<p>I'm an applicant for USNA c/o 2014 and I just received my congressional nomination as an alternate. I have a solid understanding on what that is but I'm not sure what my chances are of being accepted to the naval academy are as an alternate. Does anyone have an idea on how likely I am to be accepted to USNA or NAPS?</p>
<p>If you’re 3 Q’d, your chances are actually quite good. One of the dirty little secrets in the process is this … many of the MOCs nominate candidates who the academy finds “unqualified” for one reason or another.</p>
<p>Why not! The MOC gets a political chit from those who may be principal nominees and/or highly ranked, knowing they’ll not be appointed. And those candidates deemed more meritorious ultimately rise to the top and receive the appointment. So relative to the MOC, chits are gained up and down the nominating slate; no apologies or explanations become necessary.</p>
<p>But as Memphis notes, albeit from a different perspective, 3Qs have a great shot. Look @ the numbers in any given year, and it clearly suggests that relatively few who are identified 3Qed fail to receive an appointment.</p>
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<p>No one on here can answer that. </p>
<p>What I can tell you is that you need a nomination to move forward in having your application considered for admission.
As you are an alternate, it means the first ranked applicant on your MOC’s list will have their application considered first. Depending on that outcome, your application will be considered following that, in the order [if any] that your MOC has submitted.</p>
<p>All candidate files that have a nomination attached to them will be reviewed. All will be considered for four things: Direct appointment, NAPS, Foundation, or Denial.</p>
<p>I will further correct what has been posted above.
Unfortunately there will be a good number of triple-q’s that do not get an offer of appointment. The reality is that there are a lot of qualified candidates out there, all vying for a fixed number of seats. </p>
<p>If you have put your best effort forward, you have done what you can do. The rest is not in your control. EVERYONE needs to have a Plan-B.</p>