Regular Admission appointments 2025

Ready42025 said:
Was told the same here on "the only thing she could tell him was that he’d hear by April 1st. So, we could be waiting another few weeks."

My impression is recruited athletes and legacy academy applicants (parents are service academy grads or retired officers) move to the front of the line on early admissions. Then after the appointed candidates declines happen after May 1, the order of merit goes deeper into the pool. Just my impressions after monitoring this board.
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How long did it take your AO to respond? My son sent an email almost 48 hours ago and still 🦗🦗....wondering if he should follow up with a call on Monday...
 
Ready42025 said:
Was told the same here on "the only thing she could tell him was that he’d hear by April 1st. So, we could be waiting another few weeks."

My impression is recruited athletes and legacy academy applicants (parents are service academy grads or retired officers) move to the front of the line on early admissions. Then after the appointed candidates declines happen after May 1, the order of merit goes deeper into the pool. Just my impressions after monitoring this board.
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Your impression is wrong.
 
sillydog said:
They do an interview during AIM that checks of the interview report box and serves as an admissions interview but I had seen from some that applied ED that they were requested for an additional interview.
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DonnieDarko77 said:
We were told during AIM that there would be that 1 interview. The cadre made a specific point to tell us that there would be no do-overs.
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Although my DD was told the same as @DonnieDarko77 during Aim, LCDR Soon Park told DD to talk to AO to see if she needed to have another interview after she expressed to LCDR Soon Park that her AIM interview was her first Zoom interview and she felt she did poorly. She contact AO and he said all was good (and she was accepted EA). Thus, I think it is possible to request a second interview. Good luck.
 
Ready42025 said:
Was told the same here on "the only thing she could tell him was that he’d hear by April 1st. So, we could be waiting another few weeks."

My impression is recruited athletes and legacy academy applicants (parents are service academy grads or retired officers) move to the front of the line on early admissions. Then after the appointed candidates declines happen after May 1, the order of merit goes deeper into the pool. Just my impressions after monitoring this board.
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I can tell you that my DS was a recruited athlete and the son of a West Point grad and retired Army Officer. He received his offer for CGAS the final week of May last year.
 
sanman said:
Your impression is wrong.
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Yes sir. Thank you for the course correction. "Football posts" on 11 Jan 21, 29 Dec 20, 20 Dec 20, and 11 Dec 20 gave me the impression. I'll make sure to stay in my lane on references to "impressions" and "December dates"....unless 🇺🇸football 🏈 = Brit 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿soccer ⚽.

You got to love that trophy 🏆 the USCG Eagle⚓
 
Ready42025 said:
Yes sir. Thank you for the course correction. "Football posts" on 11 Jan 21, 29 Dec 20, 20 Dec 20, and 11 Dec 20 gave me the impression. I'll make sure to stay in my lane on references to "impressions" and "December dates"....unless 🇺🇸football 🏈 = Brit 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿soccer ⚽.

You got to love that trophy 🏆 the USCG Eagle⚓
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I am not sure what any of that means. But I can tell you that your impression that places are given to sports recruits, children on USCGA alumni etc first is incorrect.

Places will be given to the strongest candidates first irrespective of the items you raised. Talk to the sports coaches at USCGA and if they want you they will support your application but they will also state that they have very little influence on the recruitment decision. Recruitment decisions are based on the holistic view of the quality of the applicant.

Also search for the post last year from an Academy alumni who is almost apoplectic because his child was refused a place at the academy.
 
Disneymom said:
How long did it take your AO to respond? My son sent an email almost 48 hours ago and still 🦗🦗....wondering if he should follow up with a call on Monday...
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AO has been hit or miss. Only asked a couple of questions. Did not respond to a question an important question in September on early admissions at all. If it's important topic for them to hit a deadline, took a day or 2 for a response.

Only thing outside of this forum are on high school hudl (https://www.hudl.com/) and likes on twitter by SA coaches on athletic commits to gauge how many of the 280 slots are already filled at USCGA.
 
sanman said:
I am not sure what any of that means. But I can tell you that ...................
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sanman said:
Jan 11, 2021
"My DS had multiple offers to play football but didn’t commit to anywhere until he knew what the outcome was for the academy
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sanman said:
Dec 29, 2020
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sanman said:
"When we were looking last year our major considerations were location (proximity to home) and ability for DS to continue with his recruited sport (football)."
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sanman said:
Dec 20, 2020
"A year ago today my DS received the phone call offering him a place" in the Academy’s scholar program."
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Get your story and timeline straight Sheffield🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. Look forward to seeing new freshman:
  1. Here: https://www.uscgasports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/roster🏈 (21-22) or
  2. Here: https://www.uscgasports.com/sports/msoc/2020-21/roster ⚽(21-22)

🏆= Horst Wessel and preventative measures save the UK from 🇩🇪

I'll get back to my lane now🇺🇸
 
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Ready42025 said:
Get your story and timeline straight Sheffield🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. Look forward to seeing new freshman:
  1. Here: https://www.uscgasports.com/sports/fball/2020-21/roster🏈 (21-22) or
  2. Here: https://www.serviceacademyforums.com/index.php?threads/regular-admission-appointments-2025.79508/ ⚽(21-22)

🏆= Horst Wessel and preventative measures save the UK from 🇩🇪
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And your point is what exactly? The academy has sports recruits but you stated your impression was that recruited athletes were offered places first along with the children of academy alumni. I stated that impression is wrong. None of my previous posts prove that your impression is correct and there is a huge amount of evidence to prove that your impression is incorrect.

If you are trying to prove some sort of point about me originally being from the UK then to be honest it is lost on me. If me coming from the UK is a source of some concern to you then all it proves is your own xenophobia.

So you deleted your post. Thankfully it is captured in the quote above.
 
Ready42025 said:
Only thing outside of this forum are on high school hudl (https://www.hudl.com/) and likes on twitter by SA coaches on athletic commits to gauge how many of the 280 slots are already filled at USCGA.
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Are you referring to USCGA sports "recruiting" specifically? If so, I hope you realize (as @sanman said) that it is TOTALLY different at USCGA (D3, small class size) than at other schools and really is only "similar" to USMMA (D3, small class size) as opposed to the other three SAs (D1, much bigger classes).

If you are using Hudl or Twitter with regard to how many likes, views, etc. exist from USCGA coaches to "gauge" how many of the "280 slots are already filled at USCGA," you are completely wasting your time. That exercise literally makes no sense whatsoever.
 
A word of advice to all awaiting news of appointments. Every year you will see that people try to rationalize why some receive appointments and others don’t and the order in which notifications are made.

Although some may find comfort in proposing that they didn’t receive an appointment because of X or haven’t heard yet because of Y this is a pointless exercise and insulting to those that have secured appointments.

Since being on this forum I have seen it stated or inferred that individuals only got their appointment due to:

1. Them being a recruited athlete
2. Them knowing someone of influence
3. Their ethnicity
4. The State in which they live

I am pretty confident that none of this is correct.
I will repeat an analogy used previously on this forum that is by far the best explanation how how the recruitment decisions are made.

The decisions on an incoming class is like building a jig saw puzzle. The academy knows the size and shape of the entire puzzle and each applicant is assessed to see if they fit into the puzzle. Some of them will be easy choices, some of them will offer something unique or rare which will secure their place. And some will be almost interchangeable. When the decisions boards meet they are looking to see how your ‘shape’ will fit into the puzzle and they are looking to build the very best class possible that consist of individuals who bring a diverse but excellent set of skills, backgrounds and experiences.

Don’t waste your energies into trying to rationalize fictional advantages that other applicants have. Certainly don’t repeat them on here, it is insulting to those that have secured appointments and demeans their achievement.
 
Mercy, I should visit here more often. It appears a trusted and knowledgeable member of this fine community is receiving undue incoming fire from a new guy. Not cool. Plus, what's wrong with the UK? Did they stop being our closest ally? I didn't think so.
 
sanman said:
And your point is what exactly? The academy has sports recruits but you stated your impression was that recruited athletes were offered places first along with the children of academy alumni. I stated that impression is wrong. None of my previous posts prove that your impression is correct and there is a huge amount of evidence to prove that your impression is incorrect.

If you are trying to prove some sort of point about me originally being from the UK then to be honest it is lost on me. If me coming from the UK is a source of some concern to you then all it proves is your own xenophobia.

So you deleted your post. Thankfully it is captured in the quote above.
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  • No sir nothing deleted - Again a 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿story that doesn't align to accuracy.
  • Just confused so please correct me - Your "advice" dating a selection in December as a recruited football athlete. Is it English football ⚽or American football🏈?
    • It's binary question 🏈 or ⚽?
  • Please correct me - You seem to offer allot of advice :director:and I want and use sound rational advice.
  • Wait for a United States 🇺🇸Academy appointment? ....."rough numbers" 280 with an estimated 30 coming from the prep school = 250
  • 85 athletes on the men's roster, let's assume / estimate 40% are recruited or (250-34) = 216 - 47 posted here = 169 estimate another 30 not even here so the month of March leaves about 130 - 140 final decisions in the next 54 days before dipping into the merit pool.
Please correct me. :hammer: Either offer sage advice or act offended or insulted. BTW - Nothing against the Brits. If I wanted to offend a Brit I offer up a couple of Jokes:
  1. If you speak with an English accent - Your IQ is 20 points higher:D
  2. What did the lazy UK dentist say to his patient with crooked teeth? - Brace yourself:lolatyou:

I'm offended....you just called me a Xenophobe. Not really you can call all me anything you want. Just backing into a number before the ROTC route. I'm glad you brought that up about the states, I'll factor in the "fly-over" aspect. Now that is really discouraging. ☹️:frown:😦 Guess I am a 3 time loser. Better just enlist as deplorable infantryman as an E1 and let the elites have the slots because the "it is insulting to those that have secured appointments and demeans their achievement."

You are so right I know my place now.🤡 How dare I even make eye contact, I am so ashamed - Anybody know how quick I can enlist as an 11B or 0311?
 
Am I the only one having a hard time following this thread with all the pointless emojis? If an appointment is your dream focus on making the best application and worry about what you can control not how many football recruits or any other recruited athletes are accepted. All of those who are recruited got in because of their hard work during high school in the classroom. Being a recruited athlete doesn’t give you superpowers to pass Calc, Chemistry, and physics at the college level. I have never seen an admissions committee so committed to the holistic view.
 
If you search in this forum, you can find the stats for each admitted class. For 2024, we were given the stats on day one, and I know they were posted here. I believe the number of incoming cadets reported as "recruited atheletes" was around 50%. But it's a D3 school and I love that my "not recruited" cadet still was able to try out for and make a varsity team, which rarely happens at one of the 3 D1 SAs. For Class of 2024, they offered 488 appointments and ended up with a class of 271. There are still a lot of appointments yet to come!
 
RJB1690 said:
Here’s the class of 2024 athletic recruit info. https://www.uscgasports.com/general/2020-21/releases/20200706hgs658
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Yes a lot of cadets are athletes. Is it something like 80% of cadets played a Varsity sport in High School? But that’s not surprising when you assess the qualities/experiences these athletes bring that are aligned to selection criteria. The obvious 3 are fitness, working as part of a team and leadership. Of course applicants can also possess these qualities who have never played sports.

JJRugg is absolutely correct - the academy is absolutely dedicated to an holistic view of applicant when making an appointment decision.

You could be a Division One caliber athlete but if that is all you have to offer you will not get an appointment.
 
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