<p>does anyone know approximately how many LOA’s air force sends out each year?</p>
<p>just for stastistical information. thanks! :)</p>
<p>I heard 200 somewhere, not sure which academy that applied to though...</p>
<p>I have also heard somewhere between 100-200, usually no lower or higher than that. I'm pretty sure these numbers apply to all the academies (at least the big 3)</p>
<p>Naval is 200 I believe.</p>
<p>but you also have to take into account how many were in the first batch! Nothemomma said 76 is this valid? (that would mean those of us who got them would be in the .4% of the 19,000 plus which applied!)</p>
<p>Is it really 19,000 people who applied? I thought it was more like 9,000, but I'm most likely wrong.</p>
<p>PatriotCPM - you're about right - the AFA website says about 9600 applied last year. Son's ALO told us 76 LOA's in the first batch - whatever that means.</p>
<p>It seems like West Point gave out A LOT more than 200. And they've been giving them out for a while (I got mine in August). Maybe Air Force gives out less, because they wait and can give actual appointments instead.</p>
<p>Exactly, I didn't get an LOA but got an appointment instead--maybe others as well had this happen to them?</p>
<p>I hoping, based on the wording in my senator's letter, that I might receive an appointment before Christmas. But I could just be reading it from an extremely excited point of view. ;)</p>
<p>my bad with the 19,000 i meant 9,000 (just under 1% than)</p>
<p>Yep, about .8%. Hornetguy, what did the letter say that got you excited, just wondering?</p>
<p>This paragraph mainly: <a href="http://hornetguy.250free.com/paragraph.JPG%5B/url%5D">http://hornetguy.250free.com/paragraph.JPG</a></p>
<p>Hmm...i didnt notice any hidden meaning in there, though i never was one to pick up hidden meanings.</p>
<p>Congrads on your nomination though! I am still waiting word on one interview, one that closed on Nov 14th (hopefully get an interview), and have an interview on Dec 10th with my rep's board.</p>
<p>Odds of getting an appointment and LOA are much higher than it might appear.</p>
<p>For the USAFA Class of 2009, there were about 9600 applicants of which 1928 (about 20%) were deemed fully qualified. 90%, or 1746, of those qualified candidates were offerred admission to the USAFA. 1390 were ultimately admitted for the Class of 2009. If 200 LOA's were offered, about 10% of fully qualified candidates received an LOA.</p>
<p>So if you can qualify academically and physically, as well as receive a nomination, you have a pretty good chance of getting an appointment.</p>
<p>Keep the faith.</p>
<p>Wow...those are actually pretty happy numbers...but did that many people actually reject their appointment?</p>
<p>Wow I agree those are VERY happy numbers. That is interesting to note how many of those people that denied their admission slip were accepted into the naval academy or westpoint.</p>
<p>Well, "qualified" is ultimately a subjective one by the USAFA. It doesn't mean that you simply meet the average requirements -- so I think the percentages are still pretty low (unless I'm missing something here.) There are plenty of applicants with good scores, grades but for whatever reason, did not receive appointments or LOAs. They were still considered "unqualified" even though they basically qualified! I know that sounds crazy but my point is that I think it would be a mistake to assume that if you basically have good grades, scores and extra curriculars that your odds are 90%!</p>
<p>Agreed but but well qualified means that they have an appointment. That is probably the key to the whole thing. I agree that many people are well qualified, but without a nomination they could have a perfect sat score and be captain of all the sports teams they want, they still will not get in. I agree however it may be slightly low, but I do not thinkthe acceptance rate of this college for fully qualifed candidates woudl be below 75. You are right however that it is subjective.</p>
<p>Concerning the number of applicants, acceptance rates, etc., realize that it changes every single year. Below are the number of applicants for the past few classes:</p>
<p>Class of 2005: 9,552<br>
Class of 2006: 16,508
Class of 2007: 10,780
Class of 2008: 12,430
Class of 2009: 9,604 </p>
<p>The number and percentage of applicants they accept each year varies as well. For example, the class of 2009 had 1,418 accepted (14.8% of applicants accepted) - the biggest class since 1992. On the opposite end of the spectrum, my class only had 1,219 accepted (7.4% of applicants accepted).</p>
<p>I can say there definitely won't be as many people accepted to 2010 as there were last year for 2009, at least partially because there's literally not enough room. Keep in mind that the Academy is somewhat full now, and that's including my class. 2007, 2008, and 2009 will stay relatively the same size next year, so your class will be taking the place of the 891 of us (26.9% attrition so far). Expect to be cramped (and 3 person rooms for everyone!), haha. ;)</p>