2027 State Nominations Thread

Any Delaware Blue Hens hear from Coons, Carper, or Blunt-Rochester yet? DD received an email from LBR’s office Monday asking to confirm the SA’s she was interested in so they can finalize so we are hopeful…
 
Ger0nim0sal said:
I received word at the beginning of december that I was selected for a nomination from my congressman. I know that my congressman has principal nomination with numbered alternates from friends who applied last year. Would it be rude or improper to call the office and inquire which number I am? I'd appreciate any thoughts or advice.
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Let it go. You have a nom, well done.

The SA can see the totality of your application, which the MOC doesn’t, will evaluate it, and decide to offer an appointment or not according to their decision criteria. Where you fell in the ranking is likely not to matter, unless you were the principal.

You’re on the slate, meaning you’ve checked off a required box. The SA will be focused on your qualifications in the 3 main areas: medical/DoDMERB, physical/CFA, academic/everything else that is evaluated.
 
Capt MJ said:
Let it go. You have a nom, well done.

The SA can see the totality of your application, which the MOC doesn’t, will evaluate it, and decide to offer an appointment or not according to their decision criteria. Where you fell in the ranking is likely not to matter, unless you were the principal.

You’re on the slate, meaning you’ve checked off a required box. The SA will be focused on your qualifications in the 3 main areas: medical/DoDMERB, physical/CFA, academic/everything else that is evaluated.
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Wouldn’t ranking on the slate make or break an appointment for an average candidate who’s best chance is through qualified alternate? I ask because that’s me! I don’t think I’m going to win my slate and my representative ranks his nominees.
 
Could someone please explain in depth how the national pool works/how appointments can be charged to the secretaries of each respective service? I have a nomination from a senator, but I'm feeling wary about the competitiveness in Texas. Also, why do TX MOCs coordinate to avoid duplicate nominations? Does that not just add more people to the pool?
 
TNT12DaBomb said:
Could someone please explain in depth how the national pool works/how appointments can be charged to the secretaries of each respective service? I have a nomination from a senator, but I'm feeling wary about the competitiveness in Texas. Also, why do TX MOCs coordinate to avoid duplicate nominations? Does that not just add more people to the pool?
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Read this:

Elected officials are free to run their nom selection process how they wish. Many choose to not duplicate names across slates or just give 1 nom, regardless of how many SAs the candidate has applied to. Increasing the size of the candidates-with-noms pool is their desired goal, to “spread the wealth.” They believe that is the best way to handle nom distribution. As with anything else, there are pros and cons to this choice, but as noted first, they are free to do as they wish.

The SAs are able to choose other fully qualified candidates off a slate; they charge the appointments to other nom authorities they control and manage. There is the competition within the fully qualified candidates on a slate for the appointment charged to the Senator or the Representative, or “winning the slate.” Then there is essentially a national competition among all the fully qualified candidates on all the hundreds of slates for the appointments that can be charged to other nom authorities.

Note “fully qualified.” USNA typically doesn’t tell candidates they are fully qualified. Medical/DoDMERB, physical/CFA -both are obvious in the portal. Academic - includes all other application elements that are evaluated.
 
88regalo said:
We submitted the nomination packet to both senators in CA-Feinstein and Padilla. We've left several VM and sent emails all with no success. We have not received any communications outside of the initial automatic reply stating they received the application. Does anyone know the direct contact who is in charge or handles nominations for both of these senators so that we may have a live person to speak to? Thank you.
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DD got an email from Feinstein office early December scheduling interview the same week. Padilla’s office emailed this week saying their process for this year is closed now. Our only hope is our Congressperson since Feinstein must be super competitive to get. 😏😫 Did your Congressperson respond?
 
Capt MJ said:
Note “fully qualified.” USNA typically doesn’t tell candidates they are fully qualified. Medical/DoDMERB, physical/CFA -both are obvious in the portal. Academic - includes all other application elements that are evaluated.
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Wondering if this lack of information from USNA is part of the "mystery" that we're not supposed to know about, or is this knowledge available to anyone who asks their admission officer?
 
wnsham96 said:
Wondering if this lack of information from USNA is part of the "mystery" that we're not supposed to know about, or is this knowledge available to anyone who asks their admission officer?
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I do not believe Admissions will tell you. Now, if you are given an LOA with the only remaining condition, say, DoDMERB qual or nom, then I would assume your academic elements (all that other stuff) is sufficient. Keep in mind the majority of an incoming class does not receive those early LOAs.

You are not supposed to know everything. Hold an even keel, tend your alternate plans, go PT to bleed off stress, because every year there are hundreds of fully qualified candidates with noms who are not offered an appointment. There is not enough room in the class.
 
Still hoping to hear of anyone getting Sen Tillis. I do know that Tillis USMMA went out, as well as the TWE's for USMA and USNA, but has anyone heard of NC's Senator Tillis giving any Nominations to the latter two?

Particularly to USNA.

I haven't hear either way on my end.
 
DS got the call from TN MOC office today! He has been sitting on an LOA from USAFA since Nov, and this was his last item that needed a green check mark. What a great Christmas present! He'll be hitting "accept" on the offer if/when it officially hits his portal. Now, where is that bubble wrap?
 
Capt MJ said:
I do not believe Admissions will tell you. Now, if you are given an LOA with the only remaining condition, say, DoDMERB qual or nom, then I would assume your academic elements (all that other stuff) is sufficient. Keep in mind the majority of an incoming class does not receive those early LOAs.

You are not supposed to know everything. Hold an even keel, tend your alternate plans, go PT to bleed off stress, because every year there are hundreds of fully qualified candidates with noms who are not offered an appointment. There is not enough room in the class.
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I guess I don't understand what "fully qualified" means. If you have all the boxes checked, you can still not be fully qualified? Even if you meet the minimum requirements laid out on the USNA website?
 
wnsham96 said:
I guess I don't understand what "fully qualified" means. If you have all the boxes checked, you can still not be fully qualified? Even if you meet the minimum requirements laid out on the USNA website?
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USNA uses the whole person concept, evaluating sports participation, leadership achievements, unusual achievements and “all other,” in addition to the median numbers seen on class profiles for hard stats such as SAT/ACT, GPA, class standing, etc. No way to know how they do that - it’s an art and science to build a class each year - I salute them for the never-ending cycles they work through.

Having all the boxes checked on your portal generally means no further action on your part, all material received and approved for review, hence the eventual appearance of “ Complete, Pending Review.”

It would be helpful if you posted the link in usna.edu for the requirements you mention. There are minimum requirements to be eligible to apply for an appointment - that’s the first gate to get over - but that may not directly equate to “fully qualified for an appointment” down the road when the application is examined as a whole.
 
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