How to schedule a visit to USNA?

[USMC]

hello all,

My family and I are very interested in seeing USNA up close, maybe even a guided tour by admissions, if such exists?

Does anyone know how I can make my pilgrimage?!?

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks

 

[kaullman]

Visit Information

My family and I are very interested in seeing USNA up close, maybe even a guided tour by admissions, if such exists?

Does anyone know how I can make my pilgrimage?!?

The following links are to the Admissions office (about briefings) and the Academy's general website. There are links to the Armel-Leftwich Visitors Center and lodging in the area.

http://www.usna.edu/Admissions/visit.htm

http://www.usna.edu/visit.htm

As you become a candidate, you can ask your Blue and Gold Officer about a Candidate Visit Weekend (CVW)

BGO, USNA 2007 dad, CDR USN (ret)

 

[USMC]

So my family and I can simply show up? No scheduled appointment needed huh?

 

[Cycling1222]

Yes you can just show up and walk around the yard with a valid photo ID. However there are tours and info sessions i believe every day, you can check that on the website, but for a CVW you will need to request that from your BGO.

 

[usna1985]

but for a CVW you will need to request that from your BGO.

Candidate Guidance, not BGOs, determine who will be offered a CVW. BGOs can recommend that a student be offered one, but I'm honestly not sure how much weight that carries.

Realize that not every well-qualified candidate can be offered a CVW as this would entail literally thousands of visits each year which is logistically impossible for USNA. I don't know what specific criteria USNA uses to determine which candidates are offered visits -- I do know that it is GENERALLY a good thing to be offered one and NOT necessarily a bad thing not to be offered one.