Mass release of appointments

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Saralee

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I am wondering if West Point admissions team are really having a mass of appointments going out the 11, 12,13, 22 of March? Or is someone just guessing and stressing everyone out more? If anyone knows this for sure let us know
 
If previous years are any example..then there will not be another mass mailing of appointments. It is just a steady flow between the big wave in mid-January and the last week of April.
 
IMHO, only those who are intimately involved in the admissions process really know if/when waved of appointments will be released. Even if they are contributors to this forum, it would not be a good career move for them to release this information. Prior-year data might provide an indicator of current-year appointment but, then again, it may not.

So... IMHO, try to be patient (don't check the portal more than once a day), make sure plans b, c, and d are in place, enjoy your senior year, stay in shape, and give your mom a hug.
 
+1 to @FMHS-79. Maybe it would help to take my DD’s approach. Her first choice was USNA. When she received her first acceptance, she assumed she’d be attending a certain Midwest Catholic college. When she was accepted to a higher-choice school, she assumed she’d be attending a certain Southern flagship state university. When she was accepted to an even higher-choice school, she assumed she’d be attending a certain service academy along a river in upstate New York. Finally, she got offer of appointment to USNA and that settled it once and for all. But each step along the way, she was in a very good place of her choosing.

The point being: Have a great Plan B, C, D, etc., in place where you know you could be happy. Then, rather than pining endlessly for what may or may not come, take satisfaction in what you already have. It puts you in a positive state of mind, while knowing things might get even better.
 
MidCakePa said:
+1 to @FMHS-79. Maybe it would help to take my DD’s approach. Her first choice was USNA. When she received her first acceptance, she assumed she’d be attending a certain Midwest Catholic college. When she was accepted to a higher-choice school, she assumed she’d be attending a certain Southern flagship state university. When she was accepted to an even higher-choice school, she assumed she’d be attending a certain service academy along a river in upstate New York. Finally, she got offer of appointment to USNA and that settled it once and for all. But each step along the way, she was in a very good place of her choosing.

The point being: Have a great Plan B, C, D, etc., in place where you know you could be happy. Then, rather than pining endlessly for what may or may not come, take satisfaction in what you already have. It puts you in a positive state of mind, while knowing things might get even better.
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That is great advice. My DS was set on a certain midwest school with his ROTC scholarship because it made the most sense at the time financially. Then we received a better offer at a school in our state and with ROTC so he asked to transfer it back (that was Friday), Sunday he got a call from his MOC that he had an appointment at USAFA so now he made that decision (2 days later) and now he waits for USMA for an answer. Always have a parallel option (I think all the options were great and A, B, C rankings tend to make you think one is better), I know he would do well where ever he landed.
 
I am pretty sure I understand the ROTC thing about accepting, and even transferring that acceptance and keeping it until the SA thing is finalized and known. But it seems like your DS accepted his appointment to USAFA "so now he made that decision, and now waits for USMA". I didn't know you could accept multiple SA appointments in the same year? Reading on the forum here candidates can keep appointments open (not accepted) hoping for their higher choice, but once an appointment is accepted I thought that was the end of the process?
 
Yes, there is no way for SAs to know who has accepted multiple offers of appointment. At the point where a candidate makes up his or her mind, they can always contact the SA and retract their acceptance. The offer is theirs until the deadline for acceptance. I personally would sit on the one in hand until I had any others in hand, and then do my accept/decline(s) all at once, but that’s just me.
 
Capt MJ said:
Yes, there is no way for SAs to know who has accepted multiple offers of appointment. At the point where a candidate makes up his or her mind, they can always contact the SA and retract their acceptance. The offer is theirs until the deadline for acceptance. I personally would sit on the one in hand until I had any others in hand, and then do my accept/decline(s) all at once, but that’s just me.
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I agree with that to a point as long as the decision hasn't been made. Holding an appointment for a SA where you have decided not to attend has different effect at different SAs. USNA it may not have any bearing on other appointments, but USMA, up to a date no one knows, allows the RCs to "recycle" a declined appointment within their AO without it coming from the NWL. So in theory a CC that has decided not to attend USMA but hasn't declined their appointment could be preventing someone from their state from getting an appointment. Bottom line, if the decision has been made, decline. If the decision is still pending, hold.
 
As usual @Capt MJ, you are the "fountain of knowledge". While I knew you could keep an open unaccepted appointment until you made the final decision, I did not know that you could actually accept multiple appointments during the same cycle. In my short time here I have been privileged to meet people who have taken the time to impart their knowledge to others such as myself, and in doing so have allowed us to understand and maybe help others, so THANK YOU :)
 
WP isn't obligated to backfill. Meaning - once WP offers an appointment to the slot winner on a MOCs slate and that slot winner declines the appointment, WP does not have to go back to that slate and offer another appointment.
 
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