<p>When the application comes out, are we allowed to put down things we're pretty sure will happen happen during the remainder of Junior year? For example, during the last week of February, I have swim tryouts. I have already talked to the varsity coach and he says I have a good chance of making varsity this year at my new school. Can I include this year of varsity swimming on the application on Feb. 1? If the end of Feburary comes and for some reason I didn't make varsity, I would obviously call USNA and ask them to take the extra year of varsity athletics off my app. Reversely, is there anyway to update the application with new information after I have sent it in?
I was just hoping to apply the first week it comes out</p>
<p>I believe there is a "comments" section on the NASS application. It's a section where you can type whatever you want. You can clarify certain activities or leadership positions as well as indicate that some activities are "Spring" activities that are expected to happen.</p>
<p>I'm not sure if I'm right or not, but I remember a column under your activities where you list all of your senior year activities. All of these would have to be projections, as you are still a junior.</p>
<p>This could be a different part of the application though...</p>
<p>Does anyone (our BGOs) have any information to post regarding the selection process/timing for NASS? As in is it a rolling process similar to admissions? </p>
<p>You can apply beginning February 1st I believe; should a candidate wait a bit if they know they will have some additional information to add to the strength of their application or get in early with what they have? </p>
<p>Do candidates remain in a pool if they don't make a first round cut for review at a later date? </p>
<p>Can applicants to NASS update their application with new scores, grades etc?</p>
<p>NASS is not extremely competitive. The majority of the admission to NASS is based off of PSAT/SAT/ACT scores. When I went last summer, there were kids there that were 250+ lbs, so obviously athletics was not a major factor in selection. For those of you that are selected for NASS, this means that you are most likely academically competitive for admissions. So if you are athletic, NASS is your time to shine. Go in there in shape. It is not very physically demanding, but if you do shine there, then it will be a MAJOR advantage to you.</p>
<p>A statistic I heard recently was that roughly 60% of those who attend NASS receive appointments. I did, and those of my friends from NASS that finished their applications and were athletic, for the most part, received appointments. I do not know how true this statistic is, but from what I can tell it is pretty close to true.</p>
<p>If you don't get accepted to NASS though, don't sweat it, just keep working.</p>
<p>mtrintx: I assume you are from TX, what part?</p>
<p>rj: NASS is rolling admissions though, the earlier you apply the earlier you find out. And you don't really have to wait too long anyways. (atleast nothing like the actual application waiting) don't stress it too much. In regards to the updating your app. I am 99.9% positive if you call Admissions they can update your app/file for you.</p>