Active Duty to USMA

nwcrazy
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:19:21 +0000

Eons ago, I was accepted to West Point out of high school. But changed my mind and didn’t attend. But I have a cousin who graduated from West Point.

I hope you get a shot. But (IMO) I think it will be hard for you to get in…

The one thing I would stress it that military training is only a part of the West Point experience. It is also an academic institution where cadets will spend long long long hours studying, like any other college student.

I hope that whatever caused you to do poorly as a student in high school is long gone. Because right from the “get go” you’ll have to hit the books long and hard. Those that go to West Point directly from high school are exceptional students, both academically and physically. They were near or at the top of their high school class. And they are used to studying hard.

I’m just saying you’ll have to be prepared for “that” if you get accepted. It’s nothing to be taken lightly.

Good luck.