- Joined
- Sep 27, 2008
- Messages
- 20,832
I had to read this 4 times.A little clarification on the waitlist appointments and MOC appointment slate.
For arguments sake an applicant gets waitlisted on April 17th. Said applicant received a nomination from congressman john smith. Congressman john smith ranks his own slate using the principle method. Said applicant who was waitlisted on the 17th was ranked #2 on Congressman smiths slate. Now on April 29th congressman smiths principle nomination declines the appointment.
Would the said applicant who was waitlisted and ranked #2 in the congressman smiths slate automatically get the principle nomination from congressman smith’s slate. Or
Might he never get the appointment
Or
Does the waitlist period change the rules on how the slates are handed out.
See the reference link below, pages 5-6.
If the method used was principal nom + ranked slate, and the principal nom was fully qualified, was offered an appointment, and then declined, USNA would offer an appointment to the next ranked fully qualified nominee. and that will likely eventually become the one charged to the elected official. If there is a waitlisted candidate on the slate, it could be that candidate. Keep in mind just because an elected official ranks a slate a certain way, USNA, which sees the entire application, might rank candidates differently. USNA may choose to waitlist any candidate, presumably fully qualified, it chooses, and perhaps use another nom authority they control to charge the appointment to.
I am sure USNA Admissions has seen every variant and “what if” scenario, and will work through it with their usual methodical, intentional approach.
Interestingly, unlike USMA and USAFA, the statutory language for USNA is somewhat different in that they are not absolutely required to offer an appointment to the principal nom, even if fully qualified. They usually do, though.