Nomination
Candidates must be nominated to the Academy
by a U.S. Representative or Senator. Candidates may only
be nominated by qualified authorities from their state or
territory.
Nominating authorities select their nominees
by any methods they wish, including a screening interview.
This screening may be administered as early as July of the
year before appointment is sought. Nominees must reside
in the state or territory that the nominating official represents,
or have a “home of residence” in a particular
state, or territory represented by the nominating official.
A candidate should apply for a nomination
early. Some nominating authorities establish deadline dates
for the receipt of nomination requests in order to allow
adequate time for processing and evaluating requests. The
ideal time for a candidate to apply for a nomination is
in May of junior year in high school.
Nominating authorities may submit the
names of their nominees to the Academy any time between
August 1 and January 31 of the school year preceding that
in which admission to the Academy is sought.
You may request a nomination as a candidate
for admission to the Academy by writing a letter in the
form shown on the next page and addressing it to an appropriate
nominating authority. Be sure your full name is typed or
printed legibly. A typewritten letter is preferred. (Example
Letter - PDF 500KB)
N.B. There are no Presidential, Vice-Presidential,
military-affiliated, JROTC-honor unit, ROTC or Unit Commander,
or Medal of Honor nominations permitted to the Academy.
Those nominations, along with others, are only permitted
to the 3 Department of Defense Academies (West Point, Annapolis,
and the Air Force). This is in accordance with federal law
(the Code of Federal Regulations).
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