GuitarDude637
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Does anyone know of a way to see how competitive one’s district is for nominations?
There is no way to tell for a current year unless your RC, FFR, or MOC office divulges that information. The attached file is outdated, but may provide some insight about how district competitiveness can change from year to year and among SA's.Does anyone know of a way to see how competitive one’s district is for nominations?
I have not seen this table before. Can you shed some light on what exactly we are looking at? My first thought was how many nominations were submitted by the MOC for each the 3 DoD SA across multiple years. If so, it would mean a district submitting a full slate of 10 or 20 suggests they are competitive nominations for that particular school. Some districts lean more to one SA than another.The attached file is outdated, but may provide some insight about how district competitiveness can change from year to year and among SA's.
Understand that this is very dated info - like 10 years old and some district lines have been redrawn and potentially resulted in the elimination of some districts.there are some districts listed like OH62 which do not exist.
OH62 probably SenatorMy thought was number of applicants to the MOC for each particular academy. 40 still seems very high but I think it makes more sense. Another thing I noticed, there are some districts listed like OH62 which do not exist.
Are you sure this pdf is correct? I'm looking at my district info and the number of applicants or nominees is drastically low compared to previous years.There is no way to tell for a current year unless your RC, FFR, or MOC office divulges that information. The attached file is outdated, but may provide some insight about how district competitiveness can change from year to year and among SA's.
But remember that competitiveness has two components - number of candidates and qualifications of those candidates. A district that has only 5 nominees may be more competitive than a district that provides a full slate of 10 nominations if that full slate is of 10 mediocre candidates.
Excellent advice to focus on factors the applicant controls!I know a few people who are pretty experienced in this field and they've said that it can depend a lot on the specific state/part of the state you're in, and if that region is famous for a lot of military stuff.
This guy grew up in Annapolis. He was in the Congressional District for the Naval Academy. He originally wanted to go to USNA but all the nominations got taken by Admiral's sons. Applied to West Point, got in.
Virginia, New York, etc all tend to have a lot of applicants. I'm from Oregon. My friend who is at West Point right now described me as a "unicorn" because Oregon applicants make up a VERY small quantity of admitted people (less than 1%).
But most importantly, your credentials are important. Don't worry about where you live. Worry about factors inside your control.
Most helpful!True, maybe I got the city wrong, I don't remember. Whatever he said, he lived in a place that had a lot of Navy brats, so they got most of the nominations.
"Admirals sons" was hyperbole.
Yes, it is correct. But remember the most recent entry on the list is for the Class of 2012, which means it was generated circa 2008.Are you sure this pdf is correct? I'm looking at my district info and the number of applicants or nominees is drastically low compared to previous years.
Yes, you have it right that it represents number of nominations to each SA for classes with graduation dates 2009 - 2012. That means the data is from application years 2004 - 2008.I have not seen this table before. Can you shed some light on what exactly we are looking at? My first thought was how many nominations were submitted by the MOC for each the 3 DoD SA across multiple years. If so, it would mean a district submitting a full slate of 10 or 20 suggests they are competitive nominations for that particular school. Some districts lean more to one SA than another.
Where my assumption of what I am reading on the data breaks down is when the number goes over 20. MOC can nominate 20 in 1 cycle every 4 years. This chart has several over that figure and at least one showed 40! I am sure there are cases where an applicant is nominated and then withdraws, but that alone doesn't explain it. Is this a case of NOM being assigned to a MOC from another NOM authority? Still doesn't quite explain the data.
Any added info is helpful to understanding what we are looking at.