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    USNA is not free

    I applied and received multiple scholarships before coming to the academy and I have never been more happy that I did so. I was able to pay off roughly ~$8000 of the ACE Loan coming into plebe year. For the first 3 years at the academy, I didn't receive any pay bonus compared to my friends and...
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    NASS 2016 Q&A Thread

    Two weeks down, one week to go! As for rates that candidates need to memorize: You will be given a two-sided sheet of rates that we expect candidates to memorize verbatim by Wednesday during Indoc. This includes professional knowledge about the Chain of Command (CoC), core Navy/Marine Corps...
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    NASS 2016 Q&A Thread

    Yes, you are allowed to have food in your rooms. There are only three meals a day and I promise you the vast majority of detailers always has some kind of food in their rooms to keep them going in-between. Though note that they must stay clean and up to standards. I'm glad your experience at...
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    NASS 2016 Q&A Thread

    There's plenty of other things we do at NASS other than physical fitness. She won't be able to take the CFA and will have to take it later on her own time, but that is not a problem. I would encourage her to still go since overall she won't get another chance to get to be surrounded by...
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    NASS 2016 Q&A Thread

    Trust us.... All the detailers are just as annoyed with the low quality water bottles as the candidates are... Check-in session 2 today, number of water bottle casualties: 41
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    NASS workshops

    You will find out a around Sunday when you arrive what workshops you will be attending. Not everyone gets their first choices, because of the logistics of ensuring all the workshops get candidates (not everyone gets to do damage control, sorry). We strongly discourage candidates attending a...
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    NASS 2016 Q&A Thread

    Candidates are not being judged based on how the report to Summer Seminar, but one thing to note is that we will make you tuck in your shirts immediately upon arrival (regardless of what you're wearing) except for females wearing skirts (obviously). So instead of wearing those yoga pants or...
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    USNA Swimming portion

    So I'm actually one of the people who runs the pool phase of Sea Trials this year. As A299 mentioned, I will make it very clear that if at anytime a candidate feels uncomfortable with any part of the swimming portion, they can stop and get out, or not participate completely with no consequences...
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    NASS 2016 Q&A Thread

    Alrighty, looks like I got some catching up to do. Session 1 is over and was awesome! Your correct! Just everything on the packing list and we will have Midshipmen at BWI waiting for them with a Bus to take candidates back to the academy! I would also recommend printing out the confirmation...
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    NASS 2016 Q&A Thread

    Yeah, Bancroft Hall is strange like that. One side of it (2nd Regiment Side) has better service with AT&T and Sprint while the other side (1st Regiment, the side we're on for NASS) is better with Verizon. That's just the nature of the beast I guess.
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    NASS 2016 Q&A Thread

    Candidates will be notified by the end of the week only if they failed some portion of the CFA. If they don't hear anything from their squad leaders, that means they passed. We have a accountibility system in place to ensure that notification are taking place and no one leaves summer seminar...
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    NASS 2016 Q&A Thread

    To be honest, this is something we didn't actually consider haha. Though it is true that we keep the candidates very busy throughout the week, I will make a point to mention during our leadership meeting tomorrow that squad leaders should encourage candidates to call or at least text their...
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    NASS 2016 Q&A Thread

    Everything on the packing list is not required, but is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. As CaliNavyMom mentioned, compression shorts in my opinion do help while working out, but if your son prefers something else then that's completely fine as well. No need to suddenly go shopping for something your son...
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    NASS 2016 Q&A Thread

    So the way this works is that you'll have 45 minutes to go to the sport(s) that you're interested in. Most coaches talk to the group as a whole (to all the people interested) for anywhere of 20-35 of those minutes, leaving a little bit of time for one on one face time with the coaches and...
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    NASS 2016 Q&A Thread

    Everything usnabgo08 said is correct. I re-took my CFA twice as a candidate, even though I never failed any aspect and I believed it helped out. Also something to add, the list of people who can administer a CFA are a P.E. Teacher/Coach from your school, your BGO, or a Commissioned Officer...
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