Nominations
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Simple answers.
1. No. You only need one to be a full-fledged candidate.
2. "Need" is a relative term. The more nominations, the more categories you will be looked at in. "The More the Merrier" is a GOOD rule of thumb.
Steve
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Give the admissions panel more to work with therefore more nominations means more pieces of the puzzle they have to work with.
As always the guidance is to apply to all sources you are eligible for.
As always the guidance is to apply to all sources you are eligible for.
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The SA websites encourage candidates to apply for all nominations for which they are eligible, though as @flieger83 says, only 1 nom is required. Think of the nom sources like competitive buckets, where the competition is among fully qualified applicants.
100 appointments in the class can be charged to the Presidential nom source. There could be several hundred applicants who qualify for a Presidential nom, so that is the competition in that bucket.
There is the VP nom, which I suspect most candidates apply for. That is a big competitive bucket for the 5 appointments that can be charged against that source.
Then there are the hundreds of smaller buckets for the individual Senator and Representative noms. A slate (list) from any of these can contain up to 10 names - a much smaller competitive bucket for the 1 appointment offered to a fully qualified applicant charged to the elected official, assuming the elected official is filling just 1 slot of their 5 total appointees spread out over 4 class years.
The SA can also dip into the nominees on the elected officials’ slates and offer additional appointments to fully qualified nominees, charging those appointments to nomination authorities they control, with certain guidelines.
There are other competitive buckets with a set number of appointments that can be charged to them - prior enlisted, JROTC/college ROTC, various service-connected categories, etc.
If a candidate in the Presidential bucket doesn’t make the cut for the 100 appointments, they might be able to beat out the other fully qualified nominees on Senators’ and Representative’s slate. Or be chosen by the SA for one of the appointments not charged to the elected official but to a nom authority they control.
Applying for and obtaining noms from the max sources available allows the SA more flexibility in where to charge an appointment if they wish to offer one.
100 appointments in the class can be charged to the Presidential nom source. There could be several hundred applicants who qualify for a Presidential nom, so that is the competition in that bucket.
There is the VP nom, which I suspect most candidates apply for. That is a big competitive bucket for the 5 appointments that can be charged against that source.
Then there are the hundreds of smaller buckets for the individual Senator and Representative noms. A slate (list) from any of these can contain up to 10 names - a much smaller competitive bucket for the 1 appointment offered to a fully qualified applicant charged to the elected official, assuming the elected official is filling just 1 slot of their 5 total appointees spread out over 4 class years.
The SA can also dip into the nominees on the elected officials’ slates and offer additional appointments to fully qualified nominees, charging those appointments to nomination authorities they control, with certain guidelines.
There are other competitive buckets with a set number of appointments that can be charged to them - prior enlisted, JROTC/college ROTC, various service-connected categories, etc.
If a candidate in the Presidential bucket doesn’t make the cut for the 100 appointments, they might be able to beat out the other fully qualified nominees on Senators’ and Representative’s slate. Or be chosen by the SA for one of the appointments not charged to the elected official but to a nom authority they control.
Applying for and obtaining noms from the max sources available allows the SA more flexibility in where to charge an appointment if they wish to offer one.