<p>April 1 is approaching so fast that i just realized i haven't retaken my SATs yet. i know the preliminary application for c/o 2013 is open on April 1, 2008. when does it close? is there any advantage to submitting a preliminary application earlier rather than later?</p>
<p>YIKES~~~ am I off on this too??? If I applied to Summer Session isnt that a prelim application?</p>
<p>NASS application is a prelim app.
I think prelim apps for 2013 are open until 30 Jan 2009, but it's advisable to get them in earlier than that :)</p>
<p>thanks! advisable for what reason? what gets affected if you turn in your preliminary application later? (are there fewer spots? are you more likely to be rejected? or is it just that you have less time to put together your real application?)</p>
<p>Yes, a NASS application takes the place of a preliminary application.</p>
<p>I don't know of a separate "closing date" for the Preliminary app versus the overall application. </p>
<p>Benefits to applying sooner rather than later:
- Once your preliminary application is in, you can be assigned a candidate number (if qualified), which will allow you to fill out the "final" application sooner. My dd finished everything for USNA last summer, so she could laugh while classmates were sweating deadlines and hoping that the counselors and teachers would really finish their recommendations on time.
- Once your "final" application materials are at least 50% complete, you can (if assigned a candidate number) start the DoDMERB process. Believe me, this can take longer than anything, if you have to do remedials and wait for waivers.
- Putting in your application early MAY have a benefit with MOCs and USNA by showing a high level of desire and organization. If SAT/ACT scores are the only reason you're hesitant to apply early, remember that you can take each test as many times as necessary to get what you feel is your best possible score in each section.</p>
<p>Be sure to check in with your with your MOCs soon. All of our MOCs deadlines were months earlier than the USNA deadline, so now is not too early to contact them. Each of our MOCs has a POC who coordinates the Academy nomination process. They can provide you with their deadlines, their application packets, and all you need to know about applying for a nomination.</p>
<p>DSL, 30 January is the day that the application closes (your full packet must be complete - teacher recs, transcripts, etc. the preliminary app needs to be completed before you even get a candidate number)</p>
<p>so if the full application needs to be done by Jan 30, what would be a safe deadline to get the preliminary application done by? september?</p>
<p>Since you already seem like you are going to apply... I'd say April 1st. No need to hesitate. There may not be consequences for you waiting, but if your DODMERB takes too long once you get it started... you could run into problems. The sooner, the better.</p>
<p>you can always update your SAT/ACT scores, so don't worry about taking them before you submit your prelim app. unless you don't have high enough scores to qualify for a candidate number, it shouldn't be a problem.
yenior's right, dodmerb can be super annoying if you don't get it done early.</p>
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<p>2012mom nailed it. The sooner you can start the DODMERB process, the better. Even a "best-case fully qualified" result can take about 6 weeks to from exam to post. If you a have remedial or two, or even a disqualification, the waiver process can be ponderous. </p>
<p>You could spend your entire winter and half the spring waiting to find out, and that's for a timely (Aug-Oct) exam date. If you wait to complete the application until December, your DODMERB exam won't be until January or Feb, and you may run out of time while you are waiting.</p>
<p>There was even a horror story last year here at CC where an accepted candidate's medical waiver was approved in the summer, 1 month after the candidate SHOULD have attended I-day processing. Too late.</p>
<p>DSL1990 - if you had a DoDMERB exam this year for NROTC you won't have to have another exam. It is good for two years.</p>
<p>I just have a question about DoDMERB. I applied this year and took a Foundation Offer. I'm just confirming, is correct to say that my DoDMERB physical results from this go around are good for two years? I heard that somewhere and not exactly sure where.</p>
<p>how do you find your candidate id?</p>
<p>zrmvrhs08 - that is correct. They will ask if your medical history has any significant changes and you will have to report that.</p>
<p>kmjg: When you are assigned a candidate number, USNA will send it to you, along with login/password information so you can use the Candidate Information System (CIS) on the USNA web site.</p>
<p>Thanks 2012Mom!</p>
<p>I believe that you will only be given a candidate number if they deem you qualified to be a candidate. At least that is what I recall. Also, my son just kept sending in SAT's until he hit the magic 600 number in both and they gave him a candidate number early. He got into NASS w/ low SAT's at the time.</p>
<p>my math is a bit too low right now (550) and so i definitely need to retake my SATs. should i submit my preliminary application anyways next week and risk rejection? or take my SATs over again and then submit? i suppose submitting and being rejected for low SATs, i could resubmit the preliminary application after i get new SAT scores, but it seems like it would be a hassle. what do you think?</p>
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<p>it's good for 2 years. What you will need is the teacher recommendations (your foundation school will send them) and you will need to reapply for a nomination. For that, it might be worth a call to your MOC offices- while some will make you reapply from scratch, some will hold over your file if they know you are in the foundation program or headed for NAPS. (Be aware- some MOC's do not fully understand the foundation program thing- so remind them it is a navy-prep program and that usually gets an OK from them).</p>
<p>Congrats on the foundation offer- let us know where you are headed!</p>
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my math is a bit too low right now (550) and so i definitely need to retake my SATs. should i submit my preliminary application anyways next week and risk rejection? or take my SATs over again and then submit? i suppose submitting and being rejected for low SATs, i could resubmit the preliminary application after i get new SAT scores, but it seems like it would be a hassle. what do you think?
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<p>it really doesnt matter at this point.
I believe you need to score above 550 in math and verbal to be earmarked as a "candidate." So as long as you are above that score, put your pel app in. What that will do is alert the BGO in your area (if you have not made the contact already) and put you on his/her radar screen- if for some reason your scores fall too low the BGO will be notified to call you and council you as to what is needed to become an official candidate. </p>
<p>I think most folks will advise you to get it in- getting started with DoDMERB (which you can only do as an official candidate) and having that behind you and as "done as possible" over the course of the summer is a good thing. </p>
<p>Whatever you do don't wait for perfect SATs to send in your pel app- you can, and should, continue to take them (prepping inbetween so you can improve your score) until you get your scores up to a competetive level (figure a min of 600v and 650m0- again, consider that a minimum- the higher you can get your scores above that the more competetive you will be. Practice does make perfect, and while "perfection" is not necessary, the practice usually does equate to moving those scores higher!</p>