USNA Class of 2027 Waiting and Speculating

Lkt said:
Thanks to all who wrote me! I’ve condensed it for my son and made a timeline. Given this is what I’ve gleaned and it is not sanctioned (please chime in folks if I’m wrong). Thanks again! Good luck to everyone this year and next!!!

Tips for a USNA turn down and want to reapply:

-First look at this as a learning experience and an opportunity to mature and improve yourself; strengthen all your weaknesses
-Remember, USNA loves reaps; 1/3 of yearly appoints come from college students
-Get your USNA 2028 app started on 4/16 when the portal opens; don’t finish it but throw your hat in now
-Contact your BGO and meet with them to discuss ways to improve and get their take on your TWE and your strategy for reapplying
-Contact USNA admissions and meet with your Regional Director to go through 2027 app and where you can improve
-enroll in a 4yr College preferably with NROTC program, sign up for the plebe classes and get straight As
-do something ultra productive with your summer (take a job, find an internship, run a summer sports camp, tutor)
-ask for a new BGO, gets you a second great recommendation and gives the USNA two folks that are pulling for you
-take your SATs again and again until you get over 700 on math and verbal; study and keep at it
-max out your CFA, running (under 6min mile), push-ups and sit-ups are the most critical
-before you leave HS work with your current math and English teacher to set them up for USNA recs; it’s better to have those new college professors, but not if it’s huge lecture classes and they won’t know you personally
-keep up with your sport; do travel and tournaments and get involved in college as much as possible

Timeline for getting this done and crushing your 2028 USNA reapplication:

Today- (deadlines are 4/15 for some schools) apply to 4year colleges with NROTC programs in your state or local areas (do community college as a last ditch effort)
4/16- Start your reapplication on the USNA portal
By end of April-sign up to take 2 more SATs and ACTs- study before and get over 30 ACT on all parts and over 700 on SAT math and verbal
By end of April- meet with BGO discuss TWE and path forward
By end of April-develop and start CFA improvement plan (run a timed mile weekly and do 2 min sit-ups and 2 min push-ups- record times and improve each week)
May-finish out your HS strong, super grades and crush your AP exams
May-finalize your summer plan for working and internship and volunteering (be busy!)
Late May-begin your MOC (others) nom applications
Before you graduate- line up all your MOC and USNA recommendations (some will be from HS- your principal, guidance counselor and your senior year math and English)
June-graduate and start your summer plan
July-schedule and execute a meeting with your USNA Regional Director to find out what specifically you can improve
August-redo your CFA
Aug-follow up with teachers for recommendations
August-Complete your MOC (others) nom applications; if you have personal contacts with these then reach out directly; get all recommendations in for noms and USNA
Late August-start college, kick butt at school and NROTC and your sport
Oct/Nov/Dec- BGO and MOC (others) interviews
Dec-rewrite and perfect USNA essays and application
Once 1st semester college grades are out- submit your USNA reapplication for 2028!

Some don’t s:
Don’t take a gap year
Don’t enlist
Don’t do prep school
And
Don’t worry about re-doing DODMERB (good for two years!)

Good luck all! I hope this gives all the TWE’s some focused direction and positive steps forward! You all are awesome and you CAN do this! Heck, you did it once!!
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Wow! Thank you!
I wish you DS the very best for 2028 :)
My DS is still not sure about reapplying. I'm going to share this timeline with him and hope he changes his mind.
 
I’m sorry for all the rejections and waitlisting. Your kids made it this far and that is a testimony to them. Give them a few days to deal with the rejection and they will all be fine and go on to do great things.

I’m seeing a lot of waitlisting for NAPS. To me, that seems like an insult. Would your kids accept a waitlist to a community college? That’s in essence what they are offering.
 
jaglvr said:
Our local representative's liason always said they can tell if the applicant's doing it for themselves or their parents when they come in for an interview. And she said by not giving them a nomination, it gives them an "out" that they don't have to lie to their parents about. Thought that was very perceptive on the panel's part.
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My son's BGO told us the first time we met him "I can't get you in, but I can definitely keep you out." He shared a story about a candidate who did not want this path but was doing it for his parents. The BGO wrote up a lovely review but indicated to USNA that was the case so that they would turn him down and he wouldn't have to tell his parents that he didn't try. After all the work these kids went through, I can only imagine how hard it has to be for a candidate doing it for someone other than themselves. At least there are fail safes in place.
 
blhenrywalpole said:
I’m sorry for all the rejections and waitlisting. Your kids made it this far and that is a testimony to them. Give them a few days to deal with the rejection and they will all be fine and go on to do great things.

I’m seeing a lot of waitlisting for NAPS. To me, that seems like an insult. Would your kids accept a waitlist to a community college? That’s in essence what they are offering.
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My DD didn't think of it that way at all. She was happy they did not overlook her. She was not turned down, she was waitlisted to what could be her ticket to the Naval Academy next year.
 
blhenrywalpole said:
I’m sorry for all the rejections and waitlisting. Your kids made it this far and that is a testimony to them. Give them a few days to deal with the rejection and they will all be fine and go on to do great things.

I’m seeing a lot of waitlisting for NAPS. To me, that seems like an insult. Would your kids accept a waitlist to a community college? That’s in essence what they are offering.
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I'd hardly characterize a NAPS waitlist as a waitlist to a community college. I'd characterize it as a waitlist to become a shoe in for the class of 2028.
 
blhenrywalpole said:
I’m sorry for all the rejections and waitlisting. Your kids made it this far and that is a testimony to them. Give them a few days to deal with the rejection and they will all be fine and go on to do great things.

I’m seeing a lot of waitlisting for NAPS. To me, that seems like an insult. Would your kids accept a waitlist to a community college? That’s in essence what they are offering.
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I respectfully disagree. NAPS is not even remotely close to community college. It's a golden ticket to get in next year. My son would have been thrilled with a NAPS offer.
 
blhenrywalpole said:
I’m sorry for all the rejections and waitlisting. Your kids made it this far and that is a testimony to them. Give them a few days to deal with the rejection and they will all be fine and go on to do great things.

I’m seeing a lot of waitlisting for NAPS. To me, that seems like an insult. Would your kids accept a waitlist to a community college? That’s in essence what they are offering.
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SnootyHen is absolutely correct! It is a GOLDEN TICKET to the next USNA graduating class. In fact NAPSTERS arrive at I-Doc day better prepared than directs. They have had 10 months of the same classes, military science (including inspections, marching, military customs and courtesies, NAPS Reef proknow, etc.), and intense physical training. If the USNA did not think highly of them then they would not spend taxpayers money on them. Plus, being in the Naval Reserve they get paid a salary, not much, but hey, a free ride with pocket change and a spot waiting for them at Annapolis. Sweet deal if you ask me. I hear sour grapes in your comments.
 
blhenrywalpole said:
I’m sorry for all the rejections and waitlisting. Your kids made it this far and that is a testimony to them. Give them a few days to deal with the rejection and they will all be fine and go on to do great things.

I’m seeing a lot of waitlisting for NAPS. To me, that seems like an insult. Would your kids accept a waitlist to a community college? That’s in essence what they are offering.
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I'm intrigued. Could you explain why you compare NAPS to a community college. From the testimony's I heard from NAPS graduates it was what they needed to succeed in the Academy. Even non-NAPS, stated they wished they would have gone so they wouldn't have struggled their Plebe year. Would love to hear your perspective.
 
blhenrywalpole said:
I’m seeing a lot of waitlisting for NAPS. To me, that seems like an insult. Would your kids accept a waitlist to a community college? That’s in essence what they are offering.
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I'm sorry. Clearly, your understanding of what NAPS is, is way off base. Total BS.

A midshipman candidate (a NAPS attendee) is an enlisted sailor who is virtually guaranteed an appointment to the next USNA class unless they screw the pooch and can't make it through. "2.0 and go."

The Academy admissions team sees such potential in a candidate that they are willing to spend an estimate of $50k - $100k to get a kid ready to succeed at the USNA, with NOTHING out of pocket by the midshipman candidate AND ... they get a paycheck as anywhere from an E-1 through E-4 (depending on the candidate) to boot!

It is truly a "golden ticket" that just waits to get punched by successful completion of the NAPS year.
 
Lkt said:
-Contact your BGO and meet with them to discuss ways to improve and get their take on your TWE and your strategy for reapplying
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I've never seen this and I do not recommend it. Since the changeover from the prior homemade portal to the current Salesforce model, the BGOs can't see any details other than checkoffs for when things are submitted. We can't even see SAT/ACT scores as Admissions wants the BGO interview and rating to be based on the interview itself and not things like grades, scores, etc that USNA already sees. In any case, even when we could see some of those things it was just for our own BGO candidates and not others in the district much less the national level competition.
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Bottom Line: Seek a debrief from Admissions (the RC) as they have insight into the specifics of the district/statewide and national competition against your specific circumstances.
 
Lkt said:
Thanks to all who wrote me! I’ve condensed it for my son and made a timeline. Given this is what I’ve gleaned and it is not sanctioned (please chime in folks if I’m wrong). Thanks again! Good luck to everyone this year and next!!!

Tips for a USNA turn down and want to reapply:

-First look at this as a learning experience and an opportunity to mature and improve yourself; strengthen all your weaknesses
-Remember, USNA loves reaps; 1/3 of yearly appoints come from college students
-Get your USNA 2028 app started on 4/16 when the portal opens; don’t finish it but throw your hat in now
-Contact your BGO and meet with them to discuss ways to improve and get their take on your TWE and your strategy for reapplying
-Contact USNA admissions and meet with your Regional Director to go through 2027 app and where you can improve
-enroll in a 4yr College preferably with NROTC program, sign up for the plebe classes and get straight As
-do something ultra productive with your summer (take a job, find an internship, run a summer sports camp, tutor)
-ask for a new BGO, gets you a second great recommendation and gives the USNA two folks that are pulling for you
-take your SATs again and again until you get over 700 on math and verbal; study and keep at it
-max out your CFA, running (under 6min mile), push-ups and sit-ups are the most critical
-before you leave HS work with your current math and English teacher to set them up for USNA recs; it’s better to have those new college professors, but not if it’s huge lecture classes and they won’t know you personally
-keep up with your sport; do travel and tournaments and get involved in college as much as possible

Timeline for getting this done and crushing your 2028 USNA reapplication:

Today- (deadlines are 4/15 for some schools) apply to 4year colleges with NROTC programs in your state or local areas (do community college as a last ditch effort)
4/16- Start your reapplication on the USNA portal
By end of April-sign up to take 2 more SATs and ACTs- study before and get over 30 ACT on all parts and over 700 on SAT math and verbal
By end of April- meet with BGO discuss TWE and path forward
By end of April-develop and start CFA improvement plan (run a timed mile weekly and do 2 min sit-ups and 2 min push-ups- record times and improve each week)
May-finish out your HS strong, super grades and crush your AP exams
May-finalize your summer plan for working and internship and volunteering (be busy!)
Late May-begin your MOC (others) nom applications
Before you graduate- line up all your MOC and USNA recommendations (some will be from HS- your principal, guidance counselor and your senior year math and English)
June-graduate and start your summer plan
July-schedule and execute a meeting with your USNA Regional Director to find out what specifically you can improve
August-redo your CFA
Aug-follow up with teachers for recommendations
August-Complete your MOC (others) nom applications; if you have personal contacts with these then reach out directly; get all recommendations in for noms and USNA
Late August-start college, kick butt at school and NROTC and your sport
Oct/Nov/Dec- BGO and MOC (others) interviews
Dec-rewrite and perfect USNA essays and application
Once 1st semester college grades are out- submit your USNA reapplication for 2028!

Some don’t s:
Don’t take a gap year
Don’t enlist
Don’t do prep school
And
Don’t worry about re-doing DODMERB (good for two years!)

Good luck all! I hope this gives all the TWE’s some focused direction and positive steps forward! You all are awesome and you CAN do this! Heck, you did it once!!
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Thanks for this step by step re-apply process!
Quick question - why are so many accepted before January 31 deadline?
 
Lkt said:
Thanks to all who wrote me! I’ve condensed it for my son and made a timeline. Given this is what I’ve gleaned and it is not sanctioned (please chime in folks if I’m wrong). Thanks again! Good luck to everyone this year and next!!!

Tips for a USNA turn down and want to reapply:

-First look at this as a learning experience and an opportunity to mature and improve yourself; strengthen all your weaknesses
-Remember, USNA loves reaps; 1/3 of yearly appoints come from college students
-Get your USNA 2028 app started on 4/16 when the portal opens; don’t finish it but throw your hat in now
-Contact your BGO and meet with them to discuss ways to improve and get their take on your TWE and your strategy for reapplying
-Contact USNA admissions and meet with your Regional Director to go through 2027 app and where you can improve
-enroll in a 4yr College preferably with NROTC program, sign up for the plebe classes and get straight As
-do something ultra productive with your summer (take a job, find an internship, run a summer sports camp, tutor)
-ask for a new BGO, gets you a second great recommendation and gives the USNA two folks that are pulling for you
-take your SATs again and again until you get over 700 on math and verbal; study and keep at it
-max out your CFA, running (under 6min mile), push-ups and sit-ups are the most critical
-before you leave HS work with your current math and English teacher to set them up for USNA recs; it’s better to have those new college professors, but not if it’s huge lecture classes and they won’t know you personally
-keep up with your sport; do travel and tournaments and get involved in college as much as possible

Timeline for getting this done and crushing your 2028 USNA reapplication:

Today- (deadlines are 4/15 for some schools) apply to 4year colleges with NROTC programs in your state or local areas (do community college as a last ditch effort)
4/16- Start your reapplication on the USNA portal
By end of April-sign up to take 2 more SATs and ACTs- study before and get over 30 ACT on all parts and over 700 on SAT math and verbal
By end of April- meet with BGO discuss TWE and path forward
By end of April-develop and start CFA improvement plan (run a timed mile weekly and do 2 min sit-ups and 2 min push-ups- record times and improve each week)
May-finish out your HS strong, super grades and crush your AP exams
May-finalize your summer plan for working and internship and volunteering (be busy!)
Late May-begin your MOC (others) nom applications
Before you graduate- line up all your MOC and USNA recommendations (some will be from HS- your principal, guidance counselor and your senior year math and English)
June-graduate and start your summer plan
July-schedule and execute a meeting with your USNA Regional Director to find out what specifically you can improve
August-redo your CFA
Aug-follow up with teachers for recommendations
August-Complete your MOC (others) nom applications; if you have personal contacts with these then reach out directly; get all recommendations in for noms and USNA
Late August-start college, kick butt at school and NROTC and your sport
Oct/Nov/Dec- BGO and MOC (others) interviews
Dec-rewrite and perfect USNA essays and application
Once 1st semester college grades are out- submit your USNA reapplication for 2028!

Some don’t s:
Don’t take a gap year
Don’t enlist
Don’t do prep school
And
Don’t worry about re-doing DODMERB (good for two years!)

Good luck all! I hope this gives all the TWE’s some focused direction and positive steps forward! You all are awesome and you CAN do this! Heck, you did it once!!
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wish I would have found this forum last year for great advice like this ;( . still on the waitlist though as a second year applicant so wish me luck!!
 
blhenrywalpole said:
I’m sorry for all the rejections and waitlisting. Your kids made it this far and that is a testimony to them. Give them a few days to deal with the rejection and they will all be fine and go on to do great things.

I’m seeing a lot of waitlisting for NAPS. To me, that seems like an insult. Would your kids accept a waitlist to a community college? That’s in essence what they are offering.
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DD is a direct appointment this year but we’ve talked a lot about NAPS. Bottom line, you have a minimum 9 year commitment, NAPS is one extra year. With NAPS, you have jump start on academics once you hit the academy - all sorts of opportunities start to open up your 1C year because you are ahead of schedule academically. Plebe year is less of an adjustment, etc, etc.
 
blhenrywalpole said:
I’m sorry for all the rejections and waitlisting. Your kids made it this far and that is a testimony to them. Give them a few days to deal with the rejection and they will all be fine and go on to do great things.

I’m seeing a lot of waitlisting for NAPS. To me, that seems like an insult. Would your kids accept a waitlist to a community college? That’s in essence what they are offering.
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Respectfully disagree about waitlisting for NAPS. NAPS is a golden ticket to the academy; a community college it not. Regardless, sending best wishes to all. It's a tough process to endure.
 
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