You are welcome for the thread. We are also from NC. Hopefully, our DSs will both be appointed to USNA. Keep us posted and let us know if you hear any word.DS/No LOA/assume 3Q/Sen nom (NC). Also waiting on NROTC scholarship news - accepted at #2 civilian school (LSU Engineering) and hoping to get NROTC scholarship there.
Thank you for posting this thread - it's comforting to know we aren't alone! Good luck everyone
Hate to hear that for you. It is unbelievable that you can get an LOA but not a Nom. From what I have learned on this forum though, that is fairly common. Have you heard anything from USAFA yet? Best of luck to your DS!
Prescott or Daytona? Issue with ERAU is how expensive it is for an OOS student. DS had some merit given but holding out on ROTC scholarship news at the moment before officially accepting as plan B.
Sorry to hear this. I hope a Nom works out for you, as you are obviously a very deserving candidate. Keep us up to date on what happens. We are pulling for you...best of luck!
Thank you for sharing this info. There is another poster on another thread that noted that he/she also received a call yesterday (Sunday) from USNA saying that the applicant would not be receiving a VP nom. I'm not sure I've ever seen this referenced in this forum before (getting a call saying one would not be getting the VP nom, and in your case, letting you know that you would not likely be getting a nom from another source despite LOA). I guess kudos to USNA for letting you know where you stand. Still, surprised they made that call.
He is still awaiting any decision from the USAFA. He did not make it in the "big wave" that came out last Wednesday where a large chunk of people find out. Normally, the bad news letters are sent out by April 16th or so. BUT .... they supposedly do batches of offers each Wednesday from now until then.
Daytona Beach. And that was exactly our situation. DS will be aeronautical science. It is expensive and was not a serious consideration until he received the ROTC scholarship. Now that his tuition is covered, we will find a way to figure out the flight costs. Without the scholarship, it would have been Norwich.
'00 Riddle Grad (BS - Aviation Maintenance Management @ Daytona Campus) here. I do not recall NROTC, but I had 2 years in AROTC before I decided not to sign. Late 90's were a different time (You were really being radical if you chose Military life back then.)
Thank you. I actually received a call from them because I was scheduled and signed up to come up for the candidate visit that was sent out to LOA's and appointed candidates. They did not want me to come all the way up when they may not be able to find me a nomination to fulfill my LOA. I asked about my status on the VP nomination and discretionary nominations and they told me that some have already been used and the VP nomination has already been charged this year.
Great to hear! Thanks for sharing. We were both very impressed by the campus and the College of Aviation. Because of Covid, we weren't able to meet with any ROTC staff, however our tour guide was a senior in NROTC that just found out he is commissioning into aviation so he was wonderful and had a lot of good information for my son. I'm just glad he has a Plan B to be excited about during this insane waiting period. As we were landing at DAB and he saw all the ERAU craft and the speedway, his face just lit up.
This was the same case with my DS. He was to travel to USNA for candidate visit day in April.
Wow, great school. That’s an outstanding alternative.
You are correct that the VP can have 5 CHARGED nominees at any one time which is the same as the MOCs/Senators. EACH time one of them is open, there can be TEN nominees just as is the case for MOCs/Senators. When the incumbent officeholder changes, this does NOT free up any nomination space just as is the case for MOCs/Senators. Those MOC/Senator/VP noms are charged to the OFFICE, not the specific Officeholder.
