<p>Congrats on your appointment, tjm787!</p>
<p>Vice my previous post. I guess you can. Essentially it seems like the LOA one gets is just as good as getting the QQQ letter. I think in tjm787's case, since USNA did not recognize him as "physically" qualified (due to the injury in Jan), he received an LOA pending the outcome of the CFA, which he passed (of course). </p>
<p>A QQQ letter means that ALL qualifications of admisison have been met (scholastic, medical, and physical), a nomination is not required. IT DOES NOT MEAN A CANDIDATE WILL RECEIVE AN APPOINTMENT!</p>
<p>A LOA letter means that a candidate has at, minimum, been scholastically qualified, but it means that either the CFA, and/or medical portion has not been recognized as completed/passed. In other words, USNA does not recognize that all of the requirements have been met (at least one may be missing). </p>
<p>For you college candidates wondering when you might hear:
I got my QQQ letter on 25 Feb 2004.
Received appointment letter on 5 March 2004.</p>
<p>A companymate of mine, who also attended college the same year I did, got her appointment at the end of March/early April.</p>