From 20,000 feet up, here is info in a nutshell;
1. The applications open online for class of 2024 on
April 1st, as they do every year.
2. The application deadline will be January 31st of the following year, as it is every year. (Jan. 31, 2020 for class of 2024).
Many, many things happen before April 1st and in between April 1st and January 31st.
A. You need to fill out a Preliminary Application in order to get to the next step (being considered as an "Official Candidate"). If you have already applied to the Naval Academy Summer Seminar (NASS) program, that application becomes your preliminary application, and you don't need to fill out another one. Getting accepted into NASS or not, has
no impact on your application at all.
B. If you meet the minimum qualifications to become an "Official Candidate", you will receive an
"ECandidate Packet Letter" via EMail (some time in May). This letter will give you login information for the
Candidate Information System, which is your online "Portal" for uploading data to complete your application and to review status of your continuing application process.
C. Within the Candidate Information System, there are a few fields that you (as the candidate) fill out online and upload. Most of it however, is done by others.
D. After you login to the online system - near the bottom of the page - you will see your assigned Blue & Gold Officer's name, EMail address, and phone number listed. That assigned BGO may actually be different than the contact your Area Coordinator gave you before. What you'll have now is his/her phone number. Give them a call and just ask at which stage of this process they want to conduct your interview. Some BGOs will want your application to be 50% complete before they meet with you, and some may want to meet with you right away.
BGOs are volunteers and they aren't all
retired volunteers. They may have a full-time job. They also take vacations like the rest of us, and have lives. If it takes a little while to get back to you, be patient. There is probably a good reason.