This is probably the first time I browse on USMA blog. We are from WA-5. My DS first choice is USNA and back up plan was USMA. We received TWE yesterday from USMA when he checked his portal. There was no email notification. He was not heart broken because his heart is with USNA. Plan B and C already in place. DS declined congressional US aROTC that specially for him, he would like other deserving students to have it instead. The rejection letter is surprisingly interesting, basically ...you are a very qualified candidate but we don’t have space for you! That put my DS’s ego at ease and continues to wait for USNA. If you want to know how our district did it last year 2017, you could google under our congressionwoman name with service academy appointments. The stat would give you a brief look and impression how each academy select the candidate. Best wishes to your DD and DS, they have to be special people to get this far. If you want to know my real wish is? I wish all of them become physicians. Take care!
I forgot to mention, I think FFR interview is very important although it is optional. DS did not request for the interview because the FFR also the parent of his classmate knowing DS first love is USNA. From my opinion, he should have that interview set up, but we let him make his own decision.