Home for the Holidays!

shogun
Sat, 17 Dec 2005 20:26:52 +0000

zxc123,
the winter leave started the 16th (sooner if a cadet’s TEE’s were completed earlier this week) and they must report back Jan 2. In addition to the classes above your son can expect to take Military Science, Boxing, Gymnastics (military movements), and Plebe Swimming. He may be taking US History instead of World History. It will depend on the placement exams he takes during Beast as well as any AP test scores he submitted (not required but they are used to help place cadets in the most appropriate class). The order in which courses are taken isn’t always the same, for example Big Green’s son took psychology 1st semester but my daughter will take it second semester. The key to “surviving” West Point so far seems to be in staying organized and knowing when not to “play”. It becomes even more of a challenge when a cadet is involved in a team sport such as Big Green’s son or as in my daughter’s case on the cross country (and now track) corps squads. There seem to be plenty of distractions, even in that rigid environment! Good luck and congrats to your son on his choice to apply to West Point!