<p>My friend got a letter saying he was academically qualified. What does this mean and how does it affect his chances?</p>
<p>It means that he has the correct sequencing of tough classes with good grades and good class rank in his high school and good SAT scores- that's what it means. It's one of the 3 big prongs looked at...academic/physical/medical if one gets the "Triple Qualified" letter in the mail.</p>
<p>It is one good sign that he has a strong application. The rest of things, sports/leadership/BGO interview/personal statements...etc all play a part in the rest of the 'package' that the Admissions Board is now looking at.</p>
<p>God's blessings on your friend's hopes and ambitions. :-)</p>
<p>eh it means just that...hes in the running.</p>
<p>yeah - but by the time they weed down the 12-14,000 applicants - only about 4000 get to the "Triple Q" part....so this really is a step in the right direction for your friend.</p>
<p>Unless Admissions has changed the way they do letters, there is no academically qualifying letter that one gets. Instead, there is a scholastic letter that says you have been qualified scholastically (as it implies). Being scholastically qualified means that you have met the Admissions Board criteria from the academic, leadership, sports, ECA's, etc. perspective. Essentially you are the type of person USNA is looking for. This is usually the hardest qualification to get (unless one has medical issues). The other two qualifications are the medical and physical. I pressume your friend got the scholastic letter.</p>
<p>The following is assuming you are also medically and physically qualified:</p>
<p>The process from here is to compete within your nominating sources...if you are selected for the nomination on any of your souces (it will only be one of them), you will get an appointment. However, if you do not get selected from your nominating source(s), you go into a big pool of candidates in the same scenario and then you compete against those candidates for an appointment...Basically the number of chances you have of getting a nomination is the number of nominating sources that you are elgible for plus the one exta chance in the big pool....again, if you get selected for a nomination on any level, you will receive an appointment. Hence, Admissions tells you to apply to all elgible nominating sources because your chances of getting selected for a nomination increase.</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>
<p>jadler03 - Thanks...that's an eye opening summary!</p>
<p>For my son's sake, I hope they haven't change things. He recieved his "Scholastically Qualified to Compete" letter last week and is medically and physically qualified also. Additionally, he has a presidential nomination.</p>
<p>Will they still wait until December+ to offer an appointment? Are his MOC nomination attempts futile since he has a presidential already?</p>
<p>Thanks for your input!</p>
<p>NO! Apply for all nom's possible. Only 100 are allowed for USNA and in the off-chance (highly unlikely) that your son does not get one, you might have a problem because you were lazy. USNA will take you off the other nomination sources list if you get the pres. one, so do not feel like you are taking someones spot.</p>
<p>As soon as nom's come in you can receive an appt.</p>
<p>Good luck and congrats!</p>
<p>OK. His apps are complete for ALL eligible sources, and he has his Congressman's committee interview on Saturday.</p>
<p>So I'm trying to understand...The USNA will have already notified all MOC and other nominating sources that he already has recieved a presidential nomination...right? So now, the MOC's won't waste a spot on their slate? Or, is it still possible that MOC's will still nominate him? Maybe only if USNA tells MOC's that presidential appointments are tight up against the limit this year?</p>
<p>TIA</p>
<p>jadler03-
Are/were you involved in Offshore Sailing?</p>
<p>Please correct me if I am wrong:
There are an unlimited number of Presidential nominations awarded. Only 100 appointments can be made from the Presidential nomination pool. Thus if the only nomination a candidate has is Presidential, and no appointment is forthcoming based on it, then the candidate is out of luck.</p>
<p>Candidates should try for nominations from all qualifying sources. The greater the number of nominations, the greater the chances of an appointment. YOu do not say if your son has an LOA. If a candidate has a LOA, and receives a Presidential nomination, the stipulation of the LOA will have been met. </p>
<p>CM</p>
<p>I am in the exact same boat as Dad2B'2010, I have a Scholastically Qualified letter, am physically and medically qualified and have a Presidential nomination. I did apply for MOC Noms and am waiting to hear from them. The first board is meeting today.</p>
<p>Apply for ALL nominations.
By the time Congressional interviews were held, son had already received a senatorial nomination. Congressional office had been notified of the nomination immediately before interview date. </p>
<p>He still received the congressman's nomination.</p>
<p>CM:
That is correct.</p>
<p>From Dad2B'2010:
"For my son's sake, I hope they haven't change things. He recieved his "Scholastically Qualified to Compete" letter last week and is medically and physically qualified also. Additionally, he has a presidential nomination."</p>
<p>He did not receive an LOA...one will either receive the Scholastic letter or the LOA letter, not both (at least that is what I have been told).</p>
<p>Technically (although, I often doubt USNA's technical communications capability :) ), an LOA would not be accurate if all other conditions of appointment were already met.</p>
<p>The problem is, the letters are always behind the times...by a lot (sometimes months).</p>
<p>Also...CM... "then the candidate is out of luck": Rarely is the 100 appointment limit reached for Presidentials and in some cases it is allowed to exceed 100 (I've sighted 130+ one year somewhere). Maybe the law allows USNA to "catch up" for the below 100 years when they have enough qualified candidates.</p>
<p>It's all a great mystery... But many thanks to all the fine contributors here. The group really makes things more interesting.</p>
<p>Best of Luck to ALL!</p>
<p>My son's cgo e-mailed him that he recieved the "scholastically" qualified letter because they have likely not reviewed the medical information yet. I don't really get this but does the file go in front of the board multiple times or just more delays?</p>
<p>From what I understand, it is a balancing act. The board needs to keep up with the pile (keep getting deeper in to the 4500 or so they will actually review in an average year). But they also need to keep recycling through the top of the pile to get qual letters and LOA's and Appointments out to those "stars" that may be lost to other programs if not acted upon. I also imagine that they have a very defined % full class slated schedule by month that they try to keep up with. For example (not real numbers of course) they may be slated to offer 25% recruited athletes by October, but only 5% top (non-athletic) LOA's out by October. The percentages would go up each month.</p>
<p>The big caveat with the academies however, is that they actively seek new candidate applicants right up to March 1, so they have to leave allotment for last minute "stars" that may pop up. Hopefully, there won't be a lot of truly "qualified" last minute candidates this year because of the January "Annapolis" movie release...</p>
<p>Oregon Mom, I don't think that he just recieved a scholastically qual'd without the other quals because the board hasn't reviewed the others. I have been medically and physically qual'd since July and I have recieved a Scholastically Q'd letter for the third time (about one each month) with no mention of my medical or physical Q. I think they just haven't started sending out Triple Q letters yet since no one on this site has reported getting one yet.</p>
<p>Dad2B2010:
Unless I am misreading your post, you are confusing a Letter of Assurance with a "scholastically qualified to compete" letter. The former guarantees the candidate an appointment provided the listed requirements are met, including a nomination.</p>
<p>If your son got a "scholastically qualified" letter, it means he can move through the process to the next level. He will then compete with the rest of the nominees (from all sources) for his appointment. This letter gives no guarantees or promises.</p>
<p>Where did you read the number of appointees from each nomination source? I would be curious to know how many are appointed from each.
CM</p>
<p>CM..You need to read the whole thread!
I was just responding to jadler03. Please read up...</p>
<p>I'm quite aware of what an LOA is. jadler03 put a whole new twist/definition on the "Scholastically Qualified" letter however. I was just trying to understand his understanding.. No Prob.</p>
<p>As for the numbers...I think I saved a copy on another computer...I'll dig it up.</p>
<p>candidatemom: Here is some good info...a little old but still quite relavent.</p>