<p>Im currently an active duty COL serving in the Army and my S (2011) plans to apply for a Presidential Nomination to attend the AFA. Has anyone here had any successes with this type of nomination? I have been told that he has a good chance considering Im still active duty (23 years).</p>
<p>I received my appointment with a presidential nom. I know because I got rejections from all 3 of my members of congress. As you probably know, infinite presidential noms are given, but only 100 appointments.</p>
<p>As an AD member you can actually have him meet the board at the earliest time.</p>
<p>The acceptance or nom has no reflection on him regarding your rank or if you are AD or RET. You submit a form, make the parameters and they give him the nom. The candidates are given a WCS on their package. RET or AD gives them no points. </p>
<p>CAVEAT: MOH he is in, but that it is the only weight given to military members.</p>
<p>Typically 450+ applicants are Presidential noms, but as bsa stated only 100 are given apptmts.</p>
<p>You are really ahead of the game. First, before you go down this path make sure that the AFA accepts his PCQ and qualifies him as an APPLICANT. The minute they do, you need to contact and get the Presidential Nom. You are the one that applies for this since you must show docs to prove qualification for the nom.</p>
<p>Next, you will be assign an ALO and a DODMERB physical. Call DODMERB and ask it to be changed to on base since you are military.</p>
<p>Spend the summer meeting with the ALO and cleaning/editing the essays.</p>
<p>Practice the CFA…MAX IT OUT. The board will not meet until October, don’t rush it, get the max pts.</p>
<p>Get recs in order because 99% of MOCs ask for personal recs when submitting noms.</p>
<p>BSA gave you an example, he got 3 rejection letters from his MOC, but got in Pres., he came from a very competitive state. It is smart to apply to all of your MOCs since it gives you a higher statistical chance of an apptmt.</p>
<p>Request noms from every source applicable: PRES, VP, SEN 1, SEN 2, CONG, ROTC, or JROTC.</p>
<p>More noms more chances!</p>
<p>I am thinking you are new to the process so here you go:
WCS — Whole Candidate Score —highest score on the slate wins the nom
PAR—Prior Academic Record —SAT, ACT, GPA, Class rank —60%
EC —Extra Curriculars —Class President, Varsity Football, BSA, etc —20%
REC— Recommendations — ALO, Teachers, etc.—20%</p>
<p>I can’t remember where the CFA goes in, but I think it is EC.</p>
<p>Make sure to line up the teacher recs before the end of school yr. Ask for the teachers email address to get their recs during the summer.</p>
<p>CC is a great site, but for SA’s I would suggest <a href=“http://www.serviceacademyforums.com%5B/url%5D”>www.serviceacademyforums.com</a>. It is much more in depth and even has a DODMERB section to ask a DODMERB person regarding physicals.</p>
<p>TIP too many candidates think the CFA means nothing…explain to your child that this is one thing you have control over regarding points. You have 6 months now before the 1st board, and there is no reason he should not be able to do 18 pull ups, or 100 in the basketball. If he is serious he will max or be close to max, if he blows off working out for the CFA then you need to have a heart to heart on why.</p>
<p>By the time i decided i wanted to apply, all of my congressional nominations were done. So i applied with my only chance a Presidential nomination, and I got it.</p>
<p>B&P…thanks for the information!</p>