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You will find no better reply to your question than this. I will only add to what another poster has alluded to, that the academies weigh heavily the team sports. I'm a 3 sport varsity athlete, to include one "individual" sport, and not once during the countless interviews (academies, MOC...

I may be wrong, but there is a discernible pattern emerging. Yesterday at precisely 1403 EST, TWEs reportedly went out. The day prior, wait list notifications went out en masse. If I had to bet (though I'm not a betting man), a tide of something else will flow sometime this afternoon. Good...

Thanks for the info. How many prior years of Spanish did you have? Is validating 4 semesters the maximum one can validate?

Thanks for sharing the info. from your FFR about there being about 200 appointments left. Did your FFR tell you anything about when these might go out? Also, have they gone through the Top 150 from the NWL wait list yet?

What has the reaction of the "civilian" college kids to you? In other words, when they find out you are ROTC, do they think it's cool, the opposite of cool, or don't even think about it. I know the answer to this is probably school specific, but I'd love to hear your experience and insights...

Do you find yourself hanging out with members of your battalion even after hours. Put another way, have them become some of your best friends, or is it more like they are your "work colleagues"?

Why are you still undecided? Are you having second thoughts about WP specifically or the military generally? Are you waiting to hear from USNA or USAFA? Are you still waiting on college acceptances (I know Ivy day is tomorrow) or scholarships/financial aid from civilian colleges? Just...

Regarding your point about a school being "full," Is it the school or Army ROTC officials which determines how many scholarship recipients are allotted to each college? If the latter, is there one set number across the board, or are things like size of the school, program, etc. factored in?

Thank you for sharing the skinny. It is worth a lot. So let's say someone from PA-2 declines an appointment. Does that mean Admissions will go back to the PA-2 slate and offer an appointment to the next most competitive candidate on that slate, or can they/do they pull from the NWL which...

It's great to hear from someone with direct knowledge who can speak with specificity and authority. Thank you for offering advice (and for your 40 years of college admissions "stuff"). If you know and are able to say, or even it it's just an educated guess, has WP already extended offers to...

I'll reply to my own question for the benefit of anyone else out there who might be curious, as I just received an update. My request to transfer was approved in less than a week.

Thank you for this detailed information. It sounds like you might have inside information or very good sources. In any event, I am curious why about another 300 offers are still waiting to go out. Is that because WP is waiting for others to decline? Also, for the unlucky folks put in the 3Q...

Thanks for posting and for closing the loop (and congrats to your son). 35 days seems like a long time! Has anyone asked for a transfer later in the college admissions process (like during late March/early April)? How long did it take then?

Thanks for sharing this info. Good luck to your son on all his alternate plans. I am sure it will all work out. Take care.

Thanks for sharing your son's experience. Sounds like an amazing Plan B!! Take care.

You are 3Q with a nom and you've already received your TWE?

So when someone gets an appointment off the NWL, will his/her MOC still call? I ask this because I am curious about whether those who are posting on the appointment threads are all slate winners -- or could they possibly be from the NWL (it's now the latter part of March) but still given a call...

Thank you. I've been reviewing all the NWL threads and this has been one of the most informative posts. So if another applicant from my slate got the appointment but has not yet accepted, does that mean I'd have to wait until the person accepts or declines before I either slide into that slot...

Thank you for sharing this info. There is another poster on another thread that noted that he/she also received a call yesterday (Sunday) from USNA saying that the applicant would not be receiving a VP nom. I'm not sure I've ever seen this referenced in this forum before (getting a call saying...

Latter part of March and early April.