College Confidential - View Single Post - Naval Academy Summer Seminar Acceptance Emails Are Out

rangelady · 03-07-2009, 08:23 AM

Congratulations to all who have accepted NASS offers. It is an exciting time that will help gel your decision to apply to any SA.

Concerning the email notifications..........we were notified snail mail last year. When son entered process of applying to USNA, we had some email hang ups with them. As did others in the process. USNA sends emails to your school, specifically to registrar and English and Math teachers and asks them to fill out a form evaluating the applicant. Sounds simple enough. Well, not so. We had HE Double hockey sticks getting USNA email to be accepted. MANY servers tag email from USNA as questionable and do not let it pass.
We had to get personal email addresses from the teachers, registrar, and even then one of those wouldn't accept USNA email.

So, I wonder if that could be happening here if blanket emails are the format used for initial notification??

Also, as echoed above, do not fret if you are not accepted. Again, many things come into play: priority recruiting areas, etc. Acceptance does not guarantee acceptance into USNA nor does not being invited for NASS mean you have a reduced chance of attending USNA. 1800 attend NASS. Many will decide USNA is not for them. Others, as noted in previous posts, are attending multiple summer leadership programs and will try to attend another SA. NASS is not a guaranteed path to admission.

About the email thing, there will be someone in USNA Admissions handling NASS. Those of you who have not heard by early April might give them a call, just in case there is an email hangup. USNA did not seem to acknowledge that the emails they sent our school did not get through. So, they did not receive them back. Or perhaps, it was all part of the grand scheme to see if we could navigate a sometimes confusing, challenging, demanding admissions process!

03-07-2009, 08:23 AM	#21
rangelady Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 104	Just a thought here...... Congratulations to all who have accepted NASS offers. It is an exciting time that will help gel your decision to apply to any SA. Concerning the email notifications..........we were notified snail mail last year. When son entered process of applying to USNA, we had some email hang ups with them. As did others in the process. USNA sends emails to your school, specifically to registrar and English and Math teachers and asks them to fill out a form evaluating the applicant. Sounds simple enough. Well, not so. We had HE Double hockey sticks getting USNA email to be accepted. MANY servers tag email from USNA as questionable and do not let it pass. We had to get personal email addresses from the teachers, registrar, and even then one of those wouldn't accept USNA email. So, I wonder if that could be happening here if blanket emails are the format used for initial notification?? Also, as echoed above, do not fret if you are not accepted. Again, many things come into play: priority recruiting areas, etc. Acceptance does not guarantee acceptance into USNA nor does not being invited for NASS mean you have a reduced chance of attending USNA. 1800 attend NASS. Many will decide USNA is not for them. Others, as noted in previous posts, are attending multiple summer leadership programs and will try to attend another SA. NASS is not a guaranteed path to admission. About the email thing, there will be someone in USNA Admissions handling NASS. Those of you who have not heard by early April might give them a call, just in case there is an email hangup. USNA did not seem to acknowledge that the emails they sent our school did not get through. So, they did not receive them back. Or perhaps, it was all part of the grand scheme to see if we could navigate a sometimes confusing, challenging, demanding admissions process!
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