Could you please expound on the WCS, if possible. You mention an example of 8000 above. Thank you.The admission's board meeting is not directly tied to an offer of appointment. Your file is reviewed by your RC, Step 1, and then reviewed by the board, Step 2. The board is looking to ensure that you are qualified in academics, leadership and ECAs. Think of the board as more qualifying your packet and agreeing on your WCS. Once you are deemed "qualified" your RC works to figure out how how you can be slotted. If you are are only on a MOC nomination slate, then they have to wait until all competitive candidates receive a score and are boarded. If you have a presidential nomination and WCS of say 8000, you may get an offer of appointment early as it is pretty clear that you will win one of those spots or would come of the NWL. There is a huge shell game that is conducted as scores are balanced against nomination sources.
She said even though they have a committee that does interviews they try to only nominate people who are wanted by the academies
She said even though they have a committee that does interviews they try to only nominate people who are wanted by the academies
One would hope that, if the committees pick the "best" 10 candidates, at least some of those are going to be highly desirable to the SA. I suppose that telling the MOC whom you want short-circuits the process and maybe makes sure the candidates USNA prizes most highly are going to get an MOC nom, thus saving them from the national pool. However, at the moment, many candidates haven't turned in much of their packets, so while USNA may know about a good candidate here & there, they may also be missing some gems.
As to the main question, I've not heard of USNA contacting MOC's offices other than sending them a copy of any LOAs. But that's not to say it doesn't happen.
We would all hope that they pick the "best" ten candidates but the definition of "best" is subjective to each MOC.