Naval Academy Principal Nomination

JustAMomOf4
Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:53:00 +0000

Whistle Pig you keep babbling on and on about clarity but you have provided none.

The Question was:

Will I be any more likely to recieve an appointment if I have multiple nominations?

The answer: “It depends” is quite correct.
There really is no way of knowing if you will be more likely to get appointed with multiple nominations. Having multiple nominations does not make a candidate MORE qualifed - you don’t get points for a nomination; and indeed, there have been candidates who received a nomination from 3 MOC’s and been rejected. Obviously, if you are not a candidate that is qualifed scholastically, medically and physically all the nominations in the world won’t help you get an appointment.

Having mulitple nominations allows you to compete for an appointment in mulitple categories or on multiple slates. If you get multiple nominations from your MOC’s then this allows you to compete on two or three different slates. If you never rise to the top (become the principle nominee) - then your multiple nominations are moot and you will compete in the national pool.
If you have an MOC and Presidential nom - you will compete in both those categories. If you fail to rise to the top of your MOC slate you might have a chance to be one of the 100 Presidentials and have a better chance at an appointment particularly if you are from a very competitive district.
The most “valuable” nomination after being named “principle” by your MOC is probably the service connected Active duty nomination. The academy has 85 available each year and they are never filled.

It is impossible to tell when applying if multiple nominations will help you. So apply for every nomination for which you are elibigle.