USNA Class of 2028 Waiting and Speculating

What are the chances of me getting off the waitlist for NAPS? And does anyone know if the Naval Academy still lets non-accepted students walk into I-Day and become part of the class if they meet minimum requirements, one of my high school counselors mentioned that they used to do that, or was this even a thing?
 
Jonas said:
And does anyone know if the Naval Academy still lets non-accepted students walk into I-Day and become part of the class if they meet minimum requirements, one of my high school counselors mentioned that they used to do that, or was this even a thing?
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This is absolute FANTASY for USNA and I can assure you that it is not and has not been true.
Now it could be a garbled version of unsuccessful NROTC scholarship applicant "walking on" to NROTC as a College Programmer at a college that offers NROTC.
 
Jonas said:
What are the chances of me getting off the waitlist for NAPS? And does anyone know if the Naval Academy still lets non-accepted students walk into I-Day and become part of the class if they meet minimum requirements, one of my high school counselors mentioned that they used to do that, or was this even a thing?
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From all that I have read, naps wait listing is fairly new. Also, we don’t know where our DS is on the list so really it’s kind of hard to give you chances. I think someone else asked about the “just showing up” thing too and someone said they don’t do it anymore.
 
Navymom0502 said:
I think someone else asked about the “just showing up” thing too and someone said they don’t do it anymore.
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NO to "Not anymore"
I can assure you that it definitely has not happened at USNA in the last 50 years and I'm very confident that it has not happened
at anytime in the modern era (last hundred years).
 
Navy_MLax_Rulz said:
May the 4th be with you!

Happy to report my son received an email today with a FQOA to the USNA class of 2028!

This was after he was granted a medical waiver (red to green) on the portal 2 days ago. He had also received a LOA a while ago and had a nomination from a VA MOC. We (parents) are not legacies or in the military.

Happy to share anonymized info if that helps others in knowing his stats.

Best of luck to all still waiting to hear.

Go Navy!
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Congrats!!
 
MrMe said:
Interesting listen about how the class of 2028 potentially will have a make-up of 40% re-applicants, up from 26-30%:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60iI7N5jRtQ&t=180shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60iI7N5jRtQ&t=180s
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When you consider NAPS and Foundation make up part of that data, the number of reapplicants outside of that is not as high as it looks on the surface. NAPS/Foundation equates to ~250 ish of the incoming class. So for a class of 1200, 40% is 480. Remove the 250. Also, jumping from 30% to 40% in one application cycle is very high. It is rare to see that kind of swing in one app cycle. So if we stick to 30%, 360, and then remove the 250, that is about 100 true reapplicants who got a TWE and went to a Plan B.
 
NavyHoops said:
When you consider NAPS and Foundation make up part of that data, the number of reapplicants outside of that is not as high as it looks on the surface. NAPS/Foundation equates to ~250 ish of the incoming class. So for a class of 1200, 40% is 480. Remove the 250. Also, jumping from 30% to 40% in one application cycle is very high. It is rare to see that kind of swing in one app cycle. So if we stick to 30%, 360, and then remove the 250, that is about 100 true reapplicants who got a TWE and went to a Plan B.
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From the Class of 2027 Profile...

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
The Class of 2027 includes 305 (26%) from college and post-high school preparatory programs which include:
▪ 209 from Naval Academy Prep School in Newport, RI
▪ 47 from the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation and Civilian
Preparatory Programs
▪ 46 additional students have completed at least one semester of study at a college or university, or post-secondary prep school


 
MrMe said:
Interesting listen about how the class of 2028 potentially will have a make-up of 40% re-applicants, up from 26-30%:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60iI7N5jRtQ&t=180shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60iI7N5jRtQ&t=180s
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This is an unofficial source and there has been a recent thread discussing it. We will have to wait and see what the incoming class profile says.

Here’s the current thread discussion.
Thread '40% of class are re-applicants!'
https://www.serviceacademyforums.com/index.php?threads/40-of-class-are-re-applicants.95174/

We also cannot assume everyone who went to prep on their own or college actually applied. We had a USNA sponsor midshipman daughter a few years ago who had been recruited for a Navy sport, came on a visit, said “not for me” and did not apply. Attended another Div 1 college on an athletic scholarship. Kept thinking about Navy, smacked her forehead, applied, got in, and made the team. She obviously falls in the category of having completed at least 1 semester of college courses -but she was not a reapplicant.
 
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Jonas said:
And does anyone know if the Naval Academy still lets non-accepted students walk into I-Day and become part of the class if they meet minimum requirements, one of my high school counselors mentioned that they used to do that, or was this even a thing?
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Showing up at USNA on I-day and 'hoping' to get an appointment because someone else didn't show up or changed their mind is a REALLY bad idea. I don't believe the process EVER worked that way and there are some older threads talking about that. It would be awkward/embarrassing for an applicant to show up and think there is any process on I-day that works that way. Your h.s. counselor is misinformed.
 
Edmund said:
From the Class of 2027 Profile...

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
The Class of 2027 includes 305 (26%) from college and post-high school preparatory programs which include:
▪ 209 from Naval Academy Prep School in Newport, RI
▪ 47 from the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation and Civilian
Preparatory Programs
▪ 46 additional students have completed at least one semester of study at a college or university, or post-secondary prep school


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And 14 of the 46 with “some college” were appointees or plebes who were injured and needed to rehab, get a DODMERB waiver to receive a second USNA appointment. Not exactly reapplicants.

Fun fact… Plebes with serious orthopedic injuries needing lengthy surgery/rehab may be sent home to complete this (and civilian college classes) and will then return to complete Plebe Summer again with their new class. (That was the case for at least 2 of those 46)
 
USMCfam said:
And 14 of the 46 with “some college” were appointees or plebes who were injured and needed to rehab, get a DODMERB waiver to receive a second USNA appointment. Not exactly reapplicants.

Fun fact… Plebes with serious orthopedic injuries needing lengthy surgery/rehab may be sent home to complete this (and civilian college classes) and will then return to complete Plebe Summer again with their new class. (That was the case for at least 2 of those 46)
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Interesting!
 
Navymom0502 said:
Not that I have seen yet. My DS is waiting also and so it Ryan626's DS.
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Someone on Reddit posted their DS who is enlisted had gotten pulled off this week. Another commenter stated their DS had been pulled off 2 weeks ago. Take that as you will, but some movement it appears.
 
And does anyone know if the Naval Academy still lets non-accepted students walk into I-Day and become part of the class if they meet minimum requirements, one of my high school counselors mentioned that they used to do that, or was this even a thing?
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Today: chance are zero.

YEARS ago (and I mean MANY years ago), for a few years, USNA went back to a very small number of non-accepted students AFTER I-Day to "fill in" for the number that quit on I-Day or a day thereafter. Those were the days when it wasn't unusual to have 10 or more quit on the first day. These "newly admitted" students then joined the class. Not sure how it was done, as it was well before even my time.

About 20 years ago, it was tried again. Once. The new folks (there were 8-10) were given a brief mini-indoc (condensed first week into a couple of days) and then joined the rest of their class. Dismal failure. Part of PS is going through the entire thing, starting with I-Day, as a class. Everyone has the same shared experience. I'm sure that, after a time, people "forgot" that the new folks weren't there on I-Day, but I sense it took awhile.

Don't think it will ever happen again. First, there is now minimal attrition on I-Day and USNA can't legally go over the number of allotted US students (they can add international students). Second, it doesn't work, for the reasons stated above. Third, can you even imagine the chaos that would ensue if they tried this. :eek2:
 
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