Re Congressional Nomination not showing up on AFA portal

QWE123

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My DD won his slate from our district congressman, but it is not showing up in the AFA portal. My son has emailed his admissions rep at least four times inquiring about it and the rep does not answer. He has applied to USNA and USMA as well and it shows up in their portal. I am afraid that there is a mistake somewhere that cannot be undone if we continue to wait on a response from his RC. Without throwing the RC under the bus for this, can someone suggest a way to get it fixed without going over his RC's head? If he is not being considered that is fine, but I don't want it to be because they did not receive his nomination for some reason.
 
I would recommend a phone call to Admissions versus email.
They were always very responsive and helpful to DD on the phone.
 
Maybe I am a bit confused about the process. My son received a direct Congressional nomination to West Point, however the nom shows up in the other SA portals (USMA, USNA, USMMA) except for USAFA. I was just informed that USAFA does not accept congressional nominations unless they are direct appointments for USAFA. Does that sound right? Do they do it differently that the other academies? USNA and USMMA accepted it even though it was a direct to WP.
 
I am not sure what you mean by "direct". All appointments are for the direct entry into the service academy. Their is no such thing as a nomination to "prep" school. You MOC submits the names to each academy and they should enter it into the system. Did your MOC award him a nomination to all four academies?
 
Maybe I am a bit confused about the process. My son received a direct Congressional nomination to West Point, however the nom shows up in the other SA portals (USMA, USNA, USMMA) except for USAFA. I was just informed that USAFA does not accept congressional nominations unless they are direct appointments for USAFA. Does that sound right? Do they do it differently that the other academies? USNA and USMMA accepted it even though it was a direct to WP.

In order for the nomination to be "valid" for USAFA, the MOC had to specifically nominate your son for USAFA. A nomination to another service academy, i.e. West Point, does not automatically give your son a nomination to USAFA.

As for USNA, I don't think a West Point nomination carries over to that Academy either. But, someone more familiar with USNA would have to verify that.

On the flip side, a MOC can nominate a candidate to as many service academies as they want.
 
Maybe I am a bit confused about the process. My son received a direct Congressional nomination to West Point, however the nom shows up in the other SA portals (USMA, USNA, USMMA) except for USAFA. I was just informed that USAFA does not accept congressional nominations unless they are direct appointments for USAFA. Does that sound right? Do they do it differently that the other academies? USNA and USMMA accepted it even though it was a direct to WP.

In order for the nomination to be "valid" for USAFA, the MOC had to specifically nominate your son for USAFA. A nomination to another service academy, i.e. West Point, does not automatically give your son a nomination to USAFA.

As for USNA, I don't think a West Point nomination carries over to that Academy either. But, someone more familiar with USNA would have to verify that.

On the flip side, a MOC can nominate a candidate to as many service academies as they want.


Maybe I will ask on the USNA forum.
 
You should have got a letter from your MOC telling you which academy you were nominated too. Each nomination is only to one academy. Just because you get one, it does not carry over to the others. If it is not showing in the portal, then it is most likely that the MOC did not nominate you to USAFA. You would have to ask your MOC if you did not get a letter
 
I am not sure what you mean by "direct". All appointments are for the direct entry into the service academy. Their is no such thing as a nomination to "prep" school. You MOC submits the names to each academy and they should enter it into the system. Did your MOC award him a nomination to all four academies?

Direct meaning that his nomination from the congressman was for USMA. Maybe I am not using the term correctly, but that is what I mean. His Nom is for WP. Not sure regarding the reference about the prep school. I didn't mention anything about the prep school, unless you were answering someone else's question. I know you can't get a nom for the prep school.

What I am confused about is why USNA accepted the nom (it's on his USNA portal) and so did USMMA even though his appointment was to USMA. That's why I assumed that AFA would accept and was a bit confused when I found this information out today. He still has the presidential noms for both, but not as strong as MOC nom.

This is all very confusing.
 
He still has the presidential noms for both, but not as strong as MOC nom.
This is all very confusing.

I think you just answered your own question...the Presidential nom, which he had to apply for, is probably what is showing up for USNA and/or USMMA.

And, I don't think I would consider a Presidential nom less strong.
 
If his nom is showing up in other portals then he was nominated to each of those academies, and you just might not have been aware of it. USNA will only give him a MOC nom if the MOC sent their slate to USNA with his name on it.
 
He still has the presidential noms for both, but not as strong as MOC nom.
This is all very confusing.

I think you just answered your own question...the Presidential nom, which he had to apply for, is probably what is showing up for USNA and/or USMMA.

And, I don't think I would consider a Presidential nom less strong.

The presidential is in addition to his MOC nomination. It shows both on the portal. His nomination letter states USMA only, it doesn't say all academies.
 
If his nom is showing up in other portals then he was nominated to each of those academies, and you just might not have been aware of it. USNA will only give him a MOC nom if the MOC sent their slate to USNA with his name on it.

His letter states USMA only. His office sent the slate to USNA however and USMMA was able to pull his nomination as well. Just wondering if there was an oversight somewhere in his favor.
 
I would say the oversight is that his office sent the slate to USNA. There is no reason to send a nom slate for USMA to USNA. My guess, and its just a guess, is that when USNA recvd the slate through proper channels from the MOC it didn't mention USMA specifically, or USNA didn't notice the "M" vs "N". If that's the case, I'm guessing they processed 2 slates for the MOC, the real USNA one and the USMA one. So, yes, it looks to me like an oversight in your DS's favor!
 
I would say the oversight is that his office sent the slate to USNA. There is no reason to send a nom slate for USMA to USNA. My guess, and its just a guess, is that when USNA recvd the slate through proper channels from the MOC it didn't mention USMA specifically, or USNA didn't notice the "M" vs "N". If that's the case, I'm guessing they processed 2 slates for the MOC, the real USNA one and the USMA one. So, yes, it looks to me like an oversight in your DS's favor!

USMMA as well! They accepted his MOC slate.
 
I am not sure what you mean by "direct". All appointments are for the direct entry into the service academy. Their is no such thing as a nomination to "prep" school. You MOC submits the names to each academy and they should enter it into the system. Did your MOC award him a nomination to all four academies?

Direct meaning that his nomination from the congressman was for USMA. Maybe I am not using the term correctly, but that is what I mean. His Nom is for WP. Not sure regarding the reference about the prep school. I didn't mention anything about the prep school, unless you were answering someone else's question. I know you can't get a nom for the prep school.

What I am confused about is why USNA accepted the nom (it's on his USNA portal) and so did USMMA even though his appointment was to USMA. That's why I assumed that AFA would accept and was a bit confused when I found this information out today. He still has the presidential noms for both, but not as strong as MOC nom.

This is all very confusing.

Never mind, USMA1994. I get what you were saying about the prep school. I wasn't up to par on the applicant terminology. I thought direct appointment meant that the MOC's nomination was for one school specifically. Now I see that it means to USMA, Prep, or reapplicant.
 
It's also possible that your MOC nominated you to USMA, USNA, and USMMA (but not USAFA) and the oversight is that their office only informed you of the USMA nomination. It's seems a bit of a reach for the MOC to have mixed up a slate.

If you've got a Presidential nom to USAFA then you're still in the game for all 4! Very impressive!
 
It's also possible that your MOC nominated you to USMA, USNA, and USMMA (but not USAFA) and the oversight is that their office only informed you of the USMA nomination. It's seems a bit of a reach for the MOC to have mixed up a slate.

If you've got a Presidential nom to USAFA then you're still in the game for all 4! Very impressive!

Doesn't anyone who is service connected get a presidential nomination if they apply for it? It just means he can compete in that category doesn't it? I know at USMA they have 100 slots for presidential nominations, if you don't get an MOC nomination then you can compete in the service connected category with the presidential nomination. Is this correct?
 
Since when does usmma require a nomination?

As for USAFA, sometimes it takes awhile for portals to catch up with all the information. My son applied to three Academies and found it best on the portal update issues to speak by phone to the clerical staff. Honestly, there are only a couple clerical staffers in the admissions office, and they are required to take care of everything. My son thought the people he dealt with a couple years ago we're very accommodating.
 
Coast Guard Academy is the only one that doesn’t require a nomination.
USMMA does.
 
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