From my understanding of the Foundation program, not all of the students who go through the admissions process that admissions would like to send the NAPS can go. Foundation allows for additional students to attend a NAPS-like program with the same end goal: become better qualified for admission to the Naval Academy.
I'm always amazed that NAPS and Foundation students are not required to re-take ACT/SATs even if they are not surprisingly, not shared with the public funders. Of course what it would either validate or debunk the notion that students' math and English skills are significantly enhanced. My guess is that the powers-that-be know what that would and would not show.
Hello! I'm the mom of a current Foundation Program candidate. My son's situation was that he was accepted to the USNA however had unexpected knee surgery in May and was not cleared by I-Day to attend. We found out the day before that he was not cleared We were then contacted by Captain Wallace and offered a Foundation Program Scholarship. In our situation, we received a Foundation Scholarship, prep scholarship directly from the school and we did have to come up with a portion of the tuition.
I wanted to also confirm that Foundation students do indeed have to retake SAT/ACT in their PG year. Foundation requires it be taken twice.
My son did have to obtain a new nomination however did not have to do the entire USNA application all over again! The Foundation will present all students at once to the board for consideration of a new offer of appointment.
I'm happy to answer anymore questions you may have so feel free to reach out to me!
Really good gouge! This scenario illustrates several major differences between the Foundation students and NAPS students.
1. Cost. NAPS ALL ride free. Not necessarily for Foundation candidates.
2. Who might qualify. NAPS could not have taken your son. He was too "bright", i.e. he was obviously scholastically and 3 Qed, eligble for an appointment.
The only appointable qualified candidates I'm aware of who are offered NAPS are those coming from the Fleet. All others were not deemed eligible to compete for an appointment, if I understand correctly.
No gouge intended son. I simply stated my son's situation. This has nothing to do with NAPS because I'm sure as you well know with your 1400+ postings, NAPS is completely full by I-Day. Fact is a fact, son was offered Foundation and took it as NAPS was FULL, has nothing to do with how bright he is. The original poster asked about the Foundation Program and I opted to explain my situation to help someone out. End of story.