<p>Congressional nomination sample letter, anyone ?</p>
<p>I have been starting to put mine together....but a sample would be good!</p>
<p>Go to the USNA catalog. It gives the format for congressional/senatorial nominations as well as vice presidential and presidential (and the criteria required to be considered for the latter) nominations.
CM</p>
<p>I'd also check your Congressman's website on information there. The procedure for my nomination was a little different than from what the USNA catalog described. If there's a number to call, call it maybe around the end of the summer.</p>
<p>Yea, I checked my congressman's website and it referred me to the naval academy website.</p>
<p>Our senators and congressman have a downloadable application. So, no letter is needed. You fill out the application and send it in by the deadline. So, definitely look at each official's website, typically under "service". Good luck.
NAPS05mom</p>
<p>yea...my one of my senators has a downloadable application and my congressmen doesnt have the application process open yet because he is newly elected</p>
<p>the initial letter to the congressmen doesn't matter. it can be 1 page even 1 parapraph long, they will send you additional papers or their version of an application to you, so you can just use the sample letter on the navy's website ver batum, This is true for all except for the vice president's nomination, I would include a resume and personal statement with that, b/c that's the only time he will accept info from you.</p>
<p>and don't worry about pp being newly elected, even if they are the service academy selection committee is usually the same, the past MOC will recommend the same people to the newly elected MOC, and he well almost always use the same people. </p>
<p>dead lines are usually mid-october some time, but get them in as early as possible, same with the Academy application</p>
<p>The Honorable Lee Terry
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515-0001</p>
<p>Dear Representative Terry,</p>
<pre><code> I desire to attend the United States Military Academy and to be commissioned in the Regular Army. I respectfully request that I be considered as one of your nominees for the class entering West Point in the summer of 2006. The following data is furnished for your information:
</code></pre>
<p>Name of Applicant : Alexander Kim
Permanent Address :<br>
********************8</p>
<p>Omaha, NE 68154-5108</p>
<p>Telephone Number : (<em>) *</em><em>-</em>*</p>
<p>High School :</p>
<p>Date of Birth : 1/18/1988</p>
<p>Social Security Number : <em>-</em><em>-</em>*
I have requested that a candidate file be initiated for me at the West Point Admissions Office.</p>
<p>Sincerely,
Alexander Kim</p>
<p>The Request for nomination is really nothing... it's your application, then the interview that follows up that is important..</p>
<p>I never sent requests for nominations applications, either i could do it online (house.gov or senate.gov) or just called. Did it two years in a row. Again, the most important thing is the applications and subsequent interviews (if they have them).</p>
<p>You might want to wait a little while, at least till march before you start with next year noms... some offices wont even look at your letter till a certain date.</p>
<p>Good luck1</p>
<p>Some MOC's require requests for application in writing. Some also will lose your paperwork if you send it in too early, so keep a copy and resend it late summer if you get no response.</p>
<p>Most MOCs won't accept applications for the Class of 2011 until at least May. However, many do make their packets available on-line and you can download to see what's required. They generally don't change much year-to-year, but you should double check before you submit it to be sure. </p>
<p>Also, some MOCs have VERY early deadlines -- especially in competitive geographic areas. Failure to meet those deadlines is usually fatal to your nomination chances -- a quick/easy way to weed out candidates. So, check now on your MOC nomination deadlines -- do NOT wait until October and find out you're too late.</p>
<p>Most congressmens and reps offices have a telephone number at the bottom of their websites, and sometimes even a specific one to call for SA nominiations. That is where i started, then i had my dad pick them up from their offices when he was there or have them sent to me (via email or snail mail). That way, you have a concrete sample of exactly what they want. After that, i went to work on all the different things within. It is easiest to take care of all three applications at once because they are usually looking for the same information. Teachers also like it if you can hand them reccomendations for all the people to whom you are applying for nomination at the same time so that they can put basically the same thing down. I started working on nominations stuff in August, and had it all in with no problems by the end of september. I don't know if missouri is all that competitive, but getting them in by then got me three noms without any problems. Good luck!</p>
<p>Here's the form of the letter used by our son to send in his nomination request materials. Pretty short and to the point.</p>
<p>Office of Senator XYZ
Address</p>
<p>RE: Candidate Name SS# ###-##-####</p>
<p>Dear Academy Coordinator:</p>
<p>Thank you for the opportunity to be considered for a nomination to the United States Military Academy by Senator XYZ. Enclosed is the following information you requested in the Nomination Application Packet:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Completed Application Form.</p></li>
<li><p>Transcript. I have enclosed an unofficial copy of my transcript through my junior year. An official copy should be sent to you shortly from my school along with the High School Recommendation.</p></li>
<li><p>MY SAT and ACT test results are included on the back of the transcript. They are also listed on my personal activities list.</p></li>
<li><p>Activities List</p></li>
<li><p>Essay </p></li>
<li><p>Photograph</p></li>
</ol>
<p>In addition, I am enclosing a copy of the Letter of Assurance (or fully qualified letter if you received one) I received from the Director of Admissions at the United States Military Academy. I will send in the required information to West Point as soon as I receive the Candidate Application package later this month.</p>
<p>Again, thank you for the opportunity to be considered for a nomination by Senator XYZ. </p>
<p>Respectfully,</p>
<p>One way you might save yourself a lot of trouble is to contact your Senators and Congressman's office directly now. We did this last year at this time. Here in CA each office had very specific and different forms that we had to deal with. And all 3 did NOT want them very early in the process, either. I specifically asked our Congressman's contact lady if getting in all the Nomination paperwork gives you an advantage ( as some scholarship apps do) and she said not to them, when all the applications are in, then they are reviewed. This is not necessarily standard for all offices, by the way, hence the need to do your own research with your MOC.</p>
<p>So I suggest each young person do their own specific calls and follow to the letter the requirements from all 3 sources.</p>
<p>I would have to agree with PM, but would like to add the following points:</p>
<p>The VP nomination procedure is standard for eveyone- the application can be directly downloaded, and submitted accordingly. A good time frame for this would be in Sept- Oct of senior year as it is a one-shot deal (make sure to update athletic / activity CVs with senior year stuff)</p>
<p>As for the other MOC's, the torpedo wrote them a short letter in the spring of Junior year indicating his interest in the academy(ies) and was placed on their mailing lists at that time. He received further application instructions from each MOC office around the last week of Sept of senior year as to what to submitt (one senator application could be downloaded from the internet, the other 2 sent paper applications in the packet). While all 3 were similiar in some aspects in terms of the information that was requested, the paperwork (forms) were different for each.</p>
<p>The local congressman also held an academy fair in early October of the nomination year, which brought representatives from each academy (admissions officers) and, for 4 of the academies, a midshipman/cadet/coastie/newbee. (AFA just too far away, so just the officer rep was in attendance). Most of those in attendance were seniors, although there were a few juniors and even some sophmores there to listen and gather information. The torpedo's invitation came as a result of the letter he sent back in the spring of Junior year. At the reception, there were paper applications for the congressman should another copy be needed. It was well worth the time, as he was able to speak directly to the admissions officers, get candid answers from the mid, meet some members of the nominating interviewing committee, and even some other candidates from the area.</p>
<p>As all MOC wanted an official transcript from Junior year, submitting it prior to getting that is really not an option, nor an advantage. All of his MOC's have nominating committees, and most of them conviened only AFTER the nomination application deadline for that MOC which ranged from 10/15 for one, to 11/15 and 11/30 for the others. Each MOC has something different, so meticulous homework here is essential. </p>
<p>What you can prepare early is your personal statement, activity CV and athletic CV, and copies of 2-3 letters of recommendation that will be requested, as well as a passport sized photo (all 3 MOC requested that)...your's may not, but it doesn't hurt to have one at hand should it be needed. On that note, submit only what the MOC requests- and not one piece of paper more....THAT was made clear in every instruction our son received.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the help, but I asked this question in August. </p>
<p>Haha, </p>
<p>Since then I've gotten 2 nominations and received an appointment. </p>
<p>I hope this thread stays within reach long enough for a 2011 hopeful to see it.</p>
<p>Navy2010....
Every hopeful class of 2011 should print out your comments and follow them to the letter</p>