Gonna hijack this for a minute .....
Supply and demand, sealion, supply and demand.
not so fast. West Point turns down many many kids for SLS. For USNA to expand NASS - I assume they would require more cadre - those cadre that are running summer seminar are not doing other summer training. Not that cadre at summer seminar is a bad thing. It is a fabulous leadership opportunity. But it is probably much cheaper to have a mid run NASS than go out for field training.
West Point only has two weeks available in the summer. They run their summer camps during the third week. SLS and Camps are all over when Beast begins.
From what I hear the two programs are really different from each other - SLS is more academically oriented while NASS is more - well, swimming and sailing.
I am sure both programs would like to accommodate more kids but resources are a limiting factor.
Sealion - I take it your youngun' is going to both? It will be great to get a report in June on both programs!