Awesome!

Thanks for posting this! I would really enjoy a follow up video about your experience.

You're almost done congrats, good luck in the fleet I might go enlisted ---> officer.

how many interviews did you have to do? was it just with the senator and congress women?

Omg I am so happy for you!!!! All the luck in the world.

I'm 20 years old so I might be the most mature yet eldest to enter in an graduate

I went to a military highschool this will be my military college I got to ☺

The fitness test exam will be the easy.part for me

I'm applying to the naval academy myself although I do realize there's an essay I have to write

Thank you so much for sharing! It is hard to find any informational videos about being a female applying to a service academy, and this video was such a breath of fresh air. I am in the same boat as you when you were applying for nominations. I am a high school senior with a 4.2 GPA but a low ACT and SAT score (I will be retaking both tests until the deadline; I'm actually taking the ACT tomorrow, lol). For the CFA I maxed out pretty much everything except the mile. I also am involved in many extracurriculars while holding leadership positions and my volunteer hours are up to par. I am mainly anxious about my test scores affecting my chances of getting appointed, but hearing your story made me realize that they really are looking for well-rounded individuals. Also, I wanted to ask how your experience at NAPS went and how that transition was to the academy. I 100% will be attending NAPS if that is what I am offered, but the prep school is not talked about much, so I would love to get some insight on that.

could you do a video on prep school? Also your video was very helpful!

How was detailing at naps this summer?

Do you need a congressional nomination to apply or to get in? Can you get accepted to USNA without a congressional nomination?

Was your gpa weighted or unweighted?

Thanks for your honesty! Son is looking at service academies, high test scores, high gpa, varsity but so so EC

My congressional interviews were similar to yours! My first one was super scary and the other two were not. The biggest one I did had ten people on the board but they were great to talk to.

would being varsity captain alone a good enough requirement for leadership?

I am from India and I also want to apply for USNA admission but I want to know that the interview of nominations I have to go in USA or India only ??? Please give me a feed back 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏. I am a girl

Hi Molly! Thank you so much for the time you put into this video, it’s very informative and nice to see from someone who went through the whole process. I’m a junior in high school now and class of 2022. I’m interested in the academy for women’s diving. I picked up on what you were saying about connections... how did you start regularly emailing the admissions to get them familiar with you? I hope you see this comment, and if you have any direct advise on how I could get involved with them I’d really appreciate it! (Or just more on how you did what you did)

Can you do a recruited athlete video and a prep school video?

I’m gonna be on the West Point track team next year!! What’s your Instagram??

🥰. So pretty

So I’m in 8th grade and I found that USNA is the only place I see myself in a few years. I really wanna work hard in highschool years so I’m glad I know this in advance. Do they accept home scholars? Nobody made a video on being a home scholar and getting into USNA.

This helps me a lot; THANK GOD YOU CAN HAVE YOUR PHONE AT NAPS

I'm a freshman(14 years old) and have high 80s -low to mid 90s, I want to get into the navy but I mainly want to go to the naval academy when I'm older. Any tips so I can get better prepared for it? Oh and can you pick what you're going to be an officer? For instance I personally want to get on a sub.

I’m a junior in high school. Leadership wise I’m president of my school’s Latin club and I’ll be captain of the fencing team senior year. I just joined the Boy Scouts. Obviously this is subjective but am I at least on the right track in that department.

This video was so helpful! I am currently a senior and I am going through the application process right now. I have already applied to the Congressman in my district and in the process of applying to the senators. I noticed you talked about connections a lot; however, I don’t really know of anyone. I was wondering if you would be able to be a person that I can talk to if I have any other questions and just to get more knowledge about the Naval Academy and the interview process.

Great video!! Very helpful. Asking a question for my daughter.. What did you wear to your nomination interview? A suit? Or keep it simple with black pants and a collared shirt? Thanks again for making the video!! Good luck to you.

I'm stuck trying to answer nomination questions for senator and the representative. It's so bad.

This was great I liked the information and very helpful. I feel like I don’t qualify but imma give it a shot

Does NAPS only take athletes?

I had an unintentional interview at my gym. I can’t remember what political position he held but he offered to nominate me. Ended choosing a state college but OCS is still in the future.

Are sports optional in the USNA?

Hello!! I am a military child whose father is currently in the navy, I have a few questions. 1. Due to being assigned new duty stations will leaving certain programs such as varsity wrestling, USNSCC, and AJROTC have any effect on applying? 2. What kind of connections should I have and how can they help me? (Being a navy child, I have met many sailors and marines who have attended the USNA.) 3. What can I do to work on SAT/ACT scores? 4. What credentials would you consider important when applying gpa, clubs, etc? 5. Is there anything that will severely hurt the chance of being selected?

Mama your son just fell for an american angel

Thank you! I've wanted to join the Naval Academy for a while. This is helpful.

How big of an affect do you think being an athlete has on your application?

This is one of the best usna videos I have seen ! Question when should I start my application for nomination I just started my junior year and don’t know where to start

So you can be selected to attend NAPS even if you don’t get a nomination?

Helly molly great video! Do you think that it matters to submit the nomination form earlier than a few days before the deadline (which for me is October 31). I'm asking this because my SAT rn from last year is 1290 and I'm taking the SAT again this September 26. So I would like to turn in my SAT score from the test I will take on September 26 but I am worried that I will turn the nomination form with the updated score only a few days before the deadline. I'm worried my congressperson will have a bad impression of me because of how late I turned my form in. Love to hear some feedback. Thanks!

This is one of the most helpful videos I have seen on the USNA and the application process, thank you so much.

Hey Molly, I’m a senior in high school right now and I know you say it isn’t too late but It sort of seems that way. Anyways I’m interested in the Naval Academy and was just wondering sort of if you even responded to these anymore.. thanks !

My school doesn’t even have sports since it’s an early college, but I’m trying to compensate for that by being a body builder and getting as shredded as possible 😂

I heard that you must play a sport in Naval Academy, I played a sport and was a 2x National champion. This sport isn’t in the Naval Academy but, I did track. How does sports work at the Academy?

This is such an awesome video, so so helpful!! I’ve been told by so many people that being in cheer isn’t very desirable to service academies, so I’m glad to see someone who was in cheer attend the Naval Academy! Also when would you recommend starting to talk to blue and gold officers? I’m currently a sophomore in high school.

I live in the 5th District of Virginia

Do you think the interviewers favor sports more than academics?

This is probably the most useful addmisions advice video I've ever seen.

You said that you lived in the most competitive district what district is it

Sorry you lost Herndon!!☹️. My son is in Plebe summer right now. He has not been able to celebrate anything. High school graduation, getting in to USNA, real I-day, now no Plebe parent weekend. It is looking very likely we won’t see him until Christmas with all the COVID lock downs. Keep your head up and like I told my son...”Your in (USNA) and your there, that’s what matters!!”