@juillet I agree with pretty much all that you’ve posted and have been aware of how the prep school has been operating for years. That said…the prep school operates to benefit the Academies and enlisted personnel attempting to make the transition. It does NOT exist to benefit the MOCs by allowing them to “park” fully qualified applicants in the school until an Appointment is freed up in their quota. MOCs have absolutely NOTHING to do with who is selected for the prep school and can NOT request that one of the applicants take a valuable prep school slot to wait until the next round of Nominations. I believe @Erin’s Dad is doing a disservice to any applicant that thinks “just because they were close” but didn’t get an Appointment that their MOC can just park them in the Prep school until they have a “free” nomination. It absolutely does not work that way.