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<p>rangelady- true, providing the MOC has submitted an unranked slate.</p>
<p>If the slate is, however, ranked, or unranked but with a primary, and the primary has their application in and completed, and the primary candidate meets all requirements for admission, the slot will be filled at that point with the remaining candidates on that slate forwarded to the national pool. Under that situation, if the primary candidate does not meet admission requirements, then candidate #2 will be considered if it is a ranked slate, or it will default back to the situation you noted above if the remaining candidates are unranked. </p>
<p>Probably confusing as mud to all new candidates on here looking towards 2014- but not to worry- get yourselves a copy of “A Candidates Guide to the United States Naval Academy” and read up on the section that addresses nominations- its a great place to get a basic understanding of the process. Consider it a “must read.”</p>
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