No hold doesn't mean you are on the national waiting list. My son was on hold last year, but got his acceptance before the May deadline. He was a recruited athlete so we were in touch with his coach who explained the different status names.
My son went through this process last year and my daughter is doing it this year. His status, last year, was hold. He didn't find out he received his appointment until April. Hunker down if the status says hold. It means he made all the gates, but his file isn't extremely strong and he or she...
Don't ever quit. Although it was in the dark ages I received my appointment to USMA and got hurt a month before report date. Sat out a year and did it all over again. Great deal for me because it allowed another year of mental and physical maturation. My daughter is being boarded as I write...
I had to go through this process two times literally decades ago. The first time I had an interview with only my rep, I did not interview with either Senator. The next year I had exactly zero interviews. It is left up to the reps and senators how they select noms. A classmate of mine is now...
If you want to be a SEAL go for it. Nothing wrong with that at all. Here is the mission statement of the Academy "To educate and graduate licensed merchant mariners and leaders of exemplary character who will serve America's marine transportation and defense needs in peace and war." Note the...
My son went through the process last year and my daughter this year. Both were interviewed for their first choice only. Did your daughter put usafa as her first choice instead of USNA? If I remember correctly there were no multiple school noms last year. I believe sen d posts his noms and...
There is no benefit to actually getting multiple noms for USMMA. It is in the words of the admissions folks a check the block thing. My daughter got notified of her nom today. Let the waiting begin. The wait for my son was hard and I think this one will be even harder.
Since most nomination packets are pretty close to the same I would do all of them. My son applied last year and did the two Senators and the rep from our district. Good luck.
Spend the few dollars it takes to fedex, or ups or whatever international freight company is in your area, the paperwork to the Academy. Even if it is 100 bucks it is better than losing out on 215K worth of education.
Since noms were due to USMMA at the end of January will LOAs start to be sent soon? Also if the status is showing hold and there are not enough noms to fill the state allocated slots is a LOA assured or can they not use state allocations in order to accept better qualified from other states...