Class of 2014

Received my appointment yesterday -- just barely missed making it as an 18th Bday present. :]
Shortly afterward, I checked my AFA online application, and found that it reported my status as "Appointment Offered."

How long does the offer take to get updated online? And when it does, where/how will it show up?
 
With an LOA in hand, completed on-line application (including nomination), this is the sequence of events that occurred at our house:
1. We checked the on-line candidate profile daily. The morning the USPS package was delivered (12/23), there was a notation on the profile that he could accept the appointment. Also appearing were some .pdf files to download. Basically, it was the 2014 handbook and the forms (medical/optical followup, original birth certificate, etc.) to be completed and returned hard-copy to admissions.
2. While we knew before he left for school that day, we did not tell him. We wanted him to be informed with the receipt of the actual appointment. The package was too big/stiff to fit into our mailbox and was banded to the outside. Knowing he would be home from school soon, we left it there under watchful eye for him to retrieve from the mail box and we watched from the window as he retrieved his package. The package contained the hardcovered appointment, a letter describing the appointment, and a return post card to accept (as an alternative to using the on-line acceptance method). There was no handbook, no forms, etc., included in the package.
3. To give some memorability to the event, on Christmas afternoon we gathered about the computer and he clicked his acceptance option. The check turned green and overnight the database updated and his file noted he had accepted his nomination.
4. He downloaded and printed the appropriate files and we are in the process of completing the appropriate responses.
5. On the 26th of December, the office of his MOC phoned him to let him know of his appointment and to congratulate him.
6. About 10 days later he received a congratulatory letter from admissions in which he was reminded to go to his on-line file and retrieve the handbook and documents to be completed. The letter emphasized the importance of completing the medical/optical and bank account portions and returning the material to them quickly. This letter also included some pre-addressed return envelopes.
6. He is now working his way through the everything and getting ready for semester exams next week.
 
Book a room now. The Thayer Hotel on the grounds of USMA books rooms early. They have a package deal, which is not cheap, which includes R Day, A day, Parents weekend and most important, gives you preference for rooms on Graduation week in 2014. I know, it sounds strange booking rooms 4 years out, but you want to. Keep in mind there are not many hotels in the area. If the President decides to come that year, security is very tight and getting on USMA grounds can drag on for hours. Whereas if your in the Thayer, your already on the grounds and though all that and it's a mile walk up to the stadium for graduation and about a mile to the central area for the other events. Parking is pretty much non exsistant on base, though the hotel has spots for guests. Rooms go quick as the appointments come in. We even booked before our son even got an appointment, keeping our fingers crossed. then again, he's in the prep program, so the odds are very good and he's got his nominations already.

Go Army...
 
I got my appointment last week and I sent back the gray card two days later.
Thank you to everyone here for all of their help in this process. I never posted much, but trust me, I was lurking around for information :biggrin:
 
I got my appointment last week and I sent back the gray card two days later.
Thank you to everyone here for all of their help in this process. I never posted much, but trust me, I was lurking around for information :biggrin:

Congratulations!
 
How about we keep a running appt list as done over on some other boards here.
Format:
Screename, Date, State
 
How about we keep a running appt list as done over on some other boards here.
Format:
Screename, Date, State

I agree with this format as it is most commonly used. Would anybody object to starting a new thread? (so we don't need to go through 5 pages to see the official list). I haven't received an appointment just yet, so I will let someone else do the honors of starting the list :biggrin:
 
If the President decides to come that year, security is very tight and getting on USMA grounds can drag on for hours. Whereas if your in the Thayer, your already on the grounds and though all that

Go Army...

We were there last week. What we found was an additional security checkpoint right after the Thayer which makes me wonder if this is actually going to be an added bonus to staying there. Can anyone let us know how this worked when Pres. Obama visited earlier? Are you really saving yourself that hassle by staying at the Thayer? and do you have to board the bus at the bus stop right before the checkpoint in order to get through the checkpoint? (Make sense?) That said we still appreciated that we were within walking distance of the main campus. But if you are forced to board the bus, what is the benefit of being within walking distance?
 
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