<p>I recently recieved a letter from the academy telling me I am on the national waiting list. I understand the concept, but have a question about the waiting list, does anyone know the percentage of people on this list that gain appointments, is there anyone here who has recieved an appointment after a notification of placement on the waiting list and so on. any other information anyone has, advice so on is much appreciated, and i thank you all for your support.</p>
<p>West Point told me I wasn't going to get in. Then they put me on that list. Then they gave me a Civil Prep spot. I now have an appointment for 2010.</p>
<p>That all spanned a year and a half. Its been outrageous! fantastic! wild! annoying! spirit crushing!</p>
<p>but worth it.</p>
<p>did you have to send in ur little card saying you'll accept a prep assignment, cuz im more then willing to take prep</p>
<p>No, what happened was:</p>
<p>I called them in about February of 2005, nervous and wondering I should be expecting anything. I had been nominated by my 2 senators and my congressman, so I was feeling pretty hot. Unfortunately, no one took affirmative action for my sorry white male self, and they told me I was not going to get in. The admissions officer laughed nervously, and asked if I would be willing to do a prep year. I said yes.</p>
<p>The rest is history........</p>
<p>but yeah, I'd send in that card.</p>
<p>"Unfortunately, no one took affirmative action for my sorry white male self"</p>
<p>huh?</p>
<p>"Unfortunately, no one took affirmative action for my sorry white male self" </p>
<p>..yeah, please explain.</p>
<p>he meant nobody cared to accept him</p>
<p>I THINK he might be refering to the sometimes controversial "quotas" the acaedmies have to fill, female, minorities, international.</p>
<p>The reason i think its controversial is the competition. There are going to be less females applying than males, but as a result there are fewer slots for females. So there are few females, but fewer slots. Is that mroe or less competitive than a large amount of white males and a larger amount of slots?</p>
<p>Who knows. But its generally agreed that white males have the most amount of people to compete against for a limited amount of slots.</p>
<p>Thats just my interpretation of it. Not sure if thats correct.</p>
<p>I guess it was my terrible attempt at cracking a joke at my circumstances. Apparently everyone is far too PC for that kind of stuff, so I'll drop it.</p>
<p>yeah, you totally hurt my feelings</p>
<p>If you look at the number of women that apply vs the number that receive appointments, you will see that the percentage is a hair lower than for men. For the class of 2009 roughly 12.5% of both men and women that applied were given appointments. Males have no harder time getting in than females.</p>