<p>it is actually a little different - if you are not selected from your MOC slate you will go into the National Pool with all the other kids from other states/districts not selected as the appointee from your district or senator office. From that pool your nomination is still alive and if selected from the national pool you will not be charged to your MOC. Not everyone in the National Pool gets an appointment. They are pulled from the national pool based on the needs of the service. Many times the prep school kids come from here because the kids are asked to try to get a nom from their MOC. If they succeed (which most will) they typically end up in the national pool where they obtain an appointment but are not charged as one of the five for their MOC. </p>
<p>About LOA’s without a nom - technically there is no guarantee of appointment without a nomination. Those without a nom may still find their way to an academy via a supe nom, VP, Presidential, or senator… but there is no guarantee.</p>