<p>Whistle Pig - I can’t speak for Navy, but my husband is at the MALO conference at WP right now. As mombee said, they are confirming that they are overextended for this class. Never saw this stat before, but they apparently gave 500 (!!) LOA’s this year! Again as said, they are looking for ANY EXCUSE to cut the class right now - even for appointments currently extended. He said they mentioned that a running joke in admissions right now is that (in reference to grades) D & F stand for “done and finished”! It’s not a scare tactic - it’s apparently very real and very true for WP. As of about a month ago they WERE mentioning possibly moving up the deadline from May 1 to accept. Sounds like this won’t happen now, but it WAS mentioned from admissions out to MALO’s. The MALO’s aren’t trying to scare their candidates but simply make sure they don’t get left out in the cold. Bottom line is that this is not the year to screw up - whether it’s by bad grades, some kind of conduct issues, or simply not doing the required paperwork. They’ve notified MALO’s that they’re cutting off Dodmerb as of April 15th - if you don’t have a waiver by then, you’re out of luck. As far as I know, this has never happened before. </p>
<p>I do think things have changed for this year. Maybe not at Navy. But definitely at West Point. They mentioned they normally have the highest acceptance rate (of offers) in the country at around 81 percent. This year they’re above 90 percent! Yes, WP will honor all appointments. IF the candidates don’t screw up. Even last year the attitude was that a speeding ticket or a D was no big deal. That is not the case this year. </p>
<p>At this point all we can do is see how it all plays out, but it’s certainly not overly cautious to recommend that anyone with an appointment hoping to attend WP does accept by May 1, makes an effort to not get hurt, and doesn’t have any conduct or academic issues. Use common sense, but the appointment may not be the “golden ticket” it was in past years!</p>