<p>I recieved a nomination from my Ohio senators at the beginning of January, but in the letter it did not say if they ranked us, or what rank we were. I did notice on my USNA Candidate Info page that it says "Congress/Senator 2" under the "Nomination Source" box. During my antagonizing wait for an appointment, I've developed theories regarding everything involved in my application. My theory about my senate nomination is that the 2 means I am the #2 nomination... but I have absolutely no evidence to back this up.</p>
<p>I was wondering if any confirmed principle nominees could tell me if they have a 1 next to the name indicating they are the #1 choice. If anyone knows another reason to why there is a 2 there, I'd love to know. </p>
<p>As far as I know, my son told me his only said 'received', but it could have had more info. He is the Principal nom for Navy from our district. I'll ask him, as I don't remember the new login, so I can't check right now. Maybe you received a nom from both, for a total of 2? Could the '2' be your congressional district's number? For AF & WP, the Candidate Info pages reads our state, with the congressional district number in the 'Nominations Received' box.</p>
<p>You may want to ask your nominating source, as there is a difference being the Principal nominee & Unranked or Ranked Competitive Alternate.</p>
<p>Since Senators do not have Districts the #2 is the designation for the Second Senator for your state. In our state the #1 is the more senior of the two.</p>
<p>"I'll ask him, as I don't remember the new login, so I can't check right now."
I guess I am a little surprised that your son would give you the password for the USNA Candidate system....</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies... and since this is my Senate nomination, there is no way it can be a congressional district. I am in district 8, as my nomination from my local congressman says in my application.</p>
<p>And yeah my mother doesn't even know what USNA CIS is... lol... My parents have done nothing through my whole application process. (Besides food, shelter, love, 18 years of encouragement) </p>
<p>Different families have different levels of involvement though, as long as the canidate truely wants to go, I don't see any big deal with moms logging in.</p>
<p>"don't see any big deal with moms logging in."</p>
<p>Maybe, maybe not..</p>
<p>I do beleive that when an organization...USNA Admissions, Common App, College Board agrees to give you access to their system, complete with a login name and password, there is an implied trust that you will not share that information...with anyone. It may be your account but it is their system and they need to trust that only approved individuals are logging into that system.</p>
<p>There really is no reason why a parent should need to log into that system.</p>
<p>What if there is a problem with, for example, DODMERB, and the child is in school already, having worked on their applications during the summer?</p>
<p>That is one avenue to get to the DODMERB site. Not saying the most appropriate way, but the parent may need to help.</p>
<p>They don't have access to all of their medical information at an appropriate time when clinics/doctors offices are open. This happens when they're in school and they aren't out till after the clinic closes. That's NOT hard to believe.</p>
<p>I'm truly sorry this thread has derailed from your initial question. This is about your question & trying to help you, I sincerely apologize it took a twist.</p>
<p>I should have chosen my words differently, since something sinister & interferring has been implied about me. Perhaps if I said, on a SINGLE ocassion, my child asked me to check to see if a rec had been received from a teacher, who had sent twice already, & for some reason was not showing up on the system & said child was going to be completely out of touch for 4 days due to a retreat & said child made arrangements with teacher to re-send yet again, unless said parent let them know it did materialize. </p>
<p>They can check their CIS and DODMERB sites in the evening and make the appropriate calls the next day. If they cannot for whatever reason make a telephone call they can give you the info...print out the info...and have you do it for them. The bottom line is they ahould not be sharing passwords and really they should be hadling ALL of this on their own. No time like the present to start cutting those strings.</p>
<p>No time like the present for other military medical facilities to start getting their information in line and finding my son's "missing" lab results on the flight surgeon's desk when they claimed it was sent. </p>
<p>I'm not going to argue about my son's circumstances. You weren't there.</p>
<p>Sometimes the apron string is needed for a few more times.</p>
<p>Nurseypoo - I'm with you. There are any number of reasons for you to have that info. No need to justify it - I am sure there are lots of moms or dads on here that have that data, myself included.</p>
<p>I fully agree didn't mean to offend you or question your situtation.</p>
<p>The only point is there really is not a reason to share the passwords, information yes and that can easily be done through printing, which you should be doing in order to have a hard copy of all of the results posted on the system. The system is set up so that it is password protected for a reason. The integrity of the entire system is maintained through the trust that each applicant is the only one accessing their file.</p>
<p>My son was a principal nominee for his congressional district. When he received his appt. under his presidential, the alternate happened to be one of the kids he goes to school with. Lord willing, his friend will receive an appt., too. </p>
<p>I will stay on track. It's the renaissance!</p>
<p>How does one find out if he/she is a principal nominee. I never was told anything other than I received the nomination. I received a nomination to my first choice, Annapolis, and to West Point, and to Air Force all from the same congresswoman. I was one of less than 10 applying for the nomination and I am guessing I am one of the top, but I do not know anything for certain. </p>
<p>It would be most appreciated if anybody could shed some light onto my predicament.</p>
<p>The US senator's number indicates seniority in the Senate. Unless explicitly stated in the MOC's letter, e.g., "Senator XYZ has named you the principal nominee..." you are a competitive nominee. Nontheless, senator's nominees are impressive, especially in populous states like Ohio. Congratulations! If you're triple Q'd with two MOC noms from Ohio, I think it's just a matter of time before you receive your appointment.</p>
<p>Moreover, I think everyone owes CelticClan07 an apology for being a wee bit judgmental. (Smacks of the 'Tat Thread.') Most of us have helped our kids in some way during the application process. Who are we to judge what is acceptable help? Additionally, some candidates are dealing with up to six time zones, so it may be necessary for parents or the BGO to make a phone call. As far as passwords are concerned, parents occasionally conduct business on behalf of their college students using their Social Security number. In fact, I have a hypothesis that most of the parents go to I-day because they're afraid their candidates might get lost on the way to Annapolis/West Point/New London/Kings Point/Colorado Springs. (Do parents accompany enlisted to boot camp?) My mid preferred going to I-day alone. For those of us with sons/daughters currently attending service academies, have we "Cut the apron strings?" Let's be honest and tally up the plebe summer care packages, post cards/letters, parent weekend visits, emails, text messaging, phone calls, IMs, credit cards, plane tickets, Starbucks cards, cash, down pillows, cookies, etc., that we have heaped on our children.</p>
<p>On the other hand, I deal with neglected kids on a daily basis, so I'm heartened to see supportive parents. Let's face it; the kids do the bulk of the work. Like teachers and coaches, we're just part of their support system. Ironically, the mids/cadets usually do the apron string cutting! :)</p>