<p>juniormom:</p>
<p>Triple qualified status means that you are academically qualified, physically qualified (DOBMERB) and have received a congressional nomination. The whole person score is used to rank all the triple qualified candidates. </p>
<p>My understanding is that these rankings are used in a couple different ways. If a member of congress does not rank his/her nomination candidates, USNA admissions must use the WPS to rank the 10 nominated candidates and must extend offers based on those WPS’s. Also, all qualified candidates on the USNA waiting list are ranked by WPS and offers are extended based on those rankings.</p>
<p>Although the WPS may not be perfect, it does take out a lot of the subjectively, and political influence, that could otherwise creep into the appointment process.</p>