<p>ColbyBuss and other candidates,</p>
<p>Peskemom and others have given you excellent advice. Additionally, Annapolis Parents’ Club of Southern California has a timeline for USNA candidates on their website: <a href=“APCSC”>APCSC;
<p>Select Pre-Academy Info in the left margin of the home page, choose USNA Information Program of Southern California, then click on timeline.</p>
<p>In the fall of her junior year, my daughter became interested in USNA, applied and was accepted to Summer Seminar. That experience convinced her that USNA was at the top of her list. We had no political connections whatsoever and she ended up with two nominations: our local congressman, and she was named the principal nominee of a US Senator from California (most competitive nomination in the nation next to the other California senator and Vice Presidential nominations.) </p>
<p>Check out the timeline, it helped us. We also benefited greatly from The Naval Academy Candidate Book by W. Smallwood.</p>