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Ok, thanks. Can you take the written test plebe year or is there really not enough extra time? I was really only looking into getting it before because I have the time and inclination-and spend half my free time out at the airport as it is! I've heard that demonstrated aviation interest is good...

I was wondering if there was a way to get my ppl at the Naval Academy. I know that they have the Naval Academy Flying Squadron and it looks like they do groundschool, but I was not sure how involved with flying I could get while there or if it would be any benefit to have my certificate before...

I got deferred too. I guess we all just lucked into a bit more time to improve our applications haha. I'm glad it came early; yesterday I spent way too much time checking my portal!

Hi, not quite the same situation, although if I don't get in I'm planning on enlisting and applying through LEAD for next year. The Vice Presidential Nomination application isn't due until January 31st, so you could still apply for and receive that. Plus it's a really quick application compared...

Wow, congrats on the presidential! It's my understanding that if your 3q'd and presidential, those are the best odds you could hope for as far as Early Action goes. I'm out of high school and working an office job, so I check all the time! Can't wait for classes to start up again and distract me.

I have an MOC nomination as well, and yes, it definitely helps our odds! All of my nomination sources did competitive instead of principle nomination though.

Haha yeah, I check every day. But I read in one of the threads here that it's better to hear a "yes" in March than a "no" in January, so I'm trying to use that to relax a bit. Plus at least people have stopped asking if I've heard anything by now!

I'm in the same boat. I looked at last year's appointment thread and people received appointments as late as the fifteenth, but there were also people deferred that late. People also got deferred but then got their appointments a few days later. So, as bad as the waiting is-especially as it gets...