<p>Hi guys. I've been snooping around this forum for quite a bit now, but this is my very first post.</p>
<p>Now, a Senior at Classen School of Advanced Studies and I'm interested in attending USNA. (I'm also applying to USAFA, but USNA is my first pick.) I've been used a Candidate Number, and I've completed some of the objects, but I just need to really work on getting my LORs and my nominations in. Question, for the Letters of Recommendations, my teachers will send it to the Academy via email, correct? Or do they have to send it through mail. Because, it seems that the only thing I really need to turn in through mail is, well. I can't think of anything. So it's possible for me to do everything online correct?</p>
<p>Also, I haven't taken the SATs yet, but I have taken the ACTs. Does it really matter? I got a 25 on my ACTs (kinda low for service academy standards), and taking it again this October. I'm also planning on taking the SATs this October also.</p>
<p>Well, I just wanted to say hi to everyone and hopefully I can meet some new friends. Perhaps we'll embark on our journey to the Academy together. ;D</p>
<p>The whole USNA admission process is done online. The only document that's needs to sent via snail-mail is the official transcript from your high school.</p>
<p>SAT vs. ACT doesn't matter; you just need to be in the competitive range.</p>
<p>Check out the profile for the class of 2010:</p>
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I'm also applying to USAFA, but USNA is my first pick.
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Smart lad! :D</p>
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Also, I haven't taken the SATs yet, but I have taken the ACTs. Does it really matter?
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One or the other. Retake them as necessary to get the best score you can.</p>
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Well, I just wanted to say hi to everyone and hopefully I can meet some new friends. Perhaps we'll embark on our journey to the Academy together.
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Welcome, and good luck! :)</p>
<p>Just don't let the occaisional excrement-storm-among-friends turn you off. ;)</p>
<p>So, what do you want to study at USNA, and do after graduation?</p>
<p>Haha, that's a long way from now though, considering what I want to study and do after Graduation.</p>
<p>I've always fancied Aviation though. It just seems so nice if I could be soaring through the air. I'm only 5' 4" though, enough for a pilot/navigator. I do wear glasses, but I've been reading that you can still get as far as those without glasses.</p>
<p>Hehe, that's a long way from now, however. I'm just focused on getting in the academy, then graduate as an officer.</p>
<p>If none of this happens for me, I'll still be getting into NROTC at the University here in Oklahoma. Gotta have a backup plan that I can live with, right?</p>
<p>Oh, another question. So my teachers will send all of the LORs by email? Hurray. Another thing I won't have to worry about sending out.</p>
<p>Not meaning to be too nit picky, but the application even asks for an email address for the Transcript. My daughter has given her Guidance Counselors address and I believe the Academy will accept an e-mail for the transcripts.</p>
<p>Could be wrong though. Maybe they'll ask the counselor to snail-mail it, as Great American says?</p>
<p>The e-mail is required for the transcript because the candidate's guidance counselor needs to complete some of the information online such as: ETS code, school name, address, telephone numbers, class rank, class size, GPA, % graduating class expected to enter 2-yr. college and 4-yr. college, school type (i.e, public, private, etc.), number of high schools attended, and other items. Most if not all of these items should be on the transcript; however, this part of the process saves on data entry at the admissions office.</p>
<p>A school profile also needs to be sent with the transcript via snail-mail. This item will not be closed out on the Candidate Information System until the hardcopy is logged in by the admissions office.</p>
<p>Zaph is right kid. Our daughter, who is now at USNA had to lean on a couple of her teachers. They had a school full of students who wanted some sort of letters for whatever!</p>
<p>I am a USNA graduate Class of 1980. My son is a candidate for the Class of 2011. He completed his application in July with the exception of the BGO interview which was done on 19 August. His BGO was slow and didn't submit the interview until 30 August so we probably missed the first Admissions Board. Hopefully my son will receive an LOA next month. He received an LOA from West Point that was dated 8 August 2006. The woops based their LOAs on the preliminary applications; the LOAs are contingent upon completing the application by 15 Oct 2006. West Point applications are done completely in hard copy and the candidate kits weren't sent out until the end of August via FEDEX. The woops could propably save themselves $500K or more in printing and FEDEX charges by converting to an online process.</p>
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He completed his application in July with the exception of the BGO interview which was done on 19 August. His BGO was slow and didn't submit the interview until 30 August so we probably missed the first Admissions Board. Hopefully my son will receive an LOA next month. He received an LOA from West Point that was dated 8 August 2006.
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<p>GreatAmerican,</p>
<p>Please don't you or your son be disappointed if he doesn't receive an LOA. USNA hands them out very sparingly. It's my understanding (someone correct me if I'm wrong) that USMA feels they need to be more aggressive in their recruiting, so to speak, and hands out more LOAs sooner than USNA. Also, most folks who turn in USNA and USMA packets contemporaneously usually get an appointment from USMA before receiving one from USNA. </p>
<p>Also, don't get too down on your BGO. Remember, we're all volunteers. You should be thankful that the interview was done so early, given that a lot of folks vacation in August. Although I try to write up my interview reports the day of or day after the interview, occasionally work travel and other things interfere. A week more or less won't make any difference in the vast scheme of things -- as you know, the military motto is "hurry up and wait." :)</p>
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the LOAs are contingent upon completing the application by 15 Oct 2006.
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<p>Not sure where you are getting that information from. For the past 2 years, LOAs have gone out well into December- to kids who submitted applications well after October 15th.... has something changed?</p>
<p>Only WP candidates who got LOA's got their candidate kits Fed-Ex - the rest went via USPS. WP hands out LOA's based on transcripts and self reported athletic/extra-curricular activities. They are trying to increase the "brain-power" of the academy. I agree that WP really should do this on-line as USNA and USCGA do. Filling in those little boxes for the computer to "read' is so 20th century.</p>
<p>We're not down on the BGO. She has been very supportive and actually wanted to do the interview in July after returning from her vacation. My son wasn't ready for the interview and also had conflicts with his summer job and cross country training in the evenings so it was pushed to August. So my son bears any blame for the delay.</p>
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Please don't you or your son be disappointed if he doesn't receive an LOA.
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<p>Don't worry about any disappointment. My son was turned down for NASS in April then he finally got in off a wait list three days before the report date. The initial rejection shocked him but was a good lesson. Now he is keenly aware that getting into USNA is not a slam dunk. My sons is pleased to have the West Point option in his back pocket and he is also pursuing civilian universities under the ROTC option.</p>
<p>Oh I agree. I think it is mostly academic and from what I understand a number of the LOA's are revoked each year because the candidate can't pass the CFA and/or is medically dq'd and not able to get a waiver.
I think it is a way for them to compete with the "Ivy league type" colleges so the really smart one's will seriously consider west point and know early on that they are wanted - sort of an "early admissions" program.</p>
<p>The CFA has to be complete prior to receiving a LOA. Also, typically you will receive a letter indicating the your are "Academically Qualified" before the LOA is issued.</p>
<p>Per the LOA son received: "Please remember, however, that your guarantee offer of appointment is contingent upon completing all of your remaining addmissions requirements: Please complete the following requirements by March 1 2006: The three items that can be missing at the time of the LOA are Nomination, Medical Qualification, Blue and Gold Officer Interview. There will be a check next to any or all three of those remaining requirements.</p>
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The three items that can be missing at the time of the LOA are Nomination, Medical Qualification, Blue and Gold Officer Interview.
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<p>This is probably some old boiler plate that hasn't been updated. I have been told by more than one BGO that Candidate files aren't briefed to the Admissions Board until they are complete including the BGO interview.</p>
<p>This may be true at the Naval Academy, but I believe West Point will issue LOA's with sixth semester transcripts and SAT/ACT scores. They issue LOA's as early as the end of July. This is what my daughter's Liason Officer told us.
The offers are contingent upon passing the DodMERB, CFA, getting a Nomination and successful completion of senior year.</p>
<p>Given the fact that I copied exactly from the letter that my son received as of October 14, 2006 which clearly stated in Bold Print that you must complete the following marked requirements by March 2006: those items (again in bold print) are the Nomination, Medical Qualification and the Blue and Gold Officer Interview. In my sons case the two boxes checked were the nomination and B&G Interview. He received his appointment November 26th and is a member of USNA Class of 2010. I am sure that the B&G's are informing you to the best of their knowledge. All I know is that my son did not have the B&G interview completed prior to receiving the LOA.</p>
<p>queenbee: as my son did not apply to West Point, I cannot comment on their LOA's. My comment was specific to USNA. I should have made it clear that I was responding only to USNA.</p>