My son, Class of 2014, was medically denied for 2 reasons. One reason was that he had shoulder surgery his sophmore year in high school. He had fully recovered from this and played football and baseball his junior and senior year in high school. The second reason he was denied is that he is lactose intolerant. He had actually gotten a letter from the academy saying that he would recieve an appointment if he were found to be medically qualified. Our Congressman's office called him to ask if he was going to accept the appointment and he explained to them the letter that he had received the day before. Our Congressman's office called the academy and within 2 hours called our son back and told him he would be medically qualified and then wanted to know if he would accept the nomination. He said YES, of course he would accept it. The appointment arrived in the mail on Christmas Eve. So, I would say keep working on getting admitted -you never know.