<p>rangelady’s correct. The 2012 catalog has the layout of #s and explains this pretty simply, clearly noting …</p>
<p>There are approximately 2,000 triple Q’d lads n lassies with noms from which approximately 1,500 are offered appointments. One should hope that nom will be one of your MOCs as that’s the “smallest” pool one can be in. Now, small doesn’t necessarily mean “easiest” as there may be 3 future Rhodes Scholars who can pass like Staubach, run like Bellino sp?, and have two family patriarchs who were once admirals like McCain … all coincidentally hoping to matriculate from that district in a particular admission season. And conversely, sort of, we’ve seen on here where there have been, and no doubt will be, multiple appointments …6,7,8, etc. … from one specific MOC district. My illustration has identified at least 3 of those! 
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<p>So take heart …and guard it. Your app is in a far better place today than it was 60 days ago. But it’s not a lock, either.</p>