etc etc. Remember that congressional districts are similar population via national census count so the total candidate pool is about the same size for all House Representatives. Higher population states dilute the nomination odds for the 2 senators.
 
Similar N.J. experience. DS rec’d congressional nom just before Christmas, has heard nothing from Senator Menendez and rec’d a “no” letter from Senator Booker. I understand Noms were due to USNA Jan 31 so we are assuming we may not hear from Menendez.
 
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We got the DE-nied! Letter from Booker last week. Not fun when you’re already feeling like Feb & March are the longest months everrrrr....
 
5centsmom said:
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We got the DE-nied! Letter from Booker last week. Not fun when you’re already feeling like Feb & March are the longest months everrrrr....
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Sorry but thought your DS had a nom from Frelinghuysen? What did booker deny?
 
We rcvd a “sorry, no nom” letter from booker. We weren’t expecting it as we are under the impression the NJ MOC coordinate the noms.
 
MidwestDad said:
Very generally speaking the competitiveness of your district is correlated to the median income and school achievement profiles. Regardless of state the more affluent areas with top performing schools produce more candidates with high SAT/GPA etc etc. Remember that congressional districts are similar population via national census count so the total candidate pool is about the same size for all House Representatives. Higher population states dilute the nomination odds for the 2 senators.
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Interesting point, I thought the opposite would be true. We live in a affluent area (Median household income about $200,000/year) with top performing schools and most of the kids(parents) only want to go to elite colleges. Many people in our area view a service academy as honorable, but a SA is for those who can't pay full tuition at Berkley or NYU. All this to say, this area is not very competitive at all. In 2017, not one student was a direct entry into USNA in the entire county-- one student was waitlisted and one got into NAPS.
 
Since you can only apply for a MOC NOM based on where you (or your parents) have their legal residence, there really isn't much value focusing on the 'competitiveness' of different areas. It is unlikely your parents are going to relocate in an effort to improve your chance for a NOM. Regardless of the stats from prior years, you also have no way to know how many will be applying this year or how competitive they might be.
 
prospective2019 said:
UmiZoomi said:
Yeah, Im applying to all the academies but my top two are USNA and USMA. The BGO wasn't able to give me too much information he said until I'm an "official" candidate. The USMA MALO for our area never responded back to me. Did you have better luck? Do you also have an idea of when the reps nom applications open up? Sorry, Im hitting you with so many questions its hard to find people interested in the academies from our little state ;)
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No problem on the questions. I’ve had a hard time finding much information on our state. My Field Force Rep emailed me back a week or so after I contacted him and I met with him in person. He said I was highly competitive for my district and you have slightly better test scores than I do. I believe Blumenthal’s noms open in May and none of the others have it posted, but I’m guessing the others will be around then.
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The application will open on April 25, 2018 for Sen. Murphy. If I am reading right, Sen Blumenthal requires a personal essay, but Sen Murphy does not. We are CT district 04.
 
lynn114 said:
The application will open on April 25, 2018 for Sen. Murphy. If I am reading right, Sen Blumenthal requires a personal essay, but Sen Murphy does not. We are CT district 04.
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Yep, the page updated a few days ago. Blumenthal opens May 14th as well. No update to the representative in CT-02. I’m curious to see what they each require—they use the same portal for the application so I assume it’s relatively similar.

Congressional Academy Day is also 4/25, if you didn’t know already, I think the information about it is on Mr. Murphy’s website.
 
Do you guys think its best to apply for the congressional nomination right away or should I wait a while to add to my application first? Do they give preference to those who come first? I just don't want to submit my app and be at a disadvantage because I improved my grades/scores/EC's later.
 
no preference as long as everything received by deadline. in PA the senators used the same portal but essays one could only be up to 500 words the other had to be more thsn 500! our MOC was paper application still
 
NJMom0415 said:
Is it difficult to obtain a nomination from a NJ senator or House of Rep?
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It all depends on who the competition is in any given year, and how many slots that elected rep has available.
 
That gets asked a lot on here. The reality is that most aspects of applying to an SA are a competition and far more apply than get appointments. Since it unlikely your family will relocate just to improve your 'chances' for getting a NOM from a MOC, it is better to focus on those things you have control over. Applicants should also work their Plan B school(s) since you just never know how things might go.
 
Capt MJ said:
NJMom0415 said:
Is it difficult to obtain a nomination from a NJ senator or House of Rep?
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It all depends on who the competition is in any given year, and how many slots that elected rep has available.
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Ok thanks just thought I would ask since this our Senators sites seems to all be under construction and no way to start the process until the end of the month.
 
Nominations are not due to the Academy until January of next year. While it is important to start early to ensure you get it all done, most things can wait until the start of school next year.
 
USMA 1994 said:
Nominations are not due to the Academy until January of next year. While it is important to start early to ensure you get it all done, most things can wait until the start of school next year.
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but individual MOCs will have applications due sometimes as early as Sept. here in PA all 3 of DS’s were due Oct 5 last year
 
Capt MJ said:
It all depends on who the competition is in any given year, and how many slots that elected rep has available.
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Yeah it really depends on what district you live in and how competitive that district is in your given year. What district are you in, if you don’t mind me asking?
 
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