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Got into SLE and NASS, Senator nom in Texas to navy, straight A’s, 1490 sat, tons of leadership and extracurriculars, 3 varsity sports…didn’t receive an appointment to usna. However I did receive an loa and appointment to USMA. You really can never tell with the academies, and Nass/SLE/USAFA SS wasn’t a good indicator of who did get appointments. Actually, in my Nass squad, only one got into usna, and he chose uscga. However, everyone in my Nass squad is going to a service academy (USAFA, USMA USCGA), just not usna. However, my SLE squad had like 6 of us get appointed to USMA. You really can never tell. Long story short, the summer programs are not something that will tell you if you’re going to get an appointment, stay hopeful. Go army, beat navy!