USAFA Class of 2022 Appointment Thread

It is barely the middle of January and I ask my son two or three times a day if he has received any emails or phone calls. TBH I am torn about his desire to attend service academy but I want it so bad for him because he wants it so badly. Recalibration in nice. The anxiety is crazy.

Dad, I feel you! I have the same concerns. Many hugs- we all need 'em.
 
@HopefulDad2022, the Academy Admissions office sent me (the parent) the same emails that it sent my DS. Any significant correspondence came to my email address, too. The only exception was the nomination noted on his portal, but that I could check myself. It is a frustrating time of the year for so many reasons. It's great that folks can be supportive of one another here - that's what the group is for. You are certainly not alone in this.
 
New on 27 Jan, 2018
USAFA Class of 2022 Appointments:

1) usafamax / Self / LOA / 24-Nov-2017 / Undecided / CO / Congressional and JROTC Honor Unit With Distinction / DirectAppointment
2) fnafgg / DD / No LOA / 21-Nov-2017 / Accepting / MD / Presidential / Direct Appointment
3) boiler26 / DS / No LOA / 15-Nov-2017 / Accepted / TN / AF JROTC / Direct Appointment
4) kitkatz30 / DS / No LOA / 02-Dec-2017 / Accepting / FL / Congressional / Direct Appointment
5) maxmck1 / Self / No LOA / 02-Dec-2017 / Accepted / CA / Presidential / Direct Appointment
6) wvfalconer / DS / LOA / 12-Dec-2017 / Accepted / WV / Congressional / Direct Appointment
7) billberna / DS / No LOA / 18-Dec-2017 / Accepted / FL / Congressional / Direct Appointment
8) herc99 / Self / No LOA / 18-Dec-2017 / Accepted / GA / Presidential and Congressional / Direct Appointment
9) USAFA#appDad / DS / No LOA / 23-Dec-2017 / Accepted / TX / Congressional / Direct Appointment
10) polevaultmom / DD / LOA / 18-Dec-2017 / Accepted / CA / Congressional / Direct Appointment
11) Tex2022 / Self / LOA / 29-Dec-2017 / Undecided / TX / Congressional / Direct Appointment
12) ServantoUSA/ Self / LOA / 03-Jan-2018 / Undecided / NY / Congressional / Direct Appointment
13) McGNJ / DS / LOA / 05-Jan-2018 / Accepting/ NJ / Congressional / Direct Appointment
14) Vaquero/Grandson/LOA/05-Jan-2018/Undecided/AZ Congressional/Direct Appointment
15) rtbabby / Self / LOA / 05-Jan-2018 / Accepted/ CO / Congressional / Direct Appointment
16) runningandjumping / DS / No LOA / 24-Dec-2017 / Accepted / TN / Congressional / Direct Appointment
17) GoldWinger / DD / LOA / 06-Jan-2018 / Undecided / TX / Presidential, Senatorial, and Congressional / Direct Appointment
18) proudafparent / DD / No LOA / 07-Dec-2017 / Undecided / CO / Congressional / Direct Appointment
19) maydayjimmy / Self / No LOA / 10-Jan-2018 /Accepting / MI / Congressional and Senatorial / Direct Appointment
20) puggyusa / DD / LOA / 16-Jan-2018 / Accepted / VA / Congressional and Senatorial / Direct Appointment
21) VDI / Self / LOA / 19-Jan-18 / Undecided / MN / Congressional / Direct Appointment
22) Bracken / DD / 19-Jan-18 / Accepted / MN / Congressional / Direct Appointment
23) caesar4k / Self / LOA / 18-Dec-2017 / Accepted / OR / Congressional / Direct Appointment
24) DiRubbs12 / Self / LOA / 01-Dec-2017 / Accepted / NY / Congressional and Senatorial / Direct Appointment
25) MidWestParent/ DS / LOA / 27-Jan-2018 / Accepting / MI / Senatorial / Direct Appointment
 
New on 27 Jan, 2018
USAFA Class of 2022 Appointments:

1) usafamax / Self / LOA / 24-Nov-2017 / Undecided / CO / Congressional and JROTC Honor Unit With Distinction / DirectAppointment
2) fnafgg / DD / No LOA / 21-Nov-2017 / Accepting / MD / Presidential / Direct Appointment
3) boiler26 / DS / No LOA / 15-Nov-2017 / Accepted / TN / AF JROTC / Direct Appointment
4) kitkatz30 / DS / No LOA / 02-Dec-2017 / Accepting / FL / Congressional / Direct Appointment
5) maxmck1 / Self / No LOA / 02-Dec-2017 / Accepted / CA / Presidential / Direct Appointment
6) wvfalconer / DS / LOA / 12-Dec-2017 / Accepted / WV / Congressional / Direct Appointment
7) billberna / DS / No LOA / 18-Dec-2017 / Accepted / FL / Congressional / Direct Appointment
8) herc99 / Self / No LOA / 18-Dec-2017 / Accepted / GA / Presidential and Congressional / Direct Appointment
9) USAFA#appDad / DS / No LOA / 23-Dec-2017 / Accepted / TX / Congressional / Direct Appointment
10) polevaultmom / DD / LOA / 18-Dec-2017 / Accepted / CA / Congressional / Direct Appointment
11) Tex2022 / Self / LOA / 29-Dec-2017 / Undecided / TX / Congressional / Direct Appointment
12) ServantoUSA/ Self / LOA / 03-Jan-2018 / Undecided / NY / Congressional / Direct Appointment
13) McGNJ / DS / LOA / 05-Jan-2018 / Accepting/ NJ / Congressional / Direct Appointment
14) Vaquero/Grandson/LOA/05-Jan-2018/Undecided/AZ Congressional/Direct Appointment
15) rtbabby / Self / LOA / 05-Jan-2018 / Accepted/ CO / Congressional / Direct Appointment
16) runningandjumping / DS / No LOA / 24-Dec-2017 / Accepted / TN / Congressional / Direct Appointment
17) GoldWinger / DD / LOA / 06-Jan-2018 / Undecided / TX / Presidential, Senatorial, and Congressional / Direct Appointment
18) proudafparent / DD / No LOA / 07-Dec-2017 / Undecided / CO / Congressional / Direct Appointment
19) maydayjimmy / Self / No LOA / 10-Jan-2018 /Accepting / MI / Congressional and Senatorial / Direct Appointment
20) puggyusa / DD / LOA / 16-Jan-2018 / Accepted / VA / Congressional and Senatorial / Direct Appointment
21) VDI / Self / LOA / 19-Jan-18 / Undecided / MN / Congressional / Direct Appointment
22) Bracken / DD / 19-Jan-18 / Accepted / MN / Congressional / Direct Appointment
23) caesar4k / Self / LOA / 18-Dec-2017 / Accepted / OR / Congressional / Direct Appointment
24) DiRubbs12 / Self / LOA / 01-Dec-2017 / Accepted / NY / Congressional and Senatorial / Direct Appointment
25) MidWestParent/ DS / LOA / 27-Jan-2018 / Accepting / MI / Senatorial / Direct Appointment
26) HoustonGuy/ DS / No LOA / 26-Jan-2018 / Accepting / TX / Congressional and Senatorial / Direct Appointment
 
USAFA Class of 2022 Appointments:
1) usafamax / Self / LOA / 24-Nov-2017 / Undecided / CO / Congressional and JROTC Honor Unit With Distinction / Direct Appointment
2) fnafgg / DD / No LOA / 21-Nov-2017 / Accepting / MD / Presidential / Direct Appointment
3) boiler26 / DS / No LOA / 15-Nov-2017 / Accepted / TN / AF JROTC / Direct Appointment
4) kitkatz30 / DS / No LOA / 02-Dec-2017 / Accepting / FL / Congressional / Direct Appointment
5) maxmck1 / Self / No LOA / 02-Dec-2017 / Accepted / CA / Presidential / Direct Appointment
6) wvfalconer / DS / LOA / 12-Dec-2017 / Accepted / WV / Congressional / Direct Appointment
7) billberna / DS / No LOA / 18-Dec-2017 / Accepted / FL / Congressional / Direct Appointment
8) herc99 / Self / No LOA / 18-Dec-2017 / Accepted / GA / Presidential and Congressional / Direct Appointment
9) USAFA#appDad / DS / No LOA / 23-Dec-2017 / Accepted / TX / Congressional / Direct Appointment
10) polevaultmom / DD / LOA / 18-Dec-2017 / Accepted / CA / Congressional / Direct Appointment
11) Tex2022 / Self / LOA / 29-Dec-2017 / Undecided / TX / Congressional / Direct Appointment
12) ServantoUSA/ Self / LOA / 03-Jan-2018 / Undecided / NY / Congressional / Direct Appointment
13) McGNJ / DS / LOA / 05-Jan-2018 / Accepting/ NJ / Congressional / Direct Appointment
14) Vaquero/Grandson/LOA/05-Jan-2018/Undecided/AZ Congressional/Direct Appointment
15) rtbabby / Self / LOA / 05-Jan-2018 / Accepted/ CO / Congressional / Direct Appointment
16) runningandjumping / DS / No LOA / 24-Dec-2017 / Accepted / TN / Congressional / Direct Appointment
17) GoldWinger / DD / LOA / 06-Jan-2018 / Undecided / TX / Presidential, Senatorial, and Congressional / Direct Appointment
18) proudafparent / DD / No LOA / 07-Dec-2017 / Undecided / CO / Congressional / Direct Appointment
19) maydayjimmy / Self / No LOA / 10-Jan-2018 /Accepting / MI / Congressional and Senatorial / Direct Appointment
20) puggyusa / DD / LOA / 16-Jan-2018 / Accepted / VA / Congressional and Senatorial / Direct Appointment
21) VDI / Self / LOA / 19-Jan-18 / Undecided / MN / Congressional / Direct Appointment
22) Bracken / DD / 19-Jan-18 / Accepted / MN / Congressional / Direct Appointment
23) caesar4k / Self / LOA / 18-Dec-2017 / Accepted / OR / Congressional / Direct Appointment
24) DiRubbs12 / Self / LOA / 01-Dec-2017 / Accepted / NY / Congressional and Senatorial / Direct Appointment
25) MidWestParent/ DS / LOA / 27-Jan-2018 / Accepting / MI / Senatorial / Direct Appointment
26) HoustonGuy/ DS / No LOA / 26-Jan-2018 / Accepting / TX / Congressional and Senatorial / Direct Appointment
27) Campe18 / DS / No LOA / 27-Jan-2018 / Undecided / IL / Congressional and Presidential / Direct Appointment
 
USAFA Class of 2022 Appointments:
1) usafamax / Self / LOA / 24-Nov-2017 / Undecided / CO / Congressional and JROTC Honor Unit With Distinction / Direct Appointment
2) fnafgg / DD / No LOA / 21-Nov-2017 / Accepting / MD / Presidential / Direct Appointment
3) boiler26 / DS / No LOA / 15-Nov-2017 / Accepted / TN / AF JROTC / Direct Appointment
4) kitkatz30 / DS / No LOA / 02-Dec-2017 / Accepting / FL / Congressional / Direct Appointment
5) maxmck1 / Self / No LOA / 02-Dec-2017 / Accepted / CA / Presidential / Direct Appointment
6) wvfalconer / DS / LOA / 12-Dec-2017 / Accepted / WV / Congressional / Direct Appointment
7) billberna / DS / No LOA / 18-Dec-2017 / Accepted / FL / Congressional / Direct Appointment
8) herc99 / Self / No LOA / 18-Dec-2017 / Accepted / GA / Presidential and Congressional / Direct Appointment
9) USAFA#appDad / DS / No LOA / 23-Dec-2017 / Accepted / TX / Congressional / Direct Appointment
10) polevaultmom / DD / LOA / 18-Dec-2017 / Accepted / CA / Congressional / Direct Appointment
11) Tex2022 / Self / LOA / 29-Dec-2017 / Undecided / TX / Congressional / Direct Appointment
12) ServantoUSA/ Self / LOA / 03-Jan-2018 / Undecided / NY / Congressional / Direct Appointment
13) McGNJ / DS / LOA / 05-Jan-2018 / Accepting/ NJ / Congressional / Direct Appointment
14) Vaquero/Grandson/LOA/05-Jan-2018/Undecided/AZ Congressional/Direct Appointment
15) rtbabby / Self / LOA / 05-Jan-2018 / Accepted/ CO / Congressional / Direct Appointment
16) runningandjumping / DS / No LOA / 24-Dec-2017 / Accepted / TN / Congressional / Direct Appointment
17) GoldWinger / DD / LOA / 06-Jan-2018 / Undecided / TX / Presidential, Senatorial, and Congressional / Direct Appointment
18) proudafparent / DD / No LOA / 07-Dec-2017 / Undecided / CO / Congressional / Direct Appointment
19) maydayjimmy / Self / No LOA / 10-Jan-2018 /Accepting / MI / Congressional and Senatorial / Direct Appointment
20) puggyusa / DD / LOA / 16-Jan-2018 / Accepted / VA / Congressional and Senatorial / Direct Appointment
21) VDI / Self / LOA / 19-Jan-18 / Undecided / MN / Congressional / Direct Appointment
22) Bracken / DD / 19-Jan-18 / Accepted / MN / Congressional / Direct Appointment
23) caesar4k / Self / LOA / 18-Dec-2017 / Accepted / OR / Congressional / Direct Appointment
24) DiRubbs12 / Self / LOA / 01-Dec-2017 / Accepted / NY / Congressional and Senatorial / Direct Appointment
25) MidWestParent/ DS / LOA / 27-Jan-2018 / Accepting / MI / Senatorial / Direct Appointment
26) HoustonGuy/ DS / No LOA / 26-Jan-2018 / Accepting / TX / Congressional and Senatorial / Direct Appointment
27) Campe18 / DS / No LOA / 27-Jan-2018 / Undecided / IL / Congressional and Presidential / Direct Appointment

28) kkg2000/ DS/ NO LOA/ 27-JAN/ ACCEPTING/ CA-27/ Direct
 
Just a thought...I think that the big March wave of appointments will be on March 14th. That’s if the cycle follows the same trend of previous years. Once again, just a thought.
 
Just curious if anyone has a ball park estimate of how many people are appointed per state. I know this greatly differs based on population, however, I cannot help but wonder when watching appointments come in from all these states. I personally am from the state of Michigan and was wondering how many potential appointments would be typical. I have a congressional representative's nomination, but noticed that 2 individuals have been appointed with senatorial nominations. Where does this leave the other nominees such as myself?
 
LJ-USAF-22, It depends on number of districts per state and how many appointees those districts have in the Academy at the time, each can have 5 appointees at each Academy at a given time. So you can somewhat do the math. All states have 2 senators, . Michigan has 14 congressional districts. So, usually, MOCs have at least 1 appointment/year, so Michigan would have at least 16 appointments, minimum. This number can go up if there are more slots, if some are given other nom category appointments (Presidential, etc), and for those that were selected from the national pool. I know of many districts that only had one appointment "charged" to their slate of 10 nominations, (each MOC can nominate 10 for each appointment slot he has available) but then had several from that slate actually receive appointments. This is because if you took ALL the available slots for all state's MOC's and all the appointments for special category Noms, it still doesn't equal the number needed to fill a class. The rest of fully qualified candidates with a Nom are placed in the National pool and compete nationally for the remaining slots to round out the class.

So to further answer your question as to where that leaves you: you will originally only compete against those other 9 on your congressional reps slate. If you do not win the slate, and are fully qualified, you will compete in the national pool for any remaining appointments.
 
Just curious if anyone has a ball park estimate of how many people are appointed per state. I know this greatly differs based on population, however, I cannot help but wonder when watching appointments come in from all these states. I personally am from the state of Michigan and was wondering how many potential appointments would be typical. I have a congressional representative's nomination, but noticed that 2 individuals have been appointed with senatorial nominations. Where does this leave the other nominees such as myself?
My advice is not to worry too much about other appointments. My DS had a senatorial and congressional nomination and every time I saw an appointment from our district I couldn’t reconcile how there were any spots left. He did finally get his appointment and when we went to the dinner held by our Representative I learned our district received 11 appointments to USAFA. It’s just impossible to figure out how they match the nominations up so just hang in there until you hear a decision. Good luck, I know the wait is excruciating.
 
My DD had been interviewed by SEN. Lindsey Graham's panel in DEC 2017. I just want to ask if anybody received any nomination from him since nobody seems to know if he's giving one. Hope to hear from anyone. Thanks.
 
Learned today that someone else received the appointment from my Congressman’s slate. Best of luck to you all!
 
My DD had been interviewed by SEN. Lindsey Graham's panel in DEC 2017. I just want to ask if anybody received any nomination from him since nobody seems to know if he's giving one. Hope to hear from anyone. Thanks.

Our DS interviewed with Graham's panel on 1/13 but we have heard nothing. He did receive a nomination on the portal today from Congressman Norman SC-05 and we were under the impression (could be incorrectly) that they try not to not duplicate nominations in SC. Good luck to your DD
 
My DD had been interviewed by SEN. Lindsey Graham's panel in DEC 2017. I just want to ask if anybody received any nomination from him since nobody seems to know if he's giving one. Hope to hear from anyone. Thanks.

Our DS interviewed with Graham's panel on 1/13 but we have heard nothing. He did receive a nomination on the portal today from Congressman Norman SC-05 and we were under the impression (could be incorrectly) that they try not to not duplicate nominations in SC. Good luck to your DD

I interviewed with Senator Graham (for USMA) in January and I just had my portal updated this morning with my nomination. I also thought that they try not to duplicate nominations in SC, but I received a nomination from my Congressman and both Senators
 
I interviewed with Senator Graham (for USMA) in January and I just had my portal updated this morning with my nomination. I also thought that they try not to duplicate nominations in SC, but I received a nomination from my Congressman and both Senators

Congratulations! That's awesome!! I just checked and DS has a nomination on the portal (USAFA) from Graham this morning... when did you receive your nom from Scott?
 
I interviewed with Senator Graham (for USMA) in January and I just had my portal updated this morning with my nomination. I also thought that they try not to duplicate nominations in SC, but I received a nomination from my Congressman and both Senators

Congratulations! That's awesome!! I just checked and DS has a nomination on the portal (USAFA) from Graham this morning... when did you receive your nom from Scott?

Congrats to your DS! Regarding the Scott nomination, it showed in my portal yesterday morning and was followed with an email from his staffer at around noon
 
Learned today that someone else received the appointment from my Congressman’s slate. Best of luck to you all!

Raptor, did you read the post above yours that ottonolan's DS's congressman had 11 people from his district get appointments. Just because someone else has been charged to your congressman's slate does not mean you will not get an appointment! If you are deemed qualified you will now go into the national pool and compete for any remaining appointments to fill the class. Its not over until you receive official notification from USAFA that you were not appointed.
Don't give up hope!
 
I've looked through previous postings, and not found an answer. So my apologies if these have been answered before. My questions are: 1) Are a candidates chances of securing an appointment increased if they receive three total state nominations (2 Senators + 1 Representative)? Just thinking that means a candidate is in three different slates/pots.

2) If a candidate has also been told they are a blue chip recruit by one of the USAFA athletic programs, does that increase their chances of receiving an appointment? I've been told the coaches don't influence the appointment committee, but one would have to think being tagged a blue chip recruit has some bearing?
 
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