Do I have a realistic chance of getting an appointment?

[saapplicant232]

Greetings,

Here's my situation:

I have been very fortunate in that I have been offered appointments to USMA and USAFA through a presidential nomination.

I also applied for USNA, and my application is "complete-pending review", but I did not get my congressman or senators nomination, so I only have a presidential nom.

Looking at the appointment list from last year, I do not see anyone past December who was appointed with only a presidential nom.

Right now, I am split between USMA and USNA if I get offered an appointment.

Does anyone know if I have a realistic shot at being offered an appointment? If I don't hear from USNA admissions, at what point should I commit to USMA?

 

[Navy2025&27]

Greetings,

Here's my situation:

I have been very fortunate in that I have been offered appointments to USMA and USAFA through a presidential nomination.

I also applied for USNA, and my application is "complete-pending review", but I did not get my congressman or senators nomination, so I only have a presidential nom.

Looking at the appointment list from last year, I do not see anyone past December who was appointed with only a presidential nom.

Right now, I am split between USMA and USNA if I get offered an appointment.

Does anyone know if I have a realistic shot at being offered an appointment? If I don't hear from USNA admissions, at what point should I commit to USMA?

Don't you have until May 1 to accept any appointment? No need to rush it.

 

[Capt MJ]

Greetings,

Here's my situation:

I have been very fortunate in that I have been offered appointments to USMA and USAFA through a presidential nomination.

I also applied for USNA, and my application is "complete-pending review", but I did not get my congressman or senators nomination, so I only have a presidential nom.

Looking at the appointment list from last year, I do not see anyone past December who was appointed with only a presidential nom.

Right now, I am split between USMA and USNA if I get offered an appointment.

Does anyone know if I have a realistic shot at being offered an appointment? If I don't hear from USNA admissions, at what point should I commit to USMA?

Do not take the annual appointment lists as a reliable prediction tool. By the end of each cycle, only about 10-15% of an incoming class has found SAF to post news of an appointment offer. Far too small and unreliable a data set to make valid predictions.

Wait until you have clear knowledge of whether you have been offered an appointment at USNA and it’s clear what your decision matrix includes.

You do not have to accept your USMA and USAFA offers right this minute. There is a date by which you must inform the SA. I think it’s 1 May. They are yours until you decide. You are NOT, at this stage of the cycle, taking away anyone’s spot. The SAs always offer more appointments than they expect to be accepted; they plan for declinations. Yes, very late in the cycle late May-June, if you change your mind and go back to USXA and decline, they will then be down to the handful of slots left and have a small waitlist they can turn to. But now - no problem.

All the noms are not yet in from elected officials. USNA is still just ramping up to the bigger appointment flows as slates resolve, and they sort through “nom buckets.” DoDMERB’s outage has had secondary and tertiary effects.

You have a shot at USNA until you are told you do not. You will hear from them. Just sit tight and wait. Go PT like a fiend to bleed off the stress. You already know you’re going to a SA in a few months! Go offer to do a project for your parents. Enjoy family and friends. You have about 5 months left as a “kid living at home with parents.” Once you report in, you are on active duty, the pattern of your life radically alters, you will only visit at home for brief periods for at least the next 9 years.

 

[IronmanDaremo]

You could be CPR until April 15th, and still get put on the waitlist! If so, you will still have to wait until potentially late May to find out for sure.

The waiting struggle is real!

Hang in there. You've done everything you can do. And congrats on the other two appointments! That is a fantastic thing!

 

[Ger0nim0sal]

I've been told that the presidential nomination is like a "wild card". You don't know when or how it may come into play. Like you said, it seems like a decent amount of service related noms are offered early appointments, but it may also help much later in the process. Congrats on your appointments and good luck!