Just wondering if anyone from the great State of Wisconsin has heard. I'm still on "Hold" from September. The wait is driving me CRAZY! I've got plan B and C and D all ready. I was shown an article in a paper from another part of my state where another candidate got his nomination and in his interview he talked about how he really wanted to go to the USNA but he knew that USMMA candidates were almost guaranteed pilot slots in the Navy. I wonder how much of my competition is not on board with what the primary mission of the USMMA is.
Application status changed to "Hold"
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BisonSoccer
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Good luck!
Good luck!
Good luck!
17TexasMom
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He's IN!!!!
We just got the call that our MOC wants to coordinate a phone call to DS today at 1:00pm to officially tell him the news. I checked the portal and status changed to "Principal"!!!!
I am soooooooo excited! I so wanted to be a Kingspointer Mom!
We just got the call that our MOC wants to coordinate a phone call to DS today at 1:00pm to officially tell him the news. I checked the portal and status changed to "Principal"!!!!
I am soooooooo excited! I so wanted to be a Kingspointer Mom!
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I have been in the FB group ever since DS received his LOA. It is such a helpful group. It feels so good to be going to USMMA for sure now, and not just "almost nearly". Cute thing is, DS usually wears a uniform to school, but today the seniors were allowed to wear a "college" shirt with uniform pants/skirts. Guess what?!?!!? he put on his USMMA sweatshirt!!! So pictures from today's official event will be SOOOOO coordinated.
I have been in the FB group ever since DS received his LOA. It is such a helpful group. It feels so good to be going to USMMA for sure now, and not just "almost nearly". Cute thing is, DS usually wears a uniform to school, but today the seniors were allowed to wear a "college" shirt with uniform pants/skirts. Guess what?!?!!? he put on his USMMA sweatshirt!!! So pictures from today's official event will be SOOOOO coordinated.
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Zach I sent you a PM (private message). Look in the upper right hand corner of the page and under your page name are, in blue letter, the words" Private Messages". click on it and you will see my message. I hope you get an appointment!
Zach I sent you a PM (private message). Look in the upper right hand corner of the page and under your page name are, in blue letter, the words" Private Messages". click on it and you will see my message. I hope you get an appointment!
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Hang in there Badger!
Hang in there! Maybe a family member at home will sign for a Fed Ex envelope and run it up to school for you! Or video tape you opening it up at home after a dinner. Good luck!
Hang in there! Maybe a family member at home will sign for a Fed Ex envelope and run it up to school for you! Or video tape you opening it up at home after a dinner. Good luck!
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Best of luck to everyone still waiting!
Our DS was a "hold" last year and received a call at the house on Sunday, 4/1 (of all days) from the nominating congress woman congratulating him on his appointment! Needless to say, it was a breathtaking conversation. Best of luck to all still waiting.
p.s. There is a good number of plebes who first went to a prep school for a year and THEN started KP the following year. I believe if they assign you to NMMI (New Mexico Military Institute), and you get the grades, another nom., and pass the physical/medical again, you get get in. It is not rare for this to happen.
p.s. There is a good number of plebes who first went to a prep school for a year and THEN started KP the following year. I believe if they assign you to NMMI (New Mexico Military Institute), and you get the grades, another nom., and pass the physical/medical again, you get get in. It is not rare for this to happen.
More info for Hold Candidates who are waiting to get in off of the National Alternate List --- I found the below information in the text of a lawsuit against the Academy (Domine v. Kumar, 2012). The facts of the suit are complicated but the information provided by the Director of Admission (Capt. Johnson) gives a really good explanation of how the alternate system works. Basically there are about 30 slots for 250 people who do not get selected as a prinicpal candidate from their state:
"On or about April 1, the USMAA extends an appointments [sic] to the number of alternates on the national alternates list, in the order of merit in accordance with the statutory command of 46 U.S.C. § 51302(d)(3), required to meet its projected yield. This is done to ensure that the USMMA fills its incoming class by the nationally-recognized college acceptance deadline of May 1. The USMMA did not extend any appointments after on or about April 1. The USMAA transitions to its national alternates list in order to enroll the best qualified class. In my experience, as the May 1 national deadline approaches, the longer the USMMA waits to begin extending appointments from the national alternates list, the less likely it will be able to enroll the best qualified candidates off that list. Depending on when an applicant has completed his or her application, as set forth above, a qualified [**10] applicant may have been waiting since as early as October to receive a response to the application. At the same time, it has been my experience that qualified applicants receive offers of admission at other institutions of higher education. The longer the USMMA waits to transition to the national alternates list, the greater the risk of losing that qualified applicant to another institution, many of which require non-refundable deposits as early as March 1. In addition, it has been my experience that the reason many applicants wait until late April to decline an offer of admission to the USMMA is because they are waiting to hear from a competing Service Academy. Consequently, the USMMA moves to the national alternates list on or about April 1 because the USMMA wants to enroll the best qualified incoming class possible from the pool of qualified applicants, and does not want to lose the best qualified candidates to competing institutions. Significantly, if the USMMA did not transition to the national alternates list on or about April 1, it would be at risk of under-enrollment and a less qualified entering class in contravention of 46 U.S.C. § 51302(d)(3).
(Supplemental Declaration of [**11] Captain Robert Johnson, dated July 3, 2012, ("Supplemental Johnson Declaration"), ¶¶ 11-17 (emphasis added).)
This year the national alternates list consisted of 250 qualified applicants. For the Class of 2016, the USMAA extended thirty appointments from the national alternates list, twentyfour of whom accepted by the May 1 deadline. Consistent with the USMMA practice over the last three admission cycles, having achieved its yield for the Class of 2016, the USMMA did not extend any appointments after on or about April 1, despite the fact that six national alternates list appointees declined their appointments. Plaintiffs did not rank among the top thirty on the Class of 2016 national alternates [**13] list.
(Supplemental Johnson Declaration, ¶¶ 18-21.)"
"On or about April 1, the USMAA extends an appointments [sic] to the number of alternates on the national alternates list, in the order of merit in accordance with the statutory command of 46 U.S.C. § 51302(d)(3), required to meet its projected yield. This is done to ensure that the USMMA fills its incoming class by the nationally-recognized college acceptance deadline of May 1. The USMMA did not extend any appointments after on or about April 1. The USMAA transitions to its national alternates list in order to enroll the best qualified class. In my experience, as the May 1 national deadline approaches, the longer the USMMA waits to begin extending appointments from the national alternates list, the less likely it will be able to enroll the best qualified candidates off that list. Depending on when an applicant has completed his or her application, as set forth above, a qualified [**10] applicant may have been waiting since as early as October to receive a response to the application. At the same time, it has been my experience that qualified applicants receive offers of admission at other institutions of higher education. The longer the USMMA waits to transition to the national alternates list, the greater the risk of losing that qualified applicant to another institution, many of which require non-refundable deposits as early as March 1. In addition, it has been my experience that the reason many applicants wait until late April to decline an offer of admission to the USMMA is because they are waiting to hear from a competing Service Academy. Consequently, the USMMA moves to the national alternates list on or about April 1 because the USMMA wants to enroll the best qualified incoming class possible from the pool of qualified applicants, and does not want to lose the best qualified candidates to competing institutions. Significantly, if the USMMA did not transition to the national alternates list on or about April 1, it would be at risk of under-enrollment and a less qualified entering class in contravention of 46 U.S.C. § 51302(d)(3).
(Supplemental Declaration of [**11] Captain Robert Johnson, dated July 3, 2012, ("Supplemental Johnson Declaration"), ¶¶ 11-17 (emphasis added).)
This year the national alternates list consisted of 250 qualified applicants. For the Class of 2016, the USMAA extended thirty appointments from the national alternates list, twentyfour of whom accepted by the May 1 deadline. Consistent with the USMMA practice over the last three admission cycles, having achieved its yield for the Class of 2016, the USMMA did not extend any appointments after on or about April 1, despite the fact that six national alternates list appointees declined their appointments. Plaintiffs did not rank among the top thirty on the Class of 2016 national alternates [**13] list.
(Supplemental Johnson Declaration, ¶¶ 18-21.)"
Bill1899,
Could you clarify something for me? If a candidate is put on HOLD status is he/she still completing for slots within there state until they are filled then moved to the national list? I thought that there was a HOLD status and a Waitlist status. If you are on HOLD then you are still competing for a slot within your state as well as national. So another words, your chances are very slim if you are put on HOLD Status.
Could you clarify something for me? If a candidate is put on HOLD status is he/she still completing for slots within there state until they are filled then moved to the national list? I thought that there was a HOLD status and a Waitlist status. If you are on HOLD then you are still competing for a slot within your state as well as national. So another words, your chances are very slim if you are put on HOLD Status.
I think it could be either one - In the beggining of the process (October/November/December) a lot of people get put on hold because admissions is waiting to look at every applicant from each state. Now that we are into March they have all the applications so if you stay on hold once more acceptances go out than you are probably in the National Pool.
The admissions people are very helpful and if you call they will probably tell you. If you are on the alternate list they may give you an idea of where you stand on the list.
The admissions people are very helpful and if you call they will probably tell you. If you are on the alternate list they may give you an idea of where you stand on the list.
That makes sense. My DS is being recruited by a coach and he was told that he was in the mix that once March 1st came it would shake out those that didn't finish the application process as well as those that didn't qualify medically or physically. He was also told that very few have been given a prinicpal appointment at this point. The incoming class of 2017 will only be 250 this year. We are still praying that he gets an appointment soon.