<p>selection for summer seminar is very competitive - there are only 1800 slots at Navy and 800 slots at WP. some people go to summer seminar and don't get an appointment, some people don't go to summer seminar and do get an appointment. your squad leader at summer seminar will write an evaluation of you that the review board will see. if it's a good evaluation, that can really help you but if it's a bad evaluation, it will hurt you. just remember to stay positive, motivated, and ask good questions. it shouldn't be a deciding factor in getting an appointment but you can use your experiences at NASS and SLS in your essays for nominations and personal statements. not to mention they're both lots of fun.</p>
<p>also, my advice for applying to summer seminar is to fill out and turn in the application as soon as it's available:
for Navy, it's available starting 1 February at MIDNIGHT! i'm from the central time zone so i was online at 11 pm sharp.
i'm not so sure on WP but it comes out sometime in December. call or email the admissions office to find out.</p>
<p>stuff to have before you start the application: social security number and psat/sat/act scores</p>
<p>December 15 I believe for WP. And listen to hersheybear04's advice, I was in her platoon @ SLS and her squad @ Navy. Beat Army! And Midn. Baldwin is awesome.</p>
<p>I think you might be putting your efforts in the wrong place (ie: internship, summer seminar).....</p>
<p>MOC's are on the lookout for such things- and chances are they will not be the ones to interview you anyway, just their nominating board..... as for summer seminars, do apply- and go if offered- but those opportunites are more for YOU to decide if the USNA/USMA is the right place for you, other than an evaluation process for your admission (although at USNA an evaluation will be done.)</p>
<p>Bottom line: concentrate on the things that factor into your whole person score, and over which you have control. grades (GPA), CFA, ECAs, leadership, SATs, etc. Those will all definately count. As for the internship and ss, they are "secondary, optional and conditional." (sorry, my new favorite line!) </p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
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<p>And for many, it is getting real old. Let go. Move on.</p>
<p>Thanks guys, I guess I probably am worrying too much on the minor things to help get me in...just with no military experiance in my family i know i need all the extra help i can get lol</p>
<p>No, you won't.</p>
<p>Don't think that lack of military experience in the family is a negative. It isn't. </p>
<p>I got in without any. :)</p>
<p>usna69- nah, no need to worry! Just a new standard to measure things- including on my own "honey to do" list! Have even tried it out on some of the new interns in training- and you know what- it actually works to help them focus on what the priorities really are! Go figure!
So not taking it so negatively as you might think- quite the opposite actually!!</p>
<p>haha i didnt mean for my thread to start arguements lol. doesnt it help if your father or brother is enlisted?</p>
<p>Nope, except for a few MOCs who give primary appointments in less than competitive areas, the top 1400 or so candidates are offered appointments. If there is a nomination problem, USNA will sort it out. Just do your part. Be as competitive as possible and apply to all nomination sources available. If you are the best, you win.</p>
<p>MossFan4:</p>
<p>Any thread or question here can start an argument. Review all previous and don't be concerned.</p>
<p>Thanks all of you have been a great help</p>
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<p>Listen to what USNA69 said on this.</p>
<p>Your having a family member in the military MAY become a selling point IF you and someone else are locked in a dead heat, but even then, such criteria and stories are triple-hand hearsay at best.</p>
<p>Do your best and win it on your own. That way you don't owe anyone anything. :)</p>