Academy NominationsSenator Mikulski's Application for 2008-2009
Considering young leaders for nomination to a United States Service Academy is one of my most important responsibilities as a United States Senator. Each year, I am encouraged by the number of bright and talented students who contact me requesting my nomination.
All students who complete my application in advance of the October 24 deadline and have an application open with the academies of their choice will be interviewed by my Service Academy Review Board in November. Applicants are notified of my nomination by late December.
To get an overview of my new application process for 2008, please read this entire page before you access any link. Your materials must be in my Baltimore Office by 5 p.m. on October 24, 2008. For your convenience, you may fax to 202-224-8858. You will be notified of an interview time with my military service academy review board at my Baltimore Office.
This year’s academy interviews will be held on Friday November 14, 2008 in my Baltimore office. For all students who have a completed application packet, they will receive a letter at the beginning of November with the time for their interview.
1) Begin my online registration process by clicking here. You will need to submit all of your contact information in order to access my online status checker. Status updates will be emailed to you as we receive your documents. You can verify the status of your application at any time by using the checklist within the online application.
2) Complete the PDF application, which is the first item on the checklist.
3) You will also need to submit:
- three signed letters of recommendation
- an Affidavit of Domicile
- an Applicant Contract
- an official high school transcript
- Guidance Counselor/Principal Form
4) Send a hardcopy of the PDF application plus the attachments by:
- fax to 202-224-8858 or,
- send by postal mail to the address below:
1629 Thames St.
If you would like more information, please contact my nominations coordinator, Molly Rogers, in my Baltimore Office at 410-962-0046 or by email: academy@mikulski.senate.gov.
It is also helpful for students to contact the Service Academies directly to get specific information on admission to the institution they may wish to attend.
United States Air Force Academy
2304 Cadet Drive, Suite 200
USAF Academy CO 80840-9266
1-800-443-9266
http://www.usafa.af.mil/
United States Military Academy
606 Thayer Road
West Point, NY 10996-1797
1-914-938-4041
http://www.usma.edu/
United States Merchant Marine Academy
Steamboat Road
Kings Point, NY 11024-1699
1-800-732-6267
http://www.usmma.edu/
United States Naval Academy
117 Decatur Road
Annapolis, MD 21402-5018
410-293-4361
1-800-638-9156
http://www.usna.edu/
Students may also want to consider the United States Coast Guard Academy. The Coast Guard Academy does not require a congressional nomination for appointment.
United States Coast Guard Academy
15 Mohegan Avenue
New London CT 06320-4195
http://www.cga.edu/