Experience with waivers?

[BearNecessity]

Hi all -- AMI submitted in mid-March immediately after the USCGA WA requested it. It's now mid-April and no word on a waiver. DS really wants USCGA but USMA's acceptance date (he got waiver from Army already, all the same info, USCGA just didn't have it due to the DoDMERB glitch) of May 1 is bearing down. Anyone have experience with timing? Say something reassuring like, it's ok, USCGA WA will get this done in time? TIA.

 

[scprepoh]

Has DoDMERB notified you all the AMIs are complete? Have you contacted your admissions officer? Have you reached out to the coast guard rep that notified you they were seeking the waiver? At this point I would make sure I have talked to people. Mistakes happen and things fall through the cracks.

 

[BearNecessity]

DS reached out to the DoDMERB technician who said everything had been made available to USCG waiver authority; USCGA liasion has only replied that they have everything that West Point had been able to see. I don't believe he's contacted his admissions officer. There haven't been any further requests for AMI.

 

[scprepoh]

I would reach out to the officer. I know when one of the officers came to visit he started calling USCGA admissions for us. It takes a bit of time for the system to work, but if they sought the waiver, my understanding is that they do want your son. I'm sure the doctor at coast guard has a pretty full plate this time of year.

 

[VAcadetmom]

There are always cadets that accept an appointment to one academy and then pull their acceptance to attend another one (many times after being pulled off the waitlist). If your son would be happy at WP, he can accept the appointment by the deadline if he hasn't heard from CGA by then. If the waiver is then granted, then he can just notify WP that he has accepted at CGA and to withdraw his acceptance. If that happens early, it gives WP plenty of time to pull someone off their waitlist.

 

[Iwutke]

There are always cadets that accept an appointment to one academy and then pull their acceptance to attend another one (many times after being pulled off the waitlist). If your son would be happy at WP, he can accept the appointment by the deadline if he hasn't heard from CGA by then. If the waiver is then granted, then he can just notify WP that he has accepted at CGA and to withdraw his acceptance. If that happens early, it gives WP plenty of time to pull someone off their waitlist.

This^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^.

 

[BearNecessity]

OMG, thank you @VAcadetmom because that would be ideal. Well, not IDEAL, since that would have been to have heard from the CG WA two weeks ago so he could free up the spot at WP for some other deserving cadet. But knowing that that's an option would take a lot of his stress (not to speak of mine!) off.

 

[ProudMom7]

OMG, thank you @VAcadetmom because that would be ideal. Well, not IDEAL, since that would have been to have heard from the CG WA two weeks ago so he could free up the spot at WP for some other deserving cadet. But knowing that that's an option would take a lot of his stress (not to speak of mine!) off.

I agree completely with @VAcadetmom's advice and was going to suggest the same thing myself.

 

[BearNecessity]

There are always cadets that accept an appointment to one academy and then pull their acceptance to attend another one (many times after being pulled off the waitlist). If your son would be happy at WP, he can accept the appointment by the deadline if he hasn't heard from CGA by then. If the waiver is then granted, then he can just notify WP that he has accepted at CGA and to withdraw his acceptance. If that happens early, it gives WP plenty of time to pull someone off their waitlist.

Actually, he'd have to accept CG and WP both by May 1, since it's a waiver he's waiting on, not a situation of being waitlisted. Can you really accept an appointment at one and a conditional appointment at the other and then turn down the less-preferred SA if the waiver comes thru?

 

[VAcadetmom]

Actually, he'd have to accept CG and WP both by May 1, since it's a waiver he's waiting on, not a situation of being waitlisted. Can you really accept an appointment at one and a conditional appointment at the other and then turn down the less-preferred SA if the waiver comes thru?

You can't accept your appointment until it is a full appointment. If you are waiting for a waiver, you have a conditional appointment, it does not become a full appointment until the waiver is approved.