Waitlisted

Received and accepted a spot on the waitlist today. That stung real bad. It’s okay though, it just wasn’t meant to be I guess.
 
DS was also was placed on the waitlist. He was 50/50 USAFA/USNA. We are headed to the USAFA next week for one of the tours for appointed students and he is going to make his decision after the visit. We have never been to Colorado Springs and I've always been told how beautiful the campus is (been to Annapolis three times). My guess is that I will have a future Falcon on my hands and he will withdraw from the waitlist but in the end, the decision is his.

Did you make it to USAFA & did your DS make a decision yet ? Thanks
 
DS was also was placed on the waitlist. He was 50/50 USAFA/USNA. We are headed to the USAFA next week for one of the tours for appointed students and he is going to make his decision after the visit. We have never been to Colorado Springs and I've always been told how beautiful the campus is (been to Annapolis three times). My guess is that I will have a future Falcon on my hands and he will withdraw from the waitlist but in the end, the decision is his.

Did you make it to USAFA & did your DS make a decision yet ? Thanks
Just accepted tonight! We are so excited for him.
 
For those on the waitlist, I was waitlisted on 8-Apr-19 and was offered an appointment today (22-Apr-19), so they are already pulling from the waitlist and I am assuming there are more appointments to be offered come May 1st.
Did you have a waiver granted? I am curious as DS was DQ but hasn't heard or seen info on waiver granted but was waitlisted April 8 as well. Wondering if that impacted waitlist status.
 
For those on the waitlist, I was waitlisted on 8-Apr-19 and was offered an appointment today (22-Apr-19), so they are already pulling from the waitlist and I am assuming there are more appointments to be offered come May 1st.

So how were you contacted?? And congratulations!!!
 
DS was also was placed on the waitlist. He was 50/50 USAFA/USNA. We are headed to the USAFA next week for one of the tours for appointed students and he is going to make his decision after the visit. We have never been to Colorado Springs and I've always been told how beautiful the campus is (been to Annapolis three times). My guess is that I will have a future Falcon on my hands and he will withdraw from the waitlist but in the end, the decision is his.

Did you make it to USAFA & did your DS make a decision yet ? Thanks
Just accepted tonight! We are so excited for him.

That's Awesome. Congrats to your DS. My son too accepted USAFA over USMA last night & I guess he is not going to look back at USNA wait list. He was so impressed with AF campus.
 
For those on the waitlist, I was waitlisted on 8-Apr-19 and was offered an appointment today (22-Apr-19), so they are already pulling from the waitlist and I am assuming there are more appointments to be offered come May 1st.
Did you have a waiver granted? I am curious as DS was DQ but hasn't heard or seen info on waiver granted but was waitlisted April 8 as well. Wondering if that impacted waitlist status.
No I was fully medically qualified from the start. i had a remedial that was resolved back in january
 
For those on the waitlist, I was waitlisted on 8-Apr-19 and was offered an appointment today (22-Apr-19), so they are already pulling from the waitlist and I am assuming there are more appointments to be offered come May 1st.

So how were you contacted?? And congratulations!!!
Thank you!! and I got an email of a status change that said i was being offered an appointment and then checked my portal and my portal had been updated as well also thank you @jollyrogerUSNA
 
Here is guidance for you. Please note, this doesn't answer all your questions but it may help. FYI, I have a candidate who is waitlisted. I talked to her at length yesterday and she has decided to accept her Appointment to Air Force. She also had an appointment from West Point.

What is the Wait List?
The Wait List is composed of students our Admissions Board would like to have in our entering class but for whom there were not enough spaces available. The candidate pool was among the most competitive ever, and the Admissions Board recommended a near record number of candidates for appointment. We have offered appointments to approximately 1,300 of those students; we expect 1,155 students to accept our offer and enroll at USNA. If fewer than 1,155 students accept our offer, we will then offer admission to some of the students who have been put on our Wait List.

Why was I Wait Listed?
The Admissions Board considered all aspects of each student's application--rank in class, grades, standardized test scores, extracurricular activities, recommendations, essays, special talents, and backgrounds. We based our decisions on a careful analysis of all these factors and we offered admission to those students whom we thought would make up the strongest and most balanced entering class. Other strong students, like yourself, were put on the Wait List.

Should I accept another college offer?
Because most colleges require a May 1 deposit, even if USNA is your first choice, you should pay a deposit at another school to guarantee that you will have a space next year. We must wait until after May 1, the decision deadline for students to whom we have offered appointments, to determine how many spaces in the class will be filled at that time. If all spaces in the class are taken, we will not be able to offer admission to any students on the Wait List. If spaces do become available, we will still need anywhere from two weeks to a month after May 1 to determine just how many additional offers of admission we can make.

When is the earliest and latest I may hear?
The earliest you may hear about the Wait List is approximately the third week in May, and the latest may be mid-June.

When is Induction Day?
Induction Day, which is the day all Plebes report to USNA, is Thursday, June 29.

Will it help to write, call, or visit USNA at this time?
A visit would not affect our decision. Although you are welcome to send additional letters of recommendation, honors or accolades, decisions are usually based on the evaluation made by the Admissions Board.

How many students are on the Wait List?
We generally have between 70 and 120 names on our initial Wait List. The number offered appointments each year fluctuates, based on our acceptance rate and feedback from candidates.

If students are offered appointments from the Wait List, how will these students be selected?
To select students from the Wait List, we will first need to see how many spaces are available and match those spaces with the students on the Wait List. We will then examine the applications of students on the Wait List and consider our original evaluation of a student's credentials along with any subsequent information we have received (i.e. final grades).
Where did you find this quoted information?
 
terps2goats said:
...I was waitlisted on 8-Apr-19 and was offered an appointment today (22-Apr-19)...

This sounds like a non-typical year (in that in some years, no one comes off the wait list), and very encouraging for those on the NWL.
Congratulations. Make sure you are in great shape. Plebe Summer is fun if you're in great shape. Not so much if you're not.
 
terps2goats said:
...I was waitlisted on 8-Apr-19 and was offered an appointment today (22-Apr-19)...

This sounds like a non-typical year (in that in some years, no one comes off the wait list), and very encouraging for those on the NWL.
Congratulations. Make sure you are in great shape. Plebe Summer is fun if you're in great shape. Not so much if you're not.
Wonder what that means in terms of how many people may have already turned down USNA?
 
terps2goats said:
...I was waitlisted on 8-Apr-19 and was offered an appointment today (22-Apr-19)...

This sounds like a non-typical year (in that in some years, no one comes off the wait list), and very encouraging for those on the NWL.
Congratulations. Make sure you are in great shape. Plebe Summer is fun if you're in great shape. Not so much if you're not.
Wonder what that means in terms of how many people may have already turned down USNA?
The waitlist notice said that if less than 1165 candidates accepted their appointments by May 1 they would pull from the waitlist. I believe it also said they send out about 1300 offers of appointment initially so that would mean only about 136 people have to turn them down for them to pull from the wait list
 
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