It also gives you a candidate NUMBER that should be used in all correspondence (letters and e-mail) and supplied during telephone calls.
Keep this number, in fact, it should already be the document on top of your portfolio with your NASS application information, transcripts, LORs, ACT/SAT...you get the picture.
WHAT?!! you don't have a 3" binder started (aka portfolio) Get going girl and be sure to keep EVERYTHING, even printed e-mails in the sucker.
A nice touch would be buying one at NASS with the crest. Mom and I purchased binders from every college he applied to, think Duke, Vandy and Georgia Tech. Made organization MUCH easier and the USNA's is HUGE compared to those other silly Ivy's.
We continue to use the "portfolio" as the PTR packet/s before I-day are, uh...an experience to say the least. This method saved all of us some frustration and many headaches. As well as Staples+staff, multifunction laser printer and the USPS.
My wife is considering becoming a PRO X-academy concierge for the admissions process. Her work is really quite impressive.
Why is everyone getting so feisty... I guess I shall stop asking questions.
You mention calling the admissions office to give them information, such as your correct email address. One thing you might want to try is giving the information in writing rather than orally.
Khaddyx08, you will find that people in the military can be pretty barbed in their responses (or, as you put it, feisty). This forum is no different. Some people are pretty patient and are willing to answer even fairly basic questions, and others go with the "why didn't you search first" line -- and often fairly brusquely. A lot of people on this site are older, and not from the texting/facebook generation where you might more routinely type first, think later. Try not to be thin-skinned, but also recognize that if you post a question that people perceive as basic or as asking for an answer that nobody on a forum like this can give (for example, people can make suggestions of what someone can work on but nobody can TRULY predict what your chances are), you will get some salty replies.
I would also suggest that you look into reading a copy of the "The Naval Academy Candidate Book: How to Prepare, How to Get In, How to Survive," by Sue Ross. I've had some students and their parents read it and tell me it was incredibly helpful in spelling everything out. If the $17 for it on Amazon is a little pricey, your local library might have it (or be willing to get it), or your school guidance office, or school library (school libraries often have budgets for buying some new books and might be open to a suggestion from a student).
Good luck to you.
Also, if you creating a new email address - try not to make it so cryptic. I could never understand why people have crazy email addresses like to03.xtl_54@yahoo.com
Is that a number zero or the letter "O"? Is that a lower case "L" or the number 1? Is the period necessary?
A mistake in an email address can delay things by weeks (or months!) before you realize what the problem is. This is particularly true when entering the email addresses of your high school English/Math teacher or a coach who administers your CFA. Once you enter it incorrectly online, the only way to correct it is to call the academy and have them change it.