<p>Cory, what address do you usually report on official forms (such as collegiate enrollment, income taxes, etc.) as your permanent address? If it is your parent’s address, then I would look at applying in that district. If it is your own apartment address, then I would think you would want to apply for nomination from that district instead, especially if you are registered to vote in that district. Generally though, unless you have been on your own for quite some time and you are established in the community or your parents move quite frequently, I believe that your parent’s address would be the one to go by. </p>
<p>Another consideration to that, however, may be your proximity while in college to the interview sites for the senatorial and congressional nomination interviews. Senatorial interviews will most likely be held in various regions throughout your state. Congressional interviews will be conducted within that district’s geographical area. The only concern I would have here is if your parent’s district is too far from your college to travel easily for an interview. Even then, though, we found the congr. and sen. Service Academy Reps. to be very accomodating and I think they would work with you should this become an issue. </p>
<p>Re: the Candidate Kit - my understanding is that if you are a strong enough candidate based on the pre-candidate questionnaire, you will be on the list for a Candidate Kit to be sent in the early fall. If USMA does not consider you a viable candidate based on the pre-cand. quest. , they will send a letter informing you that you do not meet their initial qualifications. We wondered the same thing last year as there was not a lot of correspondence from USMA following the pre-cand. quest., and we had no idea where our DS stood. But the Candidate Kit finally arrived after Labor Day (they went out late this year according to an admissions rep), so be patient and don’t freak out if you don’t get it in early August!!!</p>