<p>Hey- I was just wondering how competitive the nomination slots are for New York. I live in Westchester county (if you know anything at all about it), and was wondering if you could perhaps tell me your stats also. Thanks so much.</p>
<p>east coast is tough for any service academy. more so WP and USNA </p>
<p>Westchester county, by my undertanding is an affluent area, usually an area like that is pretty tough. Nominations actually (personal opinon) aren't that hard to get, considering each congressmen get 10 per academy..... the thing is you have to be the best in your district b/c a MOC is only allowed to have 5 cadets at an academy at once so this means out of the 10 people nominated the academy will only pick 1 or 2 (3 if you're lucky) </p>
<p>toughests areas are usually Cali, ny, tx the captital aread (delaware, virginia) NY and NJ are pretty tough too</p>
<p>Keep in mind that more than a few MOC's have more than 5 people at the academy at one time. LOA's are not "charged" against their quota of 5 if they are nominated and receive appointments.</p>
<p>Hey CCR712,</p>
<p>Well, I actually live in Scarsdale (Edgemont H.S.) in Rep. Lowey's district. I'm not sure if she represents all of Westchester county, but I'll be happy to share my experiences in the nomination process.</p>
<p>I go to Edgemont High and I'd say I'm a fairly decent student with Mostly A's and a B here or there. 1450 combined on my SAT's (the old version, anyway). As far as extra-curriculars go, I guess I mainly focus on my student government that I help lead as co-president. </p>
<p>I applied to both my congresswoman and Senator Schumer (didn't apply to Senator Clinton, word is that it is especially competitive). I recieved my nomination from Rep. Lowey and thus the Schumer camp withdrew my application, since, especially in competitive state like New York, they want to get as many people in as possible.</p>
<p>I went to an information session for the nomination process with about 20-30 other candidates for all the service academies. We then broke up into groups and I found that out of the people in the room (which I guess is the majority, if not all, of the people applying to a service academy), there were about 12 who appeared to be primarily applying to the academy. So the pool is very small in Westchester, and I probably had a 1/12 chance of recieving the principle nomination.</p>
<p>I was interviewed and my nomination was judged by a nominating committee composed of the Congresswoman's staff and retired members of all the armed services (Navy, Army, AF, etc.). I could tell you more details of all the steps I took if you'd like. You have to be very focused when they interview you. Know exactly what you want, answer their question firmly, and just don't sink it :). </p>
<p>From what I sensed, I feel that my SAT scores and my leadership as president of my student body really clinched a principle nomination spot for me. Going to Edgemont probably didn't hurt when it came to academics. But I could be wrong. My schoolmate who was applying to WestPoint with 1400 SATs but with no real extra-curricular leadership roles was wait-listed, and is now trying to really get in. It could be a toss-up sometimes.</p>
<p>I hope this helped you. Let me know if you need anything else.</p>
<p>If you could tell me more about the nomination interviews that would be very helpful. Also, whats the B&G Officer like for Westchester county? Did you have an interview with him as well? Any details on those steps mentioned above would be very helpful. I know that Edgemont High is a very competetive high school. Would you this had any bearing on the application? Thanks.</p>
<p>THe nomination interviews, as I said, are either held by the MOC's staff or by a committee that they have selected. This year the interviews were done at a high school (I think PLeasantville). I don't remember off hand what the questions were, but I do know they really wanted to get into my head about why I wanted to go. I tried to stay focused, keep eye contact with the person giving me the question. I basically talked about how blessed I was to be given so much, and that now is my time to give back. I guess that resonated with them. </p>
<p>My Blue and Gold Officer was awesome. He was very helpful, very articulate, and he helped me with the Administrative stuff when there was a problem with my application. One thing he especially checks for is to see how bad does a candidate want to go to the Academy versus how much his or her parents are pushing. My interview with the B&G officer came before my nomination interview, so it was a good practice run.</p>
<p>Being from Edgemont I think probably gave me an advantage aside from the good academics. Heh, the funniest part of my nomination interview was when they looked at my scores and grades, and couldn't believe that I was in the top 10% of my class. "What the hell do you have to do to get in, bleed gold?" I wouldn't worry about Edgemont though. I was the first ever to apply to the Naval Academy from there in more than 20 years, and I doubt there will be many more to come (If anything, we're more of a Westpoint school).</p>
<p>Where in Westchester did you take the Medical Exam for DODMERB?</p>
<p>You can take the DoDMERB medical exam at West Point.</p>
<p>I think I did it at the family practice center at Yonkers General. If you sign up with DoDMERB and want to do it through a local doctor in your area, they'll refer you to a private corporation that handles that.</p>
<p>It's realtively simple, really.</p>
<p>so are you choosing ND or Navy?</p>
<p>I'm going Navy, baby!</p>