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would only add that, by law, the first 150 appointments from the national wait list (NWL) must be offered by highest Whole Candidate Score (WCS). After that, the remaining appointments from the NWL are primarily made to meet goals for females, minorities, and athletes without regard to highest WCS.

jl123 -- your are correct the statutes for the SAs says "150 selected by the Secretary of the Army in order of merit (prescribed pursuant to section 4343 of this title) from qualified alternates nominated by persons named in paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (a)." . . . but my understanding is the "accounting" for where a particular appointment gets charged doesn't always get figured out until the class has been compiled, so it is likely the "150" aren't taken off the top. If you look at the statute: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/4342 there are many places an appointment can be initially charged to, and then recharged to, in order "to make an appointment fit" as admissions "works the class." I'm not implying anything nefarious . . . I just don't think it is as straight forward as the words might imply.