To perhaps inject some other perspective...
I applied out of high school to all the academies; I wanted to serve so badly that I had a plan for a full career in every service and one I'd have been proud to perform!
And I got nothing. No, not true; I was offered an appointment to USMA's prep school and USAFA offered me a chance at NWP. When I chose to go to NWP, I declined my ROTC scholarships...to give it one more try.
After NWP, I had appointments to four of the five; trust me, the "Puddle Pirate School of Knowledge" (said with love) was TOUGH!! I was an alternate there. But the other four? I had them all...talk about an ego trip!!! To sit in the living room with the ability to say "no" to one of the greatest opportunities.
Then I wondered..."who's going to take this if I say no?" I still wonder (in my more weird moments) who did? Is there a general or an admiral out there that got that appointment? And I wondered how many others were lucky like me?
And then I chose, went, and got my "rear" busted for four years and wondered (to this day) HOW I got to that place with those geniuses! Because I certainly wasn't one of them!!
Enjoy the novelty of such an ego trip; choose wisely, and then press on!
Everyone else...allow the OP the moment...I took the question as asked: curiosity.
Steve
USAFA ALO
USAFA '83