application help

I'm interested in getting into West Point, and as such am interested in attending West Point's Summer Leaders Experience. I have been working on filling out my SLE Checklist. However, whenever I would attempt to fill out the SLE Preferences Checklist, the website would say that 8 of the fields...

I received an email this evening from admissions@usnamail.usna.edu. It said that I have become a candidate at the United States Naval Academy. This is odd, because I never started an application for USNA. I also never indicated on any nomination forms that I was applying to USNA. I have no clue...

Hi there, thank you for taking the time to read this. High school senior, planning on applying for January board. Currently training for physical. I have never participated in a school sanctioned sport, club or activity as it never appealed to me, so my entire section is just blank on that. I...

Hey everyone, I´m doing my USAFA checklist, and I ran into a problem with the Drug and Alcohol Abuse Questionnaire. When I first filled it out, I accidentally selected that I’ve never tried marijuana, but I actually have tried it before, and I planned to correct that answer before submitting...

Now that I've been through the entire applicant process as a HS applicant, becoming a foundation scholar set to attend with the class of 2030 at USNA, I thought of giving out some handy tips and tricks for my soon-to-be fellow midshipmen entering with me next summer and future candidates. These...

My school runs GPA out of a 100 point scale and I currently have a 88.17 GPA. I have taken a year an accelerated, skipping one year, path in science and as many AP classes as possible. My GPA is still low compared to what I see online and from the advice of my school counselors. With this grade...

Good Afternoon, I'm reapplying to the academy this year and my brand new BGO is not answering my emails (its been 2 days). I was thinking about sending a follow-up email and possibly a phone call this weekend, however, I don't want to be seen as a pushover. what should I do? -FreeBird15

Hello all, this is my first post after reading a few posts and wanted to reach out for advice from people who actually know what they are talking about. I am a junior in highschool and recently had a come to Jesus moment about what I wanted to do with my life, and the first step along that path...

Hello! I'm Mei and I really want to apply to go to the Naval Academy. I am currently a junior in high school. I want to study chemistry at the Naval Academy, and after serving my 9 years in the Navy I hope to go to medical school to be a doctor for the military (probably something with trauma...

Good Afternoon, I am in AFJROTC and I've earned 20 Ribbons; should I only include National Awards or make a list of all the ribbons I have earned? Also since I am my Unit's commander should I put that down as school club president? I only see an option for JROTC Officer.

Hello, I was wondering if anyone could provide insight on submitting college transcripts for the USNA application. When I go to order it, I get an error saying “USPS was unable to find the address you entered as deliverable. Addresses on a university or college campus are controlled by the...

Hello all, I am currently applying for the USNA. In the application, there is an essay requirement. I am just here to receive feedback and see what I can do better. This is a rough draft, and I expect to change some things in the future. (1) Describe what led to your initial interest in the...

Hello, so I just found out about the Academy and was wondering how the age requirements worked. I am twenty two with one semester of community college, can you seriously not get in if your not already a freshman by your 22nd birthday? I could totally understand the 26 yr old scenario and being...

I was told that I would be contacted to for the DoDMERB. I'm told that I qualified, but it's been months and no contact. I've tried to reach out by email and phone, no response. Any advice?

All checks are green, but one- but unable to submit SAT/ACT scores and unable to reach anyone via email of phone to resolve. Everything else done, but still no DODMERB. Concerned with deadline in days.

Good morning everyone! So I was contacted earlier this week about receiving a principle nomination from one of my Senators to the United States Military Academy, and yesterday I was contacted by their office that they were submitting the nomination to West Point as we spoke. The staffer thought...

I submitted my US Air Force Academy 2021 Summer Seminar application last week. After submission, the "your application has been submitted successfully" message appeared as expected. However, once I returned to the home screen, it said my application was 15% complete and that I needed to finish...

Hi all!! As a current senior, I've seen so many positive threads of candidates posting their profiles and getting feedback. I'm here hoping for the same constructive criticism. For background, I was accepted as a candidate to USAFA, USMA, and USNA, however, as my main reason for wanting to...

Hi, I'm 37 years old and so glad that the cutting age changed, but I need to do something fast and the right way because I don't have time. I did my first-time AFOQT test in 2015, I didn't know I could only do it twice, so I wasn't prepared and on my second time, I got some food poisoning and...

Wondering if it might be helpful or frowned upon if my DS added any pictures to the "optional upload" part of the application? He plans to include a pretty standard resume there, but has 2 pics of him on a sailboat and in the water teaching disabled kids to swim that I (very biased!) love and...