USNA Application Status Change: "Conditional (LOA)"

You will know soon enough. Generally - secure a nomination and be medically qualified.

Congrats.
 
lenkmobile said:
I checked my portal today and found that I have received a “Conditional (LOA)” with no attached files or documents. I was wondering what this is and what the conditions may be.
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what does it look like? can you show?
 
lenkmobile said:
I checked my portal today and found that I have received a “Conditional (LOA)” with no attached files or documents. I was wondering what this is and what the conditions may be.
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First - yay.
Second - what haven’t you completed yet? Nom? CFA? DoDMERB? Anything else you “owe?” Those will be the logical things.
Third - continue to tend your alternate plans until appointment is in hand. That could be the spring.
Fourth - don’t do anything boneheaded. Not the time to “try something just once, I won’t get caught (magical thinking)” or contract severe senioritis or post something inappropriate on social media. In fact, scrub social media thoroughly.
Fifth - that nom is key. No nom, no appointment, even with LOA. USNA won’t necessarily dig one up for you. And, if you nom process isn’t complete for Senators and Representative, call their staffs and respectfully ask if you can add a copy of the LOA to your package.
 
lenkmobile said:
I checked my portal today and found that I have received a “Conditional (LOA)” with no attached files or documents. I was wondering what this is and what the conditions may be.
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Sometimes, info for this can come from a different email. Make sure and check your spam folder.

If you don’t find correspondence yet this week, I would recommend following up with your admissions counselor. You will want to know what they are needing. For my oldest, he needed his neck taped for BMI clarification.

Most likely, at this point, it’s common that the conditions are clearing medical, and securing a nom. But you will want to know for certain.

Congrats!!
 
Last years application cycle, my son’s portal updated as you noted. This email arrived in his inbox the next morning:

We are pleased to advise you that the Admissions Board has found you qualified to compete for admission to the United States Naval Academy with the Class of 2027. You are guaranteed an offer of appointment if your remaining admissions requirements are satisfactorily met. You should be proud of your outstanding accomplishments as you have earned an opportunity to join one of the country's premier officer training programs. As the undergraduate college of the Navy and Marine Corps, the Naval Academy will prepare you to become a leader in the Naval Service and provide an experience unmatched by any other college or university.

Please remember that your guaranteed offer of appointment is contingent upon satisfactory completion of all the remaining requirements for admission. To view the status of your application file and a list of your remaining Required Actions, please log into the Candidate Information System. Aside from any Medical required actions, you must complete the marked requirements by January 31 2023, or your offer of appointment may no longer be valid.
Please notify your Admissions Team if you are no longer interested in attending the United States Naval Academy. Good luck and Beat Army.



S.B. Latta
Dean of Admissions
United States Naval Academy
 
At the time the above email was received, he was still needing the appointment, and a medical waiver clearance.
 
Congratulations @lenkmobile! That's what most of us are looking for.
Would you be willing to share your stats? SAT score? Sports? From a particularly desirable demographic/area of the states?
I'm so intrigued with how LOAs are chosen. Thanks in advance! And again, Congrats!! Go Navy, Beat Army!!!
 
SeePower said:
Congratulations @lenkmobile! That's what most of us are looking for.
Would you be willing to share your stats? SAT score? Sports? From a particularly desirable demographic/area of the states?
I'm so intrigued with how LOAs are chosen. Thanks in advance! And again, Congrats!! Go Navy, Beat Army!!!
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Nobody should be looking for an LOA.
 
SeePower said:
Would you be willing to share your stats? SAT score? Sports? From a particularly desirable demographic/area of the states?
I'm so intrigued with how LOAs are chosen.
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Seeing someone else’s stats won’t shed any light on your own chances for an LOA. There’ll be candidates with better stats who don’t get an LOA, and candidates with worse stats who get an LOA. You could have a dozen candidates with virtually — at least on paper — the same stats and only one gets an LOA.

Bottom line is this: Only admissions knows the precise criteria, and they ain’t telling. It’s their tool to use as they see fit. So how do you get an LOA? The same way you get an offer of appointment. By submitting your best possible package. Full stop.
 
MrP said:
At the time the above email was received, he was still needing the appointment, and a medical waiver clearance.
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What medical waiver did he need and how long did it take for him to get it? Once he got the waiver how soon did his Appointment come in?
YAY for your DS!
 
SweetCaroline said:
What medical waiver did he need and how long did it take for him to get it? Once he got the waiver how soon did his Appointment come in?
YAY for your DS!
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my daughter received an LOA for class of 25, she received LOA in early November, she needed a medical waiver, got that in December, got nomination in January and appointment came January 28th - to give you an idea of the time line for her. She was also a recruited athlete.
 
USNAhopeful2025 said:
my daughter received an LOA for class of 25, she received LOA in early November, she needed a medical waiver, got that in December, got nomination in January and appointment came January 28th - to give you an idea of the time line for her. She was also a recruited athlete.
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Awesome! Thank you!!
 
SweetCaroline said:
What medical waiver did he need and how long did it take for him to get it? Once he got the waiver how soon did his Appointment come in?
YAY for your DS!
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Orthopedic injury that needed final waiver review at USNA. LOA was received in November. Provided the requested waiver docs and had the clearance within a few weeks toward the end of December.

Nomination received end of December, fully qualified offer received mid January.
 
SeePower said:
Congratulations @lenkmobile! That's what most of us are looking for.
Would you be willing to share your stats? SAT score? Sports? From a particularly desirable demographic/area of the states?
I'm so intrigued with how LOAs are chosen. Thanks in advance! And again, Congrats!! Go Navy, Beat Army!!!
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LOA’s can be given for any reason, to build the class. They aren’t necessarily given for best academics. Or SAT/ACT scores. There could be something seen in the candidate that isn’t tangible. It could be a fantastic interview. Who knows. So knowing another persons stats really does nothing at all to show anything.

Additionally, another persons stats are not YOUR competition at the nomination slate level.

LOA’s are nice. But they are not the measure of who will be appointed. There are so many other things that go into a class build. A class will have athletes, scholars, and mostly regular students that all have a whole person package to become a future Naval or Marine Officer.

Don’t get hung up on LOA’s. My youngest had better stats than his older brother, and he was waitlisted. His brother had an LOA (for a minute) and was appointed early. As a BGO I would have thought the opposite would happen. But it didn’t.

Don’t get hung up on LOA’s MOST of the Brigade didn’t have one. Not saying you are, but for general readership.

Good luck to your applicant!!
 
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