Summer Seminar Admissions

This is what it said...

As of 14 February, 4,306 NASS applications have been submitted and applications are being accepted until April 1. This year 2,250 candidates will be selected to participate over the three-week period in June. NASS remains the largest summer program among the Service Academies.

USNA will commence the selection process for NASS on Friday February, 17th. NASS selections will be made in weekly intervals between February 17th and April 15th.
 
The Facebook group is "Naval Academy Summer Seminar 2012" I was the poster of the SS info that MMMom is referencing. It's an open group, and I keep an occasional eye on it.
 
I have heard from Blue & Gold folks that admission to the summer programs is not all about candidate credentials. The school also considers geographic dispersion... such that applicants who live 'close' to the school (and can easily visit independently) are set aside for people from more distant parts of the country. Thus, applicants from middle Atlantic States may be out of luck, even with top notch credentials.
 
I think it's also important where you're applying from. I applied to NASS from Annapolis (with very good stats - 2050 SAT, to 5% of my class and a very challenging course load with lots of extracurriculars), and did not get accepted. However, I received an email from my BGO a few days before saying that spots were opened up and I could go. Several other Maryland kids I spoke to at NASS had a similar experience. If you're applying from nearby, my guess is that they will accept the very very best applicants and then give the rest of the local applicants spots as they open, meaning your chances are worse for the initial cut if you're applying from nearby, but they even out after people accept or decline spots.
 
so far I have gotten recruiting emails from USNA asking me to sign up for NASS based on my PSAT scores. I have also gotten recruiting pamphlets in the mail asking me to sign up.

My parents will only let me go to Two of the summer seminars even though I applied to USAFA, USMA and USNA.

I have been accepted to USMA and USAFA but haven't heard from USNA.

anyone have any clues as to when we will hear? i signed up for USMA but am waiting on USAFA until I hear back from USNA but I am worried I will lose my slot at USAFA waiting to hear back from USNA.
 
If I were you, I would contact USNA admissions and let them know that you have invitations to the other two, that you will only be allowed to attend two, and you would like to hear from USNA before your deadline to respond to the other two academies. So long as you do it respectfully (you, the candidate, not your parents), I can't believe it could hurt.
 
SA2017 said:
so far I have gotten recruiting emails from USNA asking me to sign up for NASS based on my PSAT scores. I have also gotten recruiting pamphlets in the mail asking me to sign up.

My parents will only let me go to Two of the summer seminars even though I applied to USAFA, USMA and USNA.

I have been accepted to USMA and USAFA but haven't heard from USNA.

anyone have any clues as to when we will hear? i signed up for USMA but am waiting on USAFA until I hear back from USNA but I am worried I will lose my slot at USAFA waiting to hear back from USNA.
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From 2012mom?:

If I were you, I would contact USNA admissions and let them know that you have invitations to the other two, that you will only be allowed to attend two, and you would like to hear from USNA before your deadline to respond to the other two academies. So long as you do it respectfully (you, the candidate, not your parents), I can't believe it could hurt.
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SA, if you get any reponse other than boilerplate,"Acceptance will be sent out...", many of us would like to know.

On his NASS app, my son answered that he could attend any NASS. USNA is his #1 choice. He also applied to USMA SLS. He was hoping to manage both.

We called USMA they said since he was accepted, it would be no prob to get week 2. We called USNA admissions they told us nothing but it wouldn't hurt to put something in writing.

My son wrote a very non-presumptuous email to webmail@usna.edu, explaining that the only way to make them both work would be to get USNA session 1, but if he could only do one, it would be NASS. He explained that he would be traveling alone, from the middle of nowhere, using planes, trains and buses to get from home to Annapolis to West Point and winging it in NYC for a day and two nights.

He received the boilerplate response above.

We aren't complaining. We appreciate the number of requests they probably receive and others will make greater sacrifices than my son. I am simply letting you know the response we got.

If anyone has any suggestions please let us know. We fear being caught at the USMA SLS commitment deadline, before having word from NASS.

Thaks in advance.
 
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