Medical Disqualification

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mik

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About a week ago I was medically disqualified and I am stressed as my portal just says disqualified and I have heard nothing about a waiver. I reached out to my regional officer if I was a competitive enough applicant to receive this waiver and I have not heard back yet. With 26 days till decision release, I am stressed as the Naaval Academy has always been a dream and I have put everything I could into this application. I live in a not very competitive district, my main competition being a girl who has a sister who attends Air Force Academy. There are concurrently 3 people from my district at the academy with one graduating next year. I am genuinely typing this out to vent and see if anyone has any advice on how I could receive a medical wavier. Thank you for reading and good luck to all.
 
mik said:
About a week ago I was medically disqualified and I am stressed as my portal just says disqualified and I have heard nothing about a waiver. I reached out to my regional officer if I was a competitive enough applicant to receive this waiver and I have not heard back yet. With 26 days till decision release, I am stressed as the Naaval Academy has always been a dream and I have put everything I could into this application. I live in a not very competitive district, my main competition being a girl who has a sister who attends Air Force Academy. There are concurrently 3 people from my district at the academy with one graduating next year. I am genuinely typing this out to vent and see if anyone has any advice on how I could receive a medical wavier. Thank you for reading and good luck to all.
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You should call the admissions office and speak to someone. The waiver is up to the discretion of the Academy, but it's worth speaking to them. As you noted, the clock is ticking.
 
Have you reached out to the Academy to see if they can give you more information? Does it say anywhere that a waiver has been initiated?

If you haven't gotten a TWE yet, you are still in the mix.
 
mik said:
About a week ago I was medically disqualified and I am stressed as my portal just says disqualified and I have heard nothing about a waiver. I reached out to my regional officer if I was a competitive enough applicant to receive this waiver and I have not heard back yet. With 26 days till decision release, I am stressed as the Naaval Academy has always been a dream and I have put everything I could into this application. I live in a not very competitive district, my main competition being a girl who has a sister who attends Air Force Academy. There are concurrently 3 people from my district at the academy with one graduating next year. I am genuinely typing this out to vent and see if anyone has any advice on how I could receive a medical wavier. Thank you for reading and good luck to all.
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Yeah I agree that you should just call them if you want to hear back ASAP, whenever I want to get through to my Admissions Officer I just call. A few times I emailed and we ended up scheduling a phone call LOL.
 

Waiver limbo hangout

Making this similar to the "replying every day" thread, except specifically for those in waiver limbo. Much easier to get questions answered, and as a general consensus I have definitely seen people wanting this. It may be pointless (sorry if it is) but I hope it may help someone.
www.serviceacademyforums.com

Also answered in your other thread. Unfortunately, you are not alone. Sometimes waivers are not sought. Make sure you have solid back up plans. Good luck to you!
 
I recommend that you prepare now for the 'additional medical information' (AMI) that DoDMERB will require to process a waiver. However, a waiver may not be requested. Depending upon the details, gather all of the details, doctor's letter(s), etc., that will help you gain the medical waiver.

I recommend (as noted by @justdoit19) that you have a Plan B beyond the SAs and ROTC. Plus, the 'next admissions cycle' will provide you with another opportunity to apply to USNA. I recommend to my students in this situation to attend college as a freshman and to select a school with an ROTC unit. Join the ROTC unit, and perform well as a student and as an ROTC cadet. Reapply to Navy as a college freshman demonstrating your ability to do college-level work and your commitment to this career path. Also, in ROTC, you are on a path that allows you to earn an 'on campus' ROTC scholarship and continue your path to becoming a Naval officer or an Army officer.

As you may know, some 25 - 30% of all cadets/mids at the SAs did not come directly out of high school as many attended a prep school, or a year or two of college, prior to becoming cadets and midshipmen.
 
mik said:
About a week ago I was medically disqualified and I am stressed as my portal just says disqualified and I have heard nothing about a waiver. I reached out to my regional officer if I was a competitive enough applicant to receive this waiver and I have not heard back yet. With 26 days till decision release, I am stressed as the Naaval Academy has always been a dream and I have put everything I could into this application. I live in a not very competitive district, my main competition being a girl who has a sister who attends Air Force Academy. There are concurrently 3 people from my district at the academy with one graduating next year. I am genuinely typing this out to vent and see if anyone has any advice on how I could receive a medical wavier. Thank you for reading and good luck to all.
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I'm kind of shocked that you know everyone from your district at USNA since districts average 700,000 inhabitants and the smallest that I found in
a brief search was in the 600 thousands. IF your numbers are correct (3 total), then the district is underrepresented at USNA. If the other girl you mention is your ONLY competition, USNA could take both of you if your scores are high enough.
 
What is everyone talking about "calling admissions" I've been DQ'ed for over a month, this has been an option???? I always thought it was discouraged to do so as it would bother them with questions they can't answer
 
TexasApplicant said:
I always thought it was discouraged to do so as it would bother them with questions they can't answer
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Realistically, calling Admissions really isn't going to help anything. Your Admissions Officer may give you a generic answer or they may tell you that the condition is or is not waiverable, but its not going to change the outcome. As noted, be prepared to respond promptly to request for additional information, but don't worry if nothing further is requested .. some conditions can be waived (or denied) based on the information they already have.
 
OldRetSWO said:
I'm kind of shocked that you know everyone from your district at USNA since districts average 700,000 inhabitants and the smallest that I found in
a brief search was in the 600 thousands. IF your numbers are correct (3 total), then the district is underrepresented at USNA. If the other girl you mention is your ONLY competition, USNA could take both of you if your scores are high enough.
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It's possible to know everyone on the House Rep slate. In our district we know them, and know 5 of them have decided on other schools.
 
@mik
I feel that problem. I've had a medical QD for color vision since November. Sounds like USNA will give the waiver about the same time they offer an appointment. I am friends with 4 guys from my district at USNA, and two other of my friends are in for the Class of 28'. I also know 6 of the other applicants in the district, most of whom have nominations.
 
AlwaysRunning said:
It's possible to know everyone on the House Rep slate. In our district we know them, and know 5 of them have decided on other schools.
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Well, I'm pretty surprised as a single Congressional District can and often does include 50 or more different high schools spread across what can be hundreds of miles.

You are also thinking that you know all of the people from the entire district who might have come in from Active Duty and/or other nomination sources
 
OldRetSWO said:
I'm kind of shocked that you know everyone from your district at USNA since districts average 700,000 inhabitants and the smallest that I found in
a brief search was in the 600 thousands. IF your numbers are correct (3 total), then the district is underrepresented at USNA. If the other girl you mention is your ONLY competition, USNA could take both of you if your scores are high enough.
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As I mentioned, I live in a relatively wealthy district in Massachusetts. It is very rare for students to apply for service academies as most of them have parents who can afford to fully pay for their education. My Blue and Gold Officer also shared I am the only applicant he met with this year.
 
mik said:
As I mentioned, I live in a relatively wealthy district in Massachusetts. It is very rare for students to apply for service academies as most of them have parents who can afford to fully pay for their education. My Blue and Gold Officer also shared I am the only applicant he met with this year.
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To my knowledge, BGOs are dependent on HS area and not district? If anyone has contradicting info, please let me know.
 
blinkus said:
To my knowledge, BGOs are dependent on HS area and not district? If anyone has contradicting info, please let me know.
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Maybe I'm confused but all the High Schools he interviews at are in my congressional district. At least from the list my guidance counselor gave me and from looking at the district map. There's probably one or two other BGO officers in my district but when I went for my nomination only nine other kids were applying for one.
 
mik said:
Maybe I'm confused but all the High Schools he interviews at are in my congressional district. At least from the list my guidance counselor gave me and from looking at the district map. There's probably one or two other BGO officers in my district but when I went for my nomination only nine other kids were applying for one.
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FYI, my BGO area has well over 40 BGOs. I have 8 high schools across two congressional districts plus pick up "specials" from elsewhere in the state.
As for wealthy districts - in general, I'm in one of the wealthiest counties in the nation. Although we also have some more modest towns, the averages are extremely high. Last cycle, the district where I live and do congressional interviews for put over 20 kids into just USNA and USMA.
We get quite a few kids from the wealthier school districts.

Its not about parents affording to pay either. We paid for 3 of our 4 kids but the fourth went to USNA. Same with me when I went, my parents could have paid for me as well as they did for my sister but I wanted to serve and did so.
 
OldRetSWO said:
Well, I'm pretty surprised as a single Congressional District can and often does include 50 or more different high schools spread across what can be hundreds of miles.

You are also thinking that you know all of the people from the entire district who might have come in from Active Duty and/or other nomination sources
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I said I know the people on our House Member slate. I don't know why you are trying to include all the other noms.
 
OldRetSWO said:
As for wealthy districts - in general, I'm in one of the wealthiest counties in the nation. Although we also have some more modest towns, the averages are extremely high. Last cycle, the district where I live and do congressional interviews for put over 20 kids into just USNA and USMA.
We get quite a few kids from the wealthier school districts.
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Just narrowed down your location with that quote! ;)

NoVA, Howard County, or Montgomery County. Top 5 richest counties in the country are in this region. Gotta love Government civil servants and contractors!!
 
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