Hello everyone! I had a hypothetical question on what would happen if the principal nominee was medically DQ'd and under waiver consideration. Would they pick an alternate candidate or would that only be the case if a waiver was denied?
Who is your “they?” Admissions or elected official panel?
The slate of names can have up to 10 names.
If the elected official uses the Principal Nominee method, if that nominee is fully qualified, that person should be offered the appointment that will be charged to the elected official for the cycle, assuming only one of those is open of the 5 spread over 4 classes.
If the Principal Nominee is not found to be fully qualified (academic, physical or physical with a waiver, CFA), they will not be offered an appointment. The SA is now free to choose among other fully qualified applicants on the slate, per applicable guidelines, to identify the candidate whose appointment will be charged to the elected official.
Keep in mind the SA may also choose other fully qualified candidates from the same slate, per applicable guidelines, but those appointment(s) would be charged to another nom authority controlled by the SA.
If you haven’t read the Sticky at the top of the Nominations forum, I recommend it.
This is why it takes some slates time to “resolve,” well into the spring and sometimes past the target date for all applicants to be notified.
