Alright, that makes sense. Thank you!When you say put USAFA first, what do you mean? How would you be ranking them....by appointments? I would imagine there's no benefit in telling your liaison officer that you prefer USAFA over USMA. If you get appointments to both, you just accept the one you want and decline the other. Good Luck! I hope you get your first choice!
I'm applying for c/o 2023, so I'm reaching out to my FFR for USMA now. West point is my second choice behind USAFA, so my question was should I make my FFR aware of this when I reach out to him. Sorry if my original wording was confusing.People seem to have a habit of giving up too much info when no one asked them for it. Provide all the info asked, no more and no less. While it seem like it would kind to give them heads up that they arent your first choice, its doesnt get you anywhere and could hurt you in th end. Every institution and organization work on rules and deadlines, most of the time they will not give you the time of day if you blow it. There are always exceptions. They should follow their own rules and you should enforce it. If they say May 1 is the deadline than that is the deadline. You dont need to inform them March 1 that they arent your top choice or that you arent going to accept it.
Our MOC is the only place we ever had to rank and that was so they nominated you to a slate according to your preference.
I'm applying for c/o 2023, so I'm reaching out to my FFR for USMA now. West point is my second choice behind USAFA, so my question was should I make my FFR aware of this when I reach out to him. Sorry if my original wording was confusing.People seem to have a habit of giving up too much info when no one asked them for it. Provide all the info asked, no more and no less. While it seem like it would kind to give them heads up that they arent your first choice, its doesnt get you anywhere and could hurt you in th end. Every institution and organization work on rules and deadlines, most of the time they will not give you the time of day if you blow it. There are always exceptions. They should follow their own rules and you should enforce it. If they say May 1 is the deadline than that is the deadline. You dont need to inform them March 1 that they arent your top choice or that you arent going to accept it.
I'm applying for c/o 2023, so I'm reaching out to my FFR for USMA now. West point is my second choice behind USAFA, so my question was should I make my FFR aware of this when I reach out to him. Sorry if my original wording was confusing.People seem to have a habit of giving up too much info when no one asked them for it. Provide all the info asked, no more and no less. While it seem like it would kind to give them heads up that they arent your first choice, its doesnt get you anywhere and could hurt you in th end. Every institution and organization work on rules and deadlines, most of the time they will not give you the time of day if you blow it. There are always exceptions. They should follow their own rules and you should enforce it. If they say May 1 is the deadline than that is the deadline. You dont need to inform them March 1 that they arent your top choice or that you arent going to accept it.
There is smart honest and dumb honest. Stick to smart honest. Your FFR may ask what other SA's or ROTC you are considering, but probably won't ask you to put them in order of preference. So don't offer that information. You may change your mind as you learn more about other opportunities.I'm establishing contact with my USMA FFR, but it's my 2nd choice, USAFA is first. Should I tell my FFR so he knows not to expect me to put USMA first?