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The Senator's Academy application is now available.

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.

**Interviews will be held on Friday November 9, 2012 in my Baltimore office**

All students who complete my application in advance of the October 26 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 2013, please read this entire page before you access any link.  Your materials must be postmarked by October 26, 2012 or faxed to 202-224-8858 by 5pm on October 26. You will be notified of an interview date and time, if your application is complete by the due date.

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 made on the same day that 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

3) Along with the application, you will also need to submit:

  • Guidance Counselor/Principal Form
  • An official high school transcript
  • SAT Scores, code is 0229
  • 3 signed letters of recommendation
    • Math teacher
    • Science teacher
    • Adult non-family member  

4) Send a hardcopy of the PDF application plus the attachments from #3 by:

A) fax to 202-224-8858 or

B) send a hardcopy version by postal mail to the address below:

Senator Barbara A. Mikulski
901 S. Bond Street, Suite 310
Baltimore, MD 21231

If you would like more information, please contact my nominations coordinator, Molly Martin, in my Baltimore Office at 410-962-4510 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 Merchant Marine Academy
Steamboat Road
Kings Point, NY 11024-1699
1-800-732-6267
http://www.usmma.edu/

United States Military Academy
606 Thayer Road
West Point, NY 10996-1797
1-914-938-4041
http://www.usma.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/