February 2006 Blue & Gold Officer's Notes

Cindy Miller '90, Area B&G Coordinator

Naval Academy Summer Seminar for Juniors

As the year is wrapping up for Blue & Gold Officers with respect to interviewing seniors, it is just beginning for the junior class. If you know of any junior who is interested in USNA, please make sure that they go to the USNA web site at www.usna.edu/admissions and fill out a Request for Information form. On 1 Feb 06, juniors will be able to register for the Naval Academy Summer Seminar (NASS). Admittance into the program is based on PSAT, SAT or ACT scores, good grades and a good record of sports and extra curricular activities. If a junior hasn’t taken the PSAT, SAT or ACT yet, they need to do so before the end of January in order to be competitive to obtain a spot in the summer seminar program. The program fills up very quickly so it is imperative that juniors turn in their applications as soon as possible.

The Naval Academy Summer Seminar program is the Academy’s most successful marketing and recruiting program. A total of 600 students will attend each of the three sessions scheduled annually during the first three weeks in June. The purpose of the Naval Academy Summer Seminar is to introduce the potential candidates to the total experience of the Naval Academy. Emphasis and events are designed to allow the students to experience, first hand, the Naval Academy mission, highlighting the moral, mental and physical development of each midshipman. Summer Seminar events include eight academic workshops taught by members of USNA’s Faculty, daily physical training sessions, intramural sports activities, seamanship and sailing opportunities, leadership training, drill competition, briefings on the character development program and the honor concept and a Plebe Indoctrination Session. Students live in Bancroft Hall and receive a first hand introduction to midshipman life in the Yard. The mainstay of the Summer Seminar is the leadership and mentoring provided by the midshipman detail, all of whom are volunteers and highly recommended by the Commandant of Midshipmen for this program. The cost is approximately $300. Applicants are responsible for providing their own transportation to and from Annapolis.

If you know of a current junior that is not familiar with the Blue & Gold officer assigned to their school, please send me an e-mail with the name of the student, their school and the e-mail address of the student.

Cindy Miller ’90
Georgia Blue & Gold Coordinator
cindymiller@1990.usna.com