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Don't forget about the 100 Presidential appointees, or the LEAD applicants. Didn't mean to make it sound worse, just realistic.
Thanks and to top it off DS decided to come home today for break from college and say he wants to request a major change with AROTC from a tech major to a non tech...we are hoping he doesn't lose his scholarship.....good luck everyone!
MStan, good luck to your DD. We were from Reading (actually Exeter) and we moved to Kalamazoo, MI in 2004. We know exactly where West Lawn is having lived in that area all our lives. Our son is a 2 degree (Junior), aero major, and an instructor pilot in the soaring program. We can't believe how fast the time is going and in a few months he will be a Senior. Again, best of luck. Good to see someone from 'back home.'
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Kalamazoo? Most of my family is there- however I live about an hour away. Small world!
Definitely don't assume 10 noms per MOC per slot. As I posted on an earlier thread, our MOC alone (due to happenstance) may have 20-25 noms to add to the national pool. It's been posted many times that many MOCs simply don't have the qualified candidates / applicants to fill their slates. Don't think too hard, it'll drive you crazy.
If all 100 Presidentials are used, and all 170 LEAD slots are filled, that would make 270 total, 15 more than the 255 you are worried about. But CristalLee, you are taking the 250 or so appointments (that we think have already gone out) out of the equation without accounting for their nominations. Some of the Presidentials and some of the 535 MOC nominations have been used up already....... I would guess that a significant number of the appointments already sent out can be subtracted from the available nominations.Not sure how the recruited athletes square up against the available nomination sources......... however, that still leaves a similar number for the national pool. Looks like we arrived at the same figure in different ways. I don't know if there are 4,000+ candidates vying for those few hundred national pool slots, however. I suspect the number of those actually qualified, is smaller.
Was it a TWE with a QNS inside? I was wondering if it might be a letter requesting more information?
I am just surprised that any TWEs have been sent out "so early" in the cycle. This is the first one I can remember hearing about. If it is a QNS, would not that mean that they are really a lot further along in the selection process than we think they are?
I feel for you if this is true, truly, but please confirm for us that the TWE contained a QNS. I am just a little shocked to hear this so early in the game.
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What does QNS stand for? I know that QNV stands for Qualified, no vacancy. Oh, and don't forget to count in the prep school appointments as well....
CristalLee,
this does not surprise me at all. I would suspect that a similarly higher ratio of AFA offers of appointment will be accepted this year as opposed to previous years......
QNS=Qualified not Selected
Yes, don't forget the Prep appointments! Good call! Of the 240 at the Prep School, there are probably fewer than 200 still there, but a very high percentage of them get selected. I believe that, except for the 50 Prior Enlisted Preppies, all the Prep appointments will need a nomination, however. Someone PLEASE correct me if I am wrong about this.
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Hang on to that fortune cookie slip of paper. You can frame it along with a copy of her Offer of Appointment!
(just a little bit of Positive Conceptual Visualization for you)
OMG... I posted on AFA and not USMA... His TWE was from USMA NOT AFA... DS hasn't heard back from AFA. Sorry about the confusion.... DS has heard nothing since early December when he got a post card saying he rec'd a nomination and his packet was complete... DS got a QNS last year from both schools but tanked a college class and is retaking it that we are sure has led to his demise in USMA eyes when he had to report his grades..... All things happen for a reason and has learned a valuable lesson... Fingers are crossed for AFA...
ok that makes MUCH more sense! USMA is much further along in the process than the AFA. I am sorry to hear about the QNS from USMA. Hang in there!
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Prep School Appointments
So as Prep School Grads get appointments to USAFA, they'll be replaced by another 200 (or so?) candidates who'll be selected for the USAFA Prep School? Seems logical, and it should equal itself out.
I didn't know any stats about Prep School. Are there 240 accepted (including prior service) each year to the Prep School?
So as Prep School Grads get appointments to USAFA, they'll be replaced by another 200 (or so?) candidates who'll be selected for the USAFA Prep School? Seems logical, and it should equal itself out.
I didn't know any stats about Prep School. Are there 240 accepted (including prior service) each year to the Prep School?
I believe there are 240 slots at the AFA Prep School, 50 of which are allowed for LEAD applicants (enlisted). I understand, however, that last year (Prep Class of 2012) was the first year that they filled all 50 LEAD slots. This means there are approximately 190 slots available to other applicants each year.