That sounds like good gouge. My son has attended STEM, CVW, 2 wrestling camps along with NASS last summer. Initially, he was not accepted to NASS but was invited to CVW. During a meeting with parents there, it was obvious many were concerned that their child was not going to NASS. It was told that they should not be concerned. NASS is a marketing tool and also, if your child is at CVW, USNA is pretty sure they have him/her hooked anyway and that CVW was a way of reassuring them of that. But there's more. Before checking into CVW, we made a quick visit to Leahy Hall and said hello to our CGO. My son wanted to thank him for the invitation to CVW and inquired about a waiting list. We were told there was one (due to any number of reasons, some selected for NASS can't make the session they were assigned to) and the CGO would be glad to add my son to the list. The CGO also mentioned he now had a face to my son's name.
Several days after coming home from CVW, my son received his TWE inviting him to NASS. Bottom line, NASS is not a prerequisite for admission to USNA. And if one is not initially accepted to NASS, call your CGO and ask about being put on the waiting list. It all worked out in my son's case.
Cheers Everyone