Next appointment rush?

Sure it could be they’re going district to district or they are still going through all the principal noms and you’ll hear very soon.

I don’t see how they can get to the national pool without dealing with the 435 principal noms first.
 
By national pool are you speaking of the VP nomination? Or something else?
The national pool is everyone who got a congressional nomination, but did not win that slate. By US law, USAFA has to take the top 150 from that list.
Can you further explain this please. Do you mean "not win that slate" as in not getting a principal nomination.
 
I’m just wondering if you are more likely to receive an appointment if you have multiple nominations and whether that makes much of a difference or not?
 
Can you further explain this please. Do you mean "not win that slate" as in not getting a principal nomination.
Yes, so on each slate, there are 10 candidates, and USAFA appoints the person who meets the qualifications and has the highest WCS. Some MOC's send in a ranked slate with a principal nominee, and that means USAFA has to take that person (as long as they meet medical, physical, academic standards). Check out the sticky at the top of the Nominations forum on here because that will explain more about how the NWL works.

Basically, everyone given a Weighted Composite Score, and the person with the highest WCS on each slate, wins the appointment, provided they are medically qualified. Then, everyone who got a congressional nomination, but wasnt the highest WCS, gets thrown into the national pool. From there, candidates are ranked by their WCS, and the top 150 get appointments.
 
I’m just wondering if you are more likely to receive an appointment if you have multiple nominations and whether that makes much of a difference or not?
Yes, it just gives USAFA more flexibility when they are putting together the puzzle of who is in class of 2023. They have more options to charge your appointment, like let's say you didn't win your Senator's slate, but you could still win your congressman's slate.
 
Yes, so on each slate, there are 10 candidates, and USAFA appoints the person who meets the qualifications and has the highest WCS. Some MOC's send in a ranked slate with a principal nominee, and that means USAFA has to take that person (as long as they meet medical, physical, academic standards). Check out the sticky at the top of the Nominations forum on here because that will explain more about how the NWL works.

Basically, everyone given a Weighted Composite Score, and the person with the highest WCS on each slate, wins the appointment, provided they are medically qualified. Then, everyone who got a congressional nomination, but wasnt the highest WCS, gets thrown into the national pool. From there, candidates are ranked by their WCS, and the top 150 get appointments.

Thank you for your response! Do you know how slates are determined, or which 10 applicants are chosen per slate? And, where do the applicants who have senatorial and congressional nomination stand compared to just having one nomination?
 
Thank you for your response! Do you know how slates are determined, or which 10 applicants are chosen per slate? And, where do the applicants who have senatorial and congressional nomination stand compared to just having one nomination?
Each slate represents one opening that a MOC has at the academy. There are 10 candidates on each slate (the 10 who were nominated by that MOC). Each candidate on the slate is given a Weighted Composition Score (you can find the breakdown on the USAFA admissions website to see what academics, extracurriculars, CFA, etc are worth). The top candidate, of the 10 on the slate, with the highest WCS is offered an appointment. The other 9 go into the national pool, of which 150 of the top WCS are offered appointments.

Someone with 2 nominations is not given extra points or anything. They just have an extra ticket in the game because the academy has more opportunities to offer them an appointment.
 
Thank you for your response! Do you know how slates are determined, or which 10 applicants are chosen per slate? And, where do the applicants who have senatorial and congressional nomination stand compared to just having one nomination?
Each slate represents one opening that a MOC has at the academy. There are 10 candidates on each slate (the 10 who were nominated by that MOC). Each candidate on the slate is given a Weighted Composition Score (you can find the breakdown on the USAFA admissions website to see what academics, extracurriculars, CFA, etc are worth). The top candidate, of the 10 on the slate, with the highest WCS is offered an appointment. The other 9 go into the national pool, of which 150 of the top WCS are offered appointments.

Someone with 2 nominations is not given extra points or anything. They just have an extra ticket in the game because the academy has more opportunities to offer them an appointment.


150 is the minimum out of the national pool right? There’s usually a few more if you add up all the normal slates and deduct from total applicant admission numbers?
 
150 is the minimum out of the national pool right? There’s usually a few more if you add up all the normal slates and deduct from total applicant admission numbers?
I recommend reading the sticky FAQ at the top of the nominations forum because I asked about the NWL back in December, and more experienced people on here explained it to me there.
 
Can anyone tell me if you are from Thornberrys district in Texas , have you received a
 
The national pool is everyone who got a congressional nomination, but did not win that slate. By US law, USAFA has to take the top 150 from that list.

Wow... how did I not know this existed? Hopes raised a smidge thanks to the responses to my negative post. Nice. DS did say of the 15 kids on his FVE text group, 5 of them received appointments today (after he sent a text asking again). It clearly was a busy day for USAFA admissions.
 
Yes, so on each slate, there are 10 candidates, and USAFA appoints the person who meets the qualifications and has the highest WCS. Some MOC's send in a ranked slate with a principal nominee, and that means USAFA has to take that person (as long as they meet medical, physical, academic standards). Check out the sticky at the top of the Nominations forum on here because that will explain more about how the NWL works.

Basically, everyone given a Weighted Composite Score, and the person with the highest WCS on each slate, wins the appointment, provided they are medically qualified. Then, everyone who got a congressional nomination, but wasnt the highest WCS, gets thrown into the national pool. From there, candidates are ranked by their WCS, and the top 150 get appointments.

Thank you for your response! Do you know how slates are determined, or which 10 applicants are chosen per slate? And, where do the applicants who have senatorial and congressional nomination stand compared to just having one nomination?
Just an FYI there is not always 10 candidates per slate , some MOC’s nominate 10 some only nominate a few . They can only nominate a Maximum of 10. If a candidate has more than one nomination then they are on all slated for which have been submitted therefore giving them another chance at competing . The main difference between Senator or Congressman noms is that with the congressman nom you are only competing within your congressional district , whereas with a senator nom you may be competing with nominees from the whole state . For many a rural district , it is better to have a congressman nom over a senatorial nom as it cuts out competition with major cities with lots of super competitive applicants !
 
Just an FYI there is not always 10 candidates per slate , some MOC’s nominate 10 some only nominate a few . They can only nominate a Maximum of 10. If a candidate has more than one nomination then they are on all slated for which have been submitted therefore giving them another chance at competing . The main difference between Senator or Congressman noms is that with the congressman nom you are only competing within your congressional district , whereas with a senator nom you may be competing with nominees from the whole state . For many a rural district , it is better to have a congressman nom over a senatorial nom as it cuts out competition with major cities with lots of super competitive applicants !
Yep, FireFlyMom is on point with this post.
 
Just an FYI there is not always 10 candidates per slate , some MOC’s nominate 10 some only nominate a few . They can only nominate a Maximum of 10. If a candidate has more than one nomination then they are on all slated for which have been submitted therefore giving them another chance at competing . The main difference between Senator or Congressman noms is that with the congressman nom you are only competing within your congressional district , whereas with a senator nom you may be competing with nominees from the whole state . For many a rural district , it is better to have a congressman nom over a senatorial nom as it cuts out competition with major cities with lots of super competitive applicants !

So if an applicant has both nominations, then they are competing with both their congressional district and against nominees from the whole state?
 
Yes. Understand they are separate competitions and that it's not all nominees from the whole state but only those (usually 10) the Senator nominated. I expect you understand this but I don't like to assume.
 
Sure it could be they’re going district to district or they are still going through all the principal noms and you’ll hear very soon.

I don’t see how they can get to the national pool without dealing with the 435 principal noms first.

There aren't 435 principal noms: nor all senators and congressmen do a principal. Some senators corroborate; i.e. the senior senator will provide the junior senator with a list of those on his slate such that the junior senator will not duplicate the senior's slate. This provides better PR as there are more nominations.

Again, not all have a principal and some do not even rank their slate, leaving it to the SAs to choose whomever they wish.
 
Does anyone know if they release appointments by most qualified to least qualified, or if it is by district or if it is just at random? Trying to get a grasp on how they release because there hasn’t been many from my state in the thread.
 
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