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<p>Now did I ever mention anything about giving up? I don’t think so. If someone has their heart set on a particular school, more power to them. But, it can be to one’s benefit to consider one of the other academies, should the door be closed on their favorite. The exact same scenario happened this past year when our son was applying for admission. The contact at the Representative’s office asked if he was applying to USAFA, he said no, and the person said, “Well that’s good, because we don’t have any open slots this year for that academy due to a glitch from last year.” Don’t know what the glitch was, but they couldn’t nominate anyone for one year. So a candidate would have to either hope they would receive a nomination from one of the other sources available to him/her, or choose another academy, or wait another year and hope for the best. But hopin’ ain’t gettin’. Generally speaking, your chances of getting a nomination should be a tad better through your Representative versus one of your Senators simply basing it on the quantity of applicants for each. The competition is generally a bit easier since you’re not competing with everyone else from the entire state as one does through their Senators.</p>