I also think many are fuzzy on the Supe.
I thought that it is a charging allotment.
IOWS, you get an LOA from for your MOC. USAFA can now take you from the MOC and charge it to the Supe. However, there is no superintendent nomination slate per se. You can't apply for it, like VP or MOC. They must initiate that charge.
It is not uncommon to have 6,7 or 8 on one MoCs(congressional) slate to get an appointment.
Here's how they can pull that off:
1. Candidate Smith: 3 MoC noms., ROTC nom., VP.
~ Charged to Sen. A
~~ Con is not used
2. Candidate Jones: same as above
~ Charged to Sen. B
~~ Con is not used
3. Candidate Jane: 3 MOCs, Presidential, VP and ROTC
~ Charged to Presidential
~~ Con is not used
4. Candidate Bob: 3 MoCs, but Sen. B had 2 slates
~ Charged to Sen. B slate 2
~~ Con is not used
5. Candidate Mary: LOA and only the congressional mom and VP.
~ Charged to the Supe
~~ Con is not used
6. Candidate Tom: Congr. VP and ROTC
~ Charged to ROTC
~~ Con is not used
7. Candidate Katie: Cong and VP
~ Charged to the Cong.
* Charged as in they have the highest WCS for the slate!
8 9 and 10 may now seem to be headed straight to the national pool, right? Maybe not!
~ Candidate Smith had USAFA as plan B and wanted USNA. Declines the appointment.
~~ Sen. A now has a new charge available. Candidate 8 on the Cong.slate may now be the winner.
~ Candidate Jones is medically DQd. Candidate 9 is now picked up
~ Candidate 10 is informed end of May he is being charged to the VP.
I just got all ten in. How realistic is that? Not very. How realistic is it that you may find several on the slate if you all are competitive? Very, impo.
~ A non competitive state where you can get all three MOCs gives you more chances.
~ A competitive state where they talk and only 1 is given, can have a lot picked up off the pool list because typically their stats are superstars when they look at the national scores.
You need the nomination, it is law, but more importantly with time you will learn it is the charging system that can be the difference.
OBTW, when you get the appointment don't wrap yourself up around the idea of where did I get charged to? It doesn't matter and nobody could care less!
~ My BFF used to in for everyone that her hubby was a VP charge. The room was always silent and she took that as a sign of WOW! Her DH finally said to her, please STOP! She didn't realize that it was the only way to get him as a recruited athlete since he didn't get an MOC.
~~ I am not trying to slam VP charges, because obviously USAFA wanted him. I am just saying don't assume it is not used as a tool to get the best class possible.