charging to other candidates
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you have two questions here. To the first one, No. There routinely can be multiple acceptances within a given district because there are different nomination categories besides MOC and you the candidate don't generally know what categories others are eligible for. In addition, there can be more than one with just the MOC nom if they are highly enough rated to compete on the National Wait List/Additional Appointees level.
To your second question, it depends on when in the cycle an admittance is issued. For example if the admissions board reviews a very highly qualified candidate early in the cycle who has a Presidential or ROTC nom as well as applying for MOC noms. Knowing that the Presidential/ROTC
nom is there, Admissions can issue an acceptance in Nov or early Dec which is BEFORE the MOC noms are released. If the candidate gets an MOC nom AND there are many other good candidates from that district, USNA could use the Presidential/ROTC nom for this candidate and issue the MOCs slot to another candidate. On the other hand, say there are only a few other candidates in that district and they aren't great, then USNA might use the MOC slot for the great candidate and save the Presidential/ROTC for another good candidate.
If I'm following your question, yes, the number of appointments from a district can determine whether you will be accepted (in theory). But, you should not worry about this. If, for example, you have a strong application and a nomination, the SA in question can offer an appointment to you regardless of how many others are offered to candidates applying from your district.
As for the second question, I am uncertain why you are assuming that an appointment can and will be charged to "other districts." That is generally not the manner in which a non-slate winner will receive an appointment. But, there is no question that an appointment to USNA, USMA, or USAFA will not be made until the decision has been made as to where the appointment will be charged.
As for the second question, I am uncertain why you are assuming that an appointment can and will be charged to "other districts." That is generally not the manner in which a non-slate winner will receive an appointment. But, there is no question that an appointment to USNA, USMA, or USAFA will not be made until the decision has been made as to where the appointment will be charged.
There are several detailed threads on SAF outlining how appointments are eventually “charged” to MOCs. I will say that “normally’ a principal nominee/ slate winner is charged to the MOC each year. This all assumes that the slate winner / principal nominee are fully qualified - many May end up not being. Some years a MOC may have two open slots. This might be for a variety of reasons (cadet charged previously resigns, is discharged, or that odd year where MOC might have that second slot.) But, for this example let’s say the MOC has one slot and the MOC sends a Slate of ten nominees to the academy then the academy will select one to win the slate and be “charged” to the MOC. If the MOC ranks his slate - the #1 or Principal will usually win the slate. This is where it can get complex and where the academy magic comes into play.
If the Principal or Slate winner also has an LOA, Presidential nomination, service connected JROTC/ROTC nomination, or multiple nominations then the academy can shift “charging” his/her appointment to the other nomination source to allow another candidate to be charged to the MOC’s slate. The original slate winner, person with LOA, Principal all will get offers of appointment (if fully qualified) will receive offers of appointment and it really doesn’t matter where your appointment will eventually be “charged.” There may be several offers of appointment to an academy from the same congressional district in a given year but usually only one is actually charged to the MOC. Other offers in that congressional district may be eventually charged to other nominating sources. Again, it really doesn’t matter where your appointment is eventually charged only if you get that offer of appointment. Geographical distribution is a factor in the academy calculations but if you are fully qualified, have a nomination, and the academy wants you - they will do their best to shuffle the appointment cards to get you in. Good luck1
If the Principal or Slate winner also has an LOA, Presidential nomination, service connected JROTC/ROTC nomination, or multiple nominations then the academy can shift “charging” his/her appointment to the other nomination source to allow another candidate to be charged to the MOC’s slate. The original slate winner, person with LOA, Principal all will get offers of appointment (if fully qualified) will receive offers of appointment and it really doesn’t matter where your appointment will eventually be “charged.” There may be several offers of appointment to an academy from the same congressional district in a given year but usually only one is actually charged to the MOC. Other offers in that congressional district may be eventually charged to other nominating sources. Again, it really doesn’t matter where your appointment is eventually charged only if you get that offer of appointment. Geographical distribution is a factor in the academy calculations but if you are fully qualified, have a nomination, and the academy wants you - they will do their best to shuffle the appointment cards to get you in. Good luck1
USMMA is a little different in that their slate winners / principals are determined by state rather than congressional districts. There are an allotted number of slots per state. But, there are also other nomination sources (like Sec. Of Transportation.)
I feel like you just unraveled a ball of tangled yarn that was hiding in the corner of my mind. Thank you! I love it when I can understand another tidbit of information that increases hope.