Why do some states have no appointments yet?

[USEYTsailor]

Why do some states have several appointments while others have none.
For example WI has not received any appointments despite their nominations being submitted quite some time ago and there being qualified candidates.

 

[Capt MJ]

Why do some states have several appointments while others have none.
For example WI has not received any appointments despite their nominations being submitted quite some time ago and there being qualified candidates.

Because people from Wisconsin are shy and don’t want to post here?

The rule of thumb here is only about 10% of a class posts appointments, based on a class 1100-1200. No rhyme or reason as to what states posters are from.

I suspect offers of appointment have been made to some fine WI residents. If not yet, there will be. There are 50 states to get through, many parallel processes, finite number of people working the many tasks to build out a class.

 

[IowaNative]

Why do some states have several appointments while others have none.
For example WI has not received any appointments despite their nominations being submitted quite some time ago and there being qualified candidates.

I am fairly new to this but the members here are all voluntary, so there may be appointments that have been made to folks who are not members of this forum. Also, they may be member but do not care to post. From looking through the various forums, there are a lot of long-time members who are very knowledgeable and helpful that may have a better answer. This is just my guess.

 

[OldRetSWO]

Why do some states have several appointments while others have none.
For example WI has not received any appointments despite their nominations being submitted quite some time ago and there being qualified candidates.

Because appointments for people from Wisconsin are like cheese and have to be aged before use or announcement?

 

[Capt MJ]

That’s it. Cheese Aging Delay.

Fur the OP, this is just gentle teasing. We know the wait seems endless.

 

[CKR2024]

Why do some states have several appointments while others have none.
For example WI has not received any appointments despite their nominations being submitted quite some time ago and there being qualified candidates.

Nothing out of Delaware either but they may not be apart of the forum so who knows

 

[StPaulDad]

I thought it was made very clear early on that Delaware is not allowed in these forums. The first rule of SAF club is don't talk about Delaware. Does no one read the Terms and Conditions page anymore? At least the line is holding against **********.

 

[#GoNavyBeatArmy]

Because appointments for people from Wisconsin are like cheese and have to be aged before use or announcement?

Brilliant sense of humor!

 

[USEYTsailor]

Because appointments for people from Wisconsin are like cheese and have to be aged before use or announcement?

That was a very gouda joke.

 

[usna1985]

To augment what's been said above (and in other threads), some states have more appointees than others. That's mostly a function of population (CA vs. SD), but also the number of well-qualified applicants, which is very high in certain states. Many with appointments don't visit this site and others may only lurk, not post. At this point in the process, I would be very surprised if at least one person from each state hasn't received an appointment -- and many from some states.

 

[Sydney C.]

From looking through the various forums, there are a lot of long-time members who are very knowledgeable and helpful

Yes, some longtime members are very knowledgeable, some are very helpful, some are both....and some of us are just old.

 

[justdoit19]

Why do some states have several appointments while others have none.
For example WI has not received any appointments despite their nominations being submitted quite some time ago and there being qualified candidates.

You can go back to other year appointment cycles and look at the DIY appointment thread and see how things generally go. My state didn’t have many post, but there were I think 10 that year. At the plebe picnic, most (if not all) hadn’t heard of the forums.

Can you BELIEVE that ?!!?

 

[delmom]

I thought it was made very clear early on that Delaware is not allowed in these forums. The first rule of SAF club is don't talk about Delaware. Does no one read the Terms and Conditions page anymore? At least the line is holding against **********.

Hey now! LOL

 

[delmom]

Nothing out of Delaware either but they may not be apart of the forum so who knows

I know of a USNA appointment from DE. I don't think they are on SAF though

 

[USEYTsailor]

You can go back to other year appointment cycles and look at the DIY appointment thread and see how things generally go. My state didn’t have many post, but there were I think 10 that year. At the plebe picnic, most (if not all) hadn’t heard of the forums.

Can you BELIEVE that ?!!?

I would be quite lost without some of the info I have read on this forum

 

[IowaNative]

....and some of us are just old.

I may be a newbie to this forum, but I too am old! I appreciate the wisdom of my fellow old folks on this forum.

 

[MMUSNA2024]

DE is represented on the appointee list. #58 accepted on 1/28

 

[CKR2024]

DE is represented on the appointee list. #58 accepted on 1/28

Yes, I meant for USAFA didn’t realize I was under a navy thread

 

[Capt MJ]

Yes, I meant for USAFA didn’t realize I was under a navy thread

You can usually smell the salt in the air here. Dead giveaway.