Withdrawing Application

PopweevilGoofed

USAFA 2029 Appointee
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I have a bit of a dilemma. My nomination interview with the USMA interview panel went poorly. I really don't think I am getting a nomination for USMA from them. I also don't think I can meet the deadlines for the application. I have been toying with the idea of withdrawing my application to USMA. Would the other service academies or nomination panels see this, and if so would it be a bad look that could affect my chances of getting a nomination/appointment? Thanks so much.
 
I have a bit of a dilemma. My nomination interview with the USMA interview panel went poorly. I really don't think I am getting a nomination for USMA from them. I also don't think I can meet the deadlines for the application. I have been toying with the idea of withdrawing my application to USMA. Would the other service academies or nomination panels see this, and if so would it be a bad look that could affect my chances of getting a nomination/appointment? Thanks so much.
Push through! Trust me, everyone finds difficulty in different areas, but that doesn't mean to quit!
Apply for different nominations as well, keep trying and keep pushing.
YOU can do it, and YOU will be there. Don't give up now. Now is not the time to quit, it is the time to finish what you started.
I hope to hear more news from you!
 
I appreciate the unrelenting encouragement others are providing, but realistically most congressional nomination application dates for class of 2029 are past, at least in my region. We are deeply into interview season now. Your question suggests that your congressperson holds different panels for each service academy, and you are hopeful that your interviews with the panels for other service academies will go well. While that may be the case -- congresspeople have flexibility to do this however they like -- I encourage you to verify that the same panel does not vet for all service academies simultaneously. Many posts here indicate that a lot of congressional offices interview simultaneously for all service academies and ask candidates to rank the schools to which they'd like a nomination. Be sure you didn't just botch an interview for all service academies. But if you did, contemplate what went wrong, study up on the common nomination interview questions and ace the next one!

On your question of whether another service academy would know if you withdrew an application from USMA, my understanding is the admissions teams operate independently, with different systems, processes, staffing, etc. so you should have no fear that USNA or USAFA would find out about your USMA withdrawal. In fact, they'd probably appreciate it because it's less competition for them for your attention.
 
Sometimes people quit so others can't tell them no.

Think about future you...will they say "glad I quite" or "I wish I put a bit more effort into it"

I will tell you that throughout your life you will run into experiences where something goes wrong... the best way to get through it is to figure out what went wrong and then try again.
 
You have no idea how you did in your interview. I bet every adult on this forum thought they nailed and interview only to find out they hadn’t. Or conversely, that they bombed it only to be called back for round two or offered the job.

Keep pushing. Keep fighting through. You have time to complete your application. IF you want this, make them tell you no and ask why? Grieve, improve, fight on.

Grit. Grit is the intangible. Unless you don’t want this and are self sabotaging. And if you truly don’t want it then I respect bowing out. But if you are on the fence? If you were my kid or my applicant? I would say see it through. If the offer comes you have choices to make. Good problem to have.
 
I have a bit of a dilemma. My nomination interview with the USMA interview panel went poorly. I really don't think I am getting a nomination for USMA from them. I also don't think I can meet the deadlines for the application. I have been toying with the idea of withdrawing my application to USMA. Would the other service academies or nomination panels see this, and if so would it be a bad look that could affect my chances of getting a nomination/appointment? Thanks so much.
I thought I had a poor interview too...I'm here now. All that you need to hear. And yes, you can meet the deadlines. You can finish the application in a week if you just grind. Lock in. Good luck and hopefully see you here next year.
 
You guys just singlehandedly convinced me to continue my application
Regardless of the outcome you will learn, grow, and be humbled by the experience. All of those are good outcomes. I wish you the best.
 
You will be proud you gave it your all and won't look back with regret that you didn't keep applying... any regret you have for applying and not getting in will be much much less.
 
I have a bit of a dilemma. My nomination interview with the USMA interview panel went poorly. I really don't think I am getting a nomination for USMA from them. I also don't think I can meet the deadlines for the application. I have been toying with the idea of withdrawing my application to USMA. Would the other service academies or nomination panels see this, and if so would it be a bad look that could affect my chances of getting a nomination/appointment? Thanks so much.
Make them tell you no. You can’t give up that easy as an officer in the Army.
 
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