<p>For all of you that are going to the Naval Academy Summer Seminar Session I May 31st - June 5th. State your name and where your from. </p>
<p>My name is Stevie and I'm from The Bronx, NY. Flying into Baltimore early Saturday morning. Very exited.</p>
<p>Congrats Stevie. Here's that this is the beginning of one of your life's greatest adventures. And may you be very "exited." :confused: </p>
<p>jk,have a ball. Betting you will.</p>
<p>P.S. Work on the spelling. ;)</p>
<p>Session 1 in less than a week! I'll be there :D </p>
<p><----- I'm from Westminster, CO</p>
<p>Thanks man, care to share what exactly will happen?</p>
<p>P . S. What word did I misspell?</p>
<p>exited should be excited.</p>
<p>Congratulations AFPJ and all who will be attending Summer Seminar! Relax, give it your best, smile and enjoy your time at the finest service academy in the world! Must be a slow day when the spelling police are on duty--looks like a typo to me, however 'your' used in this context should be the contraction 'you're.' Warning: lots of meddling dads/moms and teachers lurking on this forum! :) </p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>do we get to bring phones to NASS</p>
<p>My daughter took her mobile but didn't use it.</p>
<p>thank you very much</p>
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however 'your' used in this context should be the contraction 'you're.'
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Don't think so. 'this is the beginning of one of you are life's greatest adventures' does not make sense. The possessive 'your' is correct.</p>
<p>My daughter took her phone when she went 2 years ago. She could only use it late at night. You will be tired - turn it off and get some sleep (especially if you have a thoughtless boyfriend/girlfriends who will call you at 2 a.m. the night before sea trials).</p>
<p>OP - there are the classes you sign up for. Lots of physical activity. As far as I recall they ran the mile every day. Maybe 2 miles once. They do the fitness test required for admission (pull ups, push ups, squats, timed mile etc). The final day is sea trials. Take a black trash bag to put your wet clothes in from sea trials for when you pack.</p>
<p>I believe that the your references the "State your name and where your from" that should be you're. I took my mobile and called my parents twice. I think that they were expecting a call a night but I will say that I was having too much fun to call. They weren't very happy.</p>
<p>The physical stuff is not hard at all. I don't think we ran at all except for the CFA, the PRT, Sea Trials (this was the most running - probably around 5 or 6 miles combined), and the last morning group run (which is really slow jog that doesn't get you tired but makes your ankles hurt because you are moving at a snail's pace). The hardest day is sea trials and it is very long but very fun. Every other day the physical stuff is pretty standard and you shouldn't be too bad if you are in any physical shape at all.</p>
<p>Do expect to be tired the whole week. Going to bed at 10 (which most people didn't) and getting up at 5:30 while having really long days is pretty exhausting. Not to mention the fact that our squad did a recon every night except for the first one so we got even less sleep. Still though it is great fun. Probably one of the most fun weeks of my life.</p>
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I believe that the your references the "State your name and where your from" that should be you're.
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Oops - yes you're right - missed that one. Sorry.</p>
<p>what kind of recon? and do we take a trip to DC for the Iwo Jima Memorial?</p>
<p>Will you need an alarm clock at NASS? Or will those in charge knock and bang on your door when it's time to wake up?</p>
<p>NASS, I believe, was the most exciting week in my life. It was amazing, and oyu will make some great friends in such a short amount of time. I still talk to plenty of the people I met at NASS. </p>
<p>TXinAK is right about the running, you don't run every day but the last run is a 2 mile cadence run (in step) and it is exhausting to your joints after awhile because they your legs are in the motion of running but you shorten your stride. </p>
<p>The classes are all interesting but by the last few people are falling asleep. </p>
<p>Sea Trials were a blast, just really tiring because of the whole getting up early and not eating unitl the afternoon, and then you find out that what you do get to eat is a MRE. They arent that bad unless you get a nasty meal. Unlucky for me, right after we ate we had the pool part of sea trials.</p>
<p>As for cell phones, you can take them to make you parents happy, but you may tell them that you are going to call them before you leave but you probably won't because of all the fun your having and then how much you enjoy sleep. </p>
<p>There isn't much time for sleep. The only time to catch a few Z's is Sunday when everyone goes to church, because you don't have to go so you can stay in. </p>
<p>Your squad leader is your friend. Squad leaders are awesome, I still talk to mine all the time. </p>
<p>Just have fun and put a lot of hard work and effort into your time spent there and you will feel so rewarded.</p>
<p>I love the small lessons on the proper use of English :) We're on summer mode now ;)</p>
<p>I asked this about the AFA summer seminar, but are there any worthwhile voluntary activities that anyone would recommend doing?</p>
<p>From what I hear, Session I is usually the most "active", as all of the squad leaders (former plebes) want to have some power after being yelled at all year.</p>
<p>It was fun, though. The physical activity really depends on your squad. Some people say they never ran unless it was a company event, but I can't remember NOT running most of the time we were there. </p>
<p>Sea Trials was great, too. Except for the pool stage for me, because I tripped on the highest of the three jumps, belly flopped, and had a bruised sternum for the rest of the day.</p>
<p>As for phones, mine didn't get good reception in Bancroft, so I made a quick call when I got there and one the morning I left.</p>
<p>No door knocking would be too nice. It is shower rods thrown down the hallway and airhorns when it is time to wake up. You can bring an alarm clock. They are nice for when you want to wake up in the middle of the night for recons. Recons are basically small, harmless pranks you play on other companies. You do them in the middle of the night and try to be all sneaky about it. One of the companies did one that was not so harmless, however, and I imagine that their squad leaders probably got into a little bit of trouble for it. They took all the chairs in king hall and stacked them up. They also did something with the sauces. They wrote on the tables with them or something. Needless to say, the king hall staff were ****ed and so were the 1/C in charge of summer seminar.</p>
<p>Oh Wow, can't wait.</p>
<p>any other advice/ cool things you did on the yard? what advice was there on the application process and such?</p>