<p>My son applied to NASS Feb 1 but as of today (May 4) still has not gotten any formal go / no-go letter or email. We expected something by April 15th and are trying to schedule other Sea Cadet airman trainings, etc. for the summer if he misses the cut. Would USNA Admissions give out info on his SS status via phone?</p>
<p>Note that Mike got into the USAF's summer program and is awaiting word from the USCG next week for theirs but Navy is really his first love. Just hopeful that he might still get into NASS...</p>
<p>His HS AP grades are good, 3 yr E-3 in the SeaCadets, rifle team experience, blackbelt in TKO, but he may have been weak in varsity sports back when he first applied for NASS. We recognized this on the application and he's now on the HS JV Tennis Team to try and make up for that lacking. His SAT's came in after the NASS application also - we think he did real well getting a 720 in Math, 680 in English, and 640 in CR. How's that look to those of you that have gone thru the application process?</p>
<p>The wait is killing us - suggestions welcome.</p>
<p>I had a friend accepted with stats not as stellar as yours. Sounds like it's time for you to make a phone call. No use waiting any longer. Ask if it's too late to have new sports and SAT scores considered. It's too stressful to wait when you can have an answer in just a few minutes!</p>
<p>My friend had a problem similar to this. He completed the application, sent it (or so he thought), and then printed out a copy. He was wondering why he had not received a reply, and when he checked his printed copy of the application, he saw that there had been an error in sending it, but he did not realize it until then. He called admissions, but they said they couldn't do anything for them.</p>
<p>There's a possibility that this might have happened to your son. If you printed out a hard copy after sending it in, I'd check it. </p>
<p>Whether that's the case or not, call them up and se what happened.</p>
<p>and they told me that son Mike was on Waiting list and that was why he had not heard from USNA re NASS. I was told there was a good chance he might still get in, especially after telling them that he had gotten excellent SAT scores (twice in fact - 2010 and 2030) since the Feb 1 application. Ditto that he had recently made the HS tennis team (i.e. a sport's item he had been lacking before). They told me to get this new info into them asap in hopes that it might help him get one of the cancelation spots that crop up when applicants decide to go elsewhere or have conflicts.</p>
<p>Has anyone on the forum heard of any success' in getting into NASS via the waiting list??</p>
<p>You can call ADMISSIONS at USNA.. aske for NASS Admissions Officer and they are very helpful. Could be the spots in your geographical location were already full.. first come first serve. GOOD LUCK!</p>
<p>I mean NASS doesn't mean anything in terms of overall acceptance. Judging by his credentials, and unless he can't write an essay to say his life or his B&G hates him, he has a good chance of getting an appointment. Sure, your squad leader at NASS writes a recommendation, and it looks good, but either way it looks like he <em>should</em> have a good chance of acceptance.</p>
<p>Plenty of people don't get into NASS but get into the Academy, and even vice-versa (though more than former than the latter, due to numbers).</p>
<p>If he can go to one, then go to USAFA. One is better than none and should still give you an idea of what it's going to be like.</p>
<p>BTW, I went to NASS and honestly except for that one "hard day" it's not even that good of an indication of what it's going to be like. SAs are hard, nothing will prepare you (I know I'm not prepared for June 29th). You can pretend all you like that you know what it's going to be like, but you don't.</p>
<p>I wish they'd get rid of NASS so people would stop worrying about it.</p>
<p>my boyfriend didn't get into nass and he got accepted to the academy. my two nass roomies didn't get in to the academy. nass=not such a big factor as everyone seems to think, in my opinion.</p>