loa AND nominations?

Yes, it does take time. My son's application stayed complete for a while. Matter of fact, it was the DAY AFTER receiving the appointment offer in the mail in November, that it changed to say appointment offered. He mailed it back signed and registered mail the next day. It took another week for it to change to appointment accepted. What's important is that they "ASSURED" you that you would get an appointment if you received the NOM and all else was in place. Well, all else IS in place and you received the NOM. Congratulations. You are good to go. Now, enjoy your holidays and your senior year. it's going to fly by. You'll get the actual appointment offer soon enough. later... mike....
 
Do you get anything in the mail after you accept your appointment?

Right now mine says "Appointment Accepted"
 
Well, I'll be very happy to wait a few weeks for them to change my status or offer me the appointment, but I sincerely hope that they do not wait until March to send me the appointment. Nonetheless, I feel extremely happy to have received my nom and LOA.
 
Don't worry too much about waiting. Look at the bright side: you're in! You have your LOA and nom which means your appointment is definitely coming, it is just a question of when.
 
packermatt7 said:
Do you get anything in the mail after you accept your appointment?

Right now mine says "Appointment Accepted"
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Over the next few months, you'll get all sorts of information. Your ALO will normally get an "Official" presentation that he/she will give you. Maybe at a school awards ceremony or such. Our high school has a final senior day in April where they give out awards, mention college scholarships received, etc... My son's ALO was there for that. She also officially presented him certificate for the appointment during his signing day for signing his letter of intent for the academy. But between November and March, he received all sorts of things in the mail. Invitations for orientation. Letters from the Academy commandant, etc... You'll be overwhelmed. later... mike....
 
Cool, I'd love to be overwhelmed with stuff from the Academy.


Did your son receive a giant check?
 
Not really a check; but when the ALO officially presented the Appointment to him in front of all his classmates; and in it it mentioned that the appointment was worth more than $380,000; there were quite a few impressed students. So I guess in a way, he did receive a check. later... mike...
 
That's awesome. I'll be looking forward to further correspondence with the Academy and ALO. Ah, can't wait!
 
question: so my application is just about done, just waiting for my finals to finish up so i can send my college transcript over. now that the academy knows i have a nomination, will this most likely help me chances in general? i know it kind of works vice versa when a congressperson knows you have an appointment they're more likely to give u a nomination, but does it work the other way around? granted that i have pretty good stats overall, maybe the cfa was lacking a little.
 
Of course a nom helps, but here's the realism.

The slate goes up and the nom with the highest WCS wins the appt. This is speaking in generalization terms, because LOA's are a whole nother ball of wax....all they need is nom and that nom might necessarily be charged for the LOA.

You are now competing against the ten on the slate. Your will not find out your results until everybody's packet on that slate has met the board and was assigned a WCS. This might mean you do not hear back for a while. Just sit tight, you will know soon enough. Until keep adding more to your resume, and don't get injured
 
For those who've received your AFA appointments already, how was it sent -- USPS, FedEx, UPS, etc? Did someone need to sign for it? Thanks.
 
it was in a pretty decently sized packet through usps. it was in my mailbox that day...on the outside it says among other things "appointment offer enclosed"
way to ruin the suspense usafa admissions. lol
 
HAHA! you're like look mom i got it, how do you know you didnt even open it, lol
 
kinda yeah. i knew it was coming anyway because LOA and nom so there wasn't a whole lotta suspense but for others, idk?
 
btown13 said:
it was in a pretty decently sized packet through usps. it was in my mailbox that day...on the outside it says among other things "appointment offer enclosed"
way to ruin the suspense usafa admissions. lol
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Does it say "ENclosed" or "INclosed" (as it did last year). :wink:
 
enclosed actually. nice attention to detail though
 
Not all the spelling errors have been corrected. The word "receive" is still spelled wrong on the USAFA Online Application Status Page.

"*When you submit your application you become a "Prospect." When USAFA processes your application you become an "Applicant." Should USAFA deem you competitive and/or you receive a nomination, you will become a "Candidate." Note that you may recieve a nomination and still not be deemed competitive by USAFA."
 
zackwheat said:
Not all the spelling errors have been corrected. The word "receive" is still spelled wrong on the USAFA Online Application Status Page.

"*When you submit your application you become a "Prospect." When USAFA processes your application you become an "Applicant." Should USAFA deem you competitive and/or you receive a nomination, you will become a "Candidate." Note that you may recieve a nomination and still not be deemed competitive by USAFA."
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Receive is spelled correctly " i before e, except AFTER c..."
 
btown13 said:
enclosed actually. nice attention to detail though
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That's good, that means they are finally using new envelopes. The last two years (2011 and 2012) got envelopes that said INCLOSED (I kept it for laughs).

One of the unfortunate realities of military academy life:

Everything you have is supplied by "lowest bidder." :wink:
 
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