nomination interviews

<p>I am reapplying again for nominations. For my state they do the interviews in the beginning of december/end of november. Only I will be away for school this year. I was wondering what people did in this situation if they couldn't be there for the interviews. I am going to call my senators and congressmen and ask about it as well.</p>

<p>I did my interview with my senator's people (whose office is in Sacramento, and I live in LA) through telephone, and it worked out fine.</p>

<p>Caitmarie - You are not alone. It won't be a problem- you will do your interviews by telephone and the school will help to arrange it for you.</p>

<p>thanks for the advice, i spoke with them and they said they would set up a phone interview.</p>

<p>Caitmarie-I asked my MOCs and they gave me a choice to interview by phone or come in person. It's only a 7 hour trip for me, and I know you have to go much farther. The admissions coordinator I worked with last year told me that, if you are on an AOG sponsorship at a civilian prep, you might as well do the phone interview, because you will be one of the 10 automatically. I don't know how they do it in your state, but you might ask if an AOG prep slot carries any weight. See ya' in Alabama.</p>

<p>You can interview over the phone? Oh I thought I had to dress in suit and tie for the interview..</p>

<p>Moritsuna -
these are kids who will be away from home attending school. Of course, if possible you would attend your interview in person but if there are compelling circumstances, the Congressman or Senator will arrange for a phone interview.</p>

<p>Rotckid - having an AOG prep scholarship does certainly carry weight in many congressional districts - especially in congressional districts who have sent kids to the prep program. Don't forget to have the AOG send a recommendation letter to your member of congress for you.</p>

<p>how do u have AOG send a recommendation to your congressman?</p>

<p>You provide the names/address of your congressmen and ask the AOG to send recommendation letters. If my memory is correct it stated in one of the letters from the AOG, regarding your civil prep offer, that they would be happy to send recommendation letters.</p>

<p>In my AOG scholarship offer, COL Herbert stated that he would be glad to write a letter to my MOC, if I had difficulty securing a nomination. I am eligible for a service-connected (career military family and JROTC honor unit), which I have already requested, and I have also requested all 3 MOC's (I received a service-connected and a congressional district nomination last year), so I am hoping this will not be an issue for 2013. If you make sure you state in your nomination request that you are an AOG sponsored candidate in civilian prep, it could only help you secure the nomination. Be sure to call your MOC's academy coordinators and let them know you are on an AOG scholarship. They will highlight it in your file and make sure the nominating committee sees it.</p>

<p>JustaMomof4-Should I ask for the AOG letter now, or only resort to asking for AOG involvement if I do not get a nomination? PLEASE NOTE: THIS POST ONLY APPLIES TO AOG AWARDEES ENROLLED IN AN SAP RPEGRAM, NOT TO
1st TIME APPLICANTS.</p>

<p>Ask for the recommendation now. I don't think you are eligible for the JROTC since you will be in college but you will be eligible for a ROTC nom - since you will take AROTC at MMI. You don't have to apply for the ROTC nomination - MMI will take care of that for you.</p>

<p>The second time my daughter applied her MOC didn't have her do the whole application over again. She just sent in her transcripts, the AOG scholarship letter and the SAP scholarship award from MMI.
Each MOC has their own protocol - but if you do send in another complete application include copies of your AOG scholarship info. That way they will get it from you and directly from the AOG.</p>

<p>At NMMI, they have someone dedicated exclusively to the service academy preps to be sure all is in order (my S was a civil prep/AOG in 05/06). We have a competitive district in texas and I dont even know if he did a second interview. If so it woudl have been by phone. I would strongly recommend that you obtain the AOG recommendation for the MOC/nominations. It may not be a necessity, and no one will hold it against you, but I felt like Herbert/AOG would be 'hurt' if you didnt ask for one. In addition, in the profession you will enter, leaving nothing to chance / doing all you can do for a desired outcome is a good habit to get into</p>

<p>As an aside in the first round (pre-AOG) my S did have an almost one hour interview with our congressman first go round (after an initial panel interview)</p>

<p>rty456-When you reapply, do you have to fill out the entire application for West Point, or do they use your original application and add to it new grades, activities and test scores? Do you have to re-do the medical, eye and physical fitness tests, too?</p>

<p>Rocky - you will have to redo most of the application. Since you are an AOG scholar, admissions knows you are reapplying. Last summer my daughter got a letter with her candidate signon and password. I think they actually stayed the same.
In Sept. admissions sent the second step package to her advisor at school. That entire package will have to be done - letters of recommendation from your new teachers, Essay, first semester grades, CFA.
Your DoDMEB physical is good for two years from the date of the physical. Unless there is a change in your medical history, serious illness or injury, nothing will have to be done with DoDEMRB.</p>