<p>If they turned her down, great. She did everything within her control. Somehow, from your initial statement, I got the impression she turned them down, instead of vice versa:
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<p>Her BGO should have explained the nomination process. The term ‘nomination’ is totally confusing and is used to mean several things. In the case of the LOA, it means a nomination that leads to an appointment which for congressional is only definitely a single candidate from the slate of ten. </p>
<p>For example, probably hundreds of ROTC nominations are awarded yearly. Only 20 appointments may be made from this entire slate. The remainder are not eligible for the national pool and therefore, unless they have another nomination from another source, they are out of luck. For LOA purposes, only the 20 who were successful would be considered to have nominations.</p>
<p>Bottom line, the more nominations that an individual has, the more flexibility CGO has with filling the class.</p>