Application status changed to "Hold"

[cmakin]

Don't give up. You have till you are 25 to enter the academy. If you want to get in, go to college or a military prep school. We need young people who want to serve their country. Please take the highest levels of math and science courses (Calculus and Physics and Chemistry) you can. Try for ROTC for navy or army.

The Academies do not tell anyone where they are on the lists for a few reasons.

The number placement on the list changes depending on who rejects their appointment. Someone in your state may wait till the last minute to reject b/c they got an appointment for their # 1 Academy. If they do reject, that slot opens for your state's next highest nominee to be appointed. Now there is a time on the schedule when all the states open slots must be filled.

After that date, EVERYONE is placed on the National List by rank of who has the highest scores.

Keep working toward your goal.

That is kind of interesting. Back in the dark ages, when I made it in, I was a very early alternate. I received a letter telling me that while I was not yet a prinicpal appointment, they gave my my order on the state list (1st) and the national list (14th-I think) and then went so far as saying that it was likely that I would receive an appointment. Later in the week I recieved a letter stating that I was a principal appointment. Maybe with internet access and all they did away with informing folks where they are on the list.

 

[EDPKP81]

That is kind of interesting. Back in the dark ages, when I made it in, I was a very early alternate. I received a letter telling me that while I was not yet a prinicpal appointment, they gave my my order on the state list (1st) and the national list (14th-I think) and then went so far as saying that it was likely that I would receive an appointment. Later in the week I recieved a letter stating that I was a principal appointment. Maybe with internet access and all they did away with informing folks where they are on the list.

I was the same way. I recall I received a couple of letters advising me I had moved up the wait lists (State and National) before receiving my Appointment on Friday of Memorial Day weekend! I was all set to go to Fort Scupper!

I wish there was some way to find out where on the list my son is. This is agonizing! I'm wearing out the link to the portal!

 

[cmakin]

I was the same way. I recall I received a couple of letters advising me I had moved up the wait lists (State and National) before receiving my Appointment on Friday of Memorial Day weekend! I was all set to go to Fort Scupper!

I wish there was some way to find out where on the list my son is. This is agonizing! I'm wearing out the link to the portal!

Yeah, Ed. Things have changed; but that is inevitable. Hey, what are YOU doing in the states?