Breakdown of Apointments by type??

[SomeGaveAll]

What category do Preppies fall in when/if they get Appointments?

According to this link, https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/32/575.3, looks like preppies can also fall under #6 Regular (Army, in this example) of the service connected. But I know many get picked-up under MOCs or wherever else they originally were permitted.​

 

[Impulsive]

I preface this with....I can only speak towards USMA, as that is only academy we have visited, looked into, and talked to people at:

By "Preppies", I am thinking you mean High School Preparatory Schools that offer a high level of academics and sports, but don't usually have a JROTC component. If you are speaking of high school "preppies", then they would need a nomination just like anyone else, in any of the categories available to them. If they are in a Military Prep School (JROTC or ROTC program), such as MMI, GMI, etc, then they could very well get one of 3-6 nominations of their ROTC Cadre. I don't see how they would fall under "Regular Army" if they are in high school??? Be careful with 32 CFR, USMA is specifically governed by Title 10 US Code as it was explained to my son and I by admissions. 32 CFR 573 Section 6 ONLY applies to active members of the armed services, not prep schools of any kind as far as I can tell, plus 32 CFR only lists 2995 total cadets, when currently there are over 4000 at USMA, so be careful using these figures. If they are attending USMAPS, that is a totally different animal....if they complete the program they usually will be offered an appointment to USMA.

 

[USMA 1994]

Cadets attending USMAPS sign an Army Reserve contract. The compete on the MOC slate as well as service connected nominations.

They would get pulled in with the last group of additional appointees if they don’t win a slate.

I think you guys are overthinking this. Spots in each year’s class never go unused. The numbers we are discussing are not the entire picture. The Academy has a lot of leeway to fill the class with the additional appointees. Once the slates are resolved and qualified alternates are identified, admissions fills the class to the authorized strength from other qualified candidates with a nomination.

 

[Impulsive]

@USMA 1994, you are right, everyone is reading too much into the numbers. I originally asked if anyone knew the breakdown just for personal info and to get some idea of how classes were made up. Everything you said is right on the mark, and in 10 USC there are a lot of options open to the academy to fill any vacant slots with whomever the academy thinks is the best fit for that class. So thanks....again!