<p>How much weight does being a participant in the NASS have with overall acceptance to the USNA?<br>
(say you already have a nomination)</p>
<p>And is it logical to assume a nominator would look at NASS very, very favorably when deciding who gets nominations?</p>
<p>I went to Summer Seminar in the summer of 2000 between my junior and senior year in high school. Since then I went to college and enlisted, and my Fleet coordinator (equivalent of a BGO) said that the board still mentioned the fact that I did well at Summer Seminar. I don't know if that completely answers your question. But it leads me to beleive that good performance at Summer Seminar will be quite a favorable situation. After all it is a rough estimate of how you will perform in a plebe environment. Hope this helps at least a little.</p>
<p>see one of my previous posts regarding this. My son received his appointment in early January and frankly, we can't figure out why. His scores and grades are not as high as many of you who didn't receive appointments until later and the baseball coach didn't seem interested in him. We did hear that he received very favorable reports from summer seminar. Many of the kids who were with him at ss either slept in when they could, didn't try their hardest at the PT, etc. My son considered ss to be a "try out" and did his best. I'm sure that it helped that he enjoyed everything about the week so much. In short, I think in my son's case it helped a great deal.</p>
<p>what i was told by my squad leader at summer seminar was this, they grade you on a scale of 1 to 5 with most people getting 3's. if you get a 3 its alright it doesnt erally do anyhting for you you still need real good grades and things. if you get a 1 or 2 that hurts you and you will need really really good scores to get in because you have already shown that you dont have the motivation to be in the system. if you get a 4 or 5 that speaks really well for you and your grades dont have to be as outstanding as some of the others.</p>
<p>Performing well at NASS obviously provides an advantage, but what about those candidates with nominations who didn't get accepted to NASS? Does the board just act like it doesn't exist and evaluate you on everything else? or does it place you at a disadvantage?</p>