Multiple Appointments

[swatdude]

Sooooo, USAFA, USMA, and USNA all offered this kid appointments.....but there are posters on here that know this persons character better than the SA's based on one question/post? Give me a break!!!! More importantly, give this 17/18 year old kid a break!!!!

Academy4me, congrats on your three appointments! Soak up the next five months of excitement leading up to entry into your SA of choice, you earned it! Good luck to you!

 

[Objective]

In my state, you are forced to select ONE academy. I suppose you could split your noms (ie, senator #1 USMA, Sen #2 = USNA, etc). However, multiple noms in such a competitive state are infrequent.

The OP should be proud of his/her accomplishment. However, any kid smart enough to receive multiple appointments is smart enough to understand the self serving nature of his/her post (IMO)

 

[DDmom]

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

Do you have to be asked to attend NWP?

The various academies (big three) have their own programs; at USAFA there is an organization called "The Falcon Foundation" that will approach certain candidates and "make them an offer they can refuse..." Or one can choose to go "freelance." I originally went "freelance" and was then, after the fact, given a FF scholarship. FYI, for folks that know the rules now; that was after my applications to all the other SA's so I was able to compete for them all. I don't know if that'd fly today; but that was...egad....40 years ago!

NWP, and several other outstanding "prep schools" are all voluntary to accept...but you don't "openly compete" for these offers...they are chosen by the SA.

Steve
USAFA ALO
USAFA '83

My DD also went to NWP and they opened her eyes to all the academies. She is now a plebe at USMA. Love the Durbeck’s and all they do for so many kids each year!

 

[LWHW4]

I can’t speak to this specific district but I have sat on a MOC panel in one of the most competitive districts in the country. We don’t take it lightly, political connections had zero impact and we reviewed 100s of packets and took the work extremely seriously. By the time the panel down selected around 100 candidates or so to interview with pre interview prep, interview and post interview review, I would estimate that the panel spent 30-40 minutes per candidate. To me the panel is a great thing... it eliminates any political parts to it and usually has a well rounded board. Each MOC has their own process, but having been involved with two now in two states... I have never seen someone involved in the process take it less than serious.

Was this for a

To really answer the question for others that may lurk in the forum. Receiving multiple appointments happen each year but they are not necessarily a reflection of a "super" candidate but more how the nomination process works out. Some candidates may get multiple nominations to multiple academies from many sources while other equally as strong candidates are only eligible for an MOC nomination and some MOCs have so many applicants that they will only nominate to your top choice. In the metropolitan areas of Texas, your local MOC will typically only nominate you to your top choice and getting a Senator's nomination is almost impossible; typically 500-600 applicants for 20 nominations. You will see other states where an applicant may get a local MOC nomination and a nomination from both Senators. The bottom line is you cannot really draw many conclusions about the strength of a candidate based on just getting multiple appointments.

That is SO TRUE .. we live in D3 of Texas where it is EXTREMELY hard to even get just one NOM much less all 3. And the sad thing is once it gets up to the senators level it’s not even them looking at our kids stuff. It’s some panel who barely takes 5mins to go thru it. Because they are going thru about 500 packets of NOMs & guess what they get to pick 10. So we are basically screwed if we don’t have an “in” with those senators. So yeah it does kinda suck when you see a “brag” on here or online of all the kids who live in “who knows” where saying hey look what I got! When I bet you graduated #4 in in a class of 200 with yada yada. And my kid graduated #89 in a class of 910 with honors & all this other crap. Anyways I cld go on & on because basically we are waiting on his info as well. He received a LOA and just waiting to see if he gets in this year.

Which Senator is in district 3? Or I might ask which part of Texas is district 3?

Sara I meant to put District 2. (But my fat fingers put 3.) I apologize for that. And in our district obviously you have to go before the local representatives counsel & have your interview. But for the Senators our DS filled out his extensive packet and mailed them in. Then did the long wait for what??