<p>When will the C/o 2013 probably be able to access their candidate Kits? Also, can anyone share what is in the Candidate Kit? Is it all on-line? How many recommedations are needed? From what Subjects ect.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Most of it is online. It's a long process but a great experience. The online candidate information has sections for candidate data, required documents, nominations, regional director information, medical status and blue and gold officer information.</p>
<p>In the required application documents section, you will put an email contact for each document. Most recommendations and documents will be submitted directly online. The Personal Data and Personal Statement are submitted by you. Other fields to be submitted are Fitness Assessment, Activities Record, English Teacher Recommendation, Math Teacher Recommendation, Academic Information, High School Transcript, College Transcript (if applicable) and Commanding Officer Recommendation (if applicable).</p>
<p>As you receive SATs, medical results and nominations, they will appear on your Candidate Information page.</p>
<p>As I recall the Blue and Gold Office Interview and DODMERB were done in the Summer. Congressional nomination interviews were done in the Fall (results around December). The rest is done as you're able but has to be complete by April 1.</p>
<p>The key is patience.</p>
<p>Thanks!! When is the actual application available (not the precand. questionaire)?</p>
<p>I remember I first went on mine when I returned home from NASS (session 1). I don't remember it being available before that last year.</p>
<p>yeah, they come out sometime early summer.</p>
<p>You have plenty of time to complete the application -- no worries there. But if you're that eager to get started I'd start getting your other colleges squared away so you can concentrate on your SA applications. First pick you who you want to write your recommendations and start working on your essays -- for the application and for nomination applications. Request apps for nominations, start just gathering stuff together. And if you have to take the SAT/ACTs again, pick a date and start studying.</p>
<p>G'luck!</p>
<p>I'm not sure when the NROTC scholarship application goes online, but if you're looking at that as a backup I would get started on that very quickly also (maybe even before USNA). That application had five required essays and was pretty brutal. The essay needed for USNA was pretty simple and your nomination essay could probably be recycled for it, or vice versa.</p>
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<p>agree- it took me many weeks to write, rewrite and edit my 5 NROTC essays. when they were finally done, i was actually sick of them and hoping to never look at them again! LOL. (but they worked!)</p>
<p>I had my NROTC done by very early August or late July and that allowed me to have an early interview and I was awarded a scholarship by very early September(?). Sorry- not super sure on the dates.
So I would say get that done as soon as possible.</p>
<p>i guess the process is different for everyone so do what you feel most comfortable with.
i got right to work on my USNA app and stuff first (although i had opened a NROTC app in the spring of my junior year). my USNA stuff was all done by the time school started and i didn't have to worry about it at all. that way i could relax with my nomination apps, USMA app, and civ school apps.
i didn't spend very much time on my NROTC essays (didn't even have them edited - i was the only person to see them until they were sent in) and i got my scholarship in November.
one thing to make sure of is to get your DoDMERB appointments out of the way fast. that takes a LONG LONG LONG time.</p>
<p>I am going to NASS when will I get my candidate id # ?</p>
<p>I would like to start the application as soon as possible.</p>
<p>I think I got mine right after NASS</p>
<p>"one thing to make sure of is to get your DoDMERB appointments out of the way fast. that takes a LONG LONG LONG time." </p>
<p>Not necessarily. When our son and his friends were applying to USNA a couple years ago, they got appt's quickly for both eye and medical, were cleared and completed in July. Perhaps you mean if you anticipate a waiver process? None of them needed waivers and it was quick, efficient process. Different candidates, different experiences.</p>
<p>I got my Candidate # in May, before NASS. But its different for everybody. I suggest to just relax and enjoy the rest of the time until NASS and then after nice kick it into high gear on the application. That way it isn't overlapping with all of your civ schools etc. and your senior year school work. Be sure to get the emails of your math and english teachers before the end of your junior year and ask them if they would do the evaluation and let them know that they should expect contact from the academy via email sometime over the summer.</p>
<p>I don't know about everybody else, but the actual USNA application seemed easy, what made everything feel harder was all of the nomination applications. So, that is one more thing to get started on quickly, nomination packets. I would go ahead and contact your MoC and Senator and let them know you plan on applying for a nomination.</p>
<p>zrmvrhs - agreed. navy is easy compared to civ schools. nominations were a bit harder.</p>
<p>CelticClan - maybe things have changed since a few years ago. i got my appt's done right away over the summer and was cleared sometime in early november (maybe late october?). i didn't have anything with waivers although i did have one or two remedials.</p>
<p>You will be thanking yourself in December if you get your stuff done now (or in the summer). I had everything done by October and just sat back and watched my friends struggle to meet their Jan. 1st deadlines.</p>
<p>Even if you don't have you Candidate number you can still get started on your admissions program. Look into the things you can do such as getting ready for the CFA and talking to your english and math teachers about recommendations. SAT and ACTs should also be focused on if you haven't already taken them. They can't submit them until you can log on but if they are already written, then it is just a matter of them sending it to the academy when you can log on. But honestly I don't stress it there is plenty of time to finish the application and finishing it over the summer doesn't always mean you will hear from the academy any faster. I would start civilians school applications now and ROTC applications if that is what you want.</p>