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Both have their advantages and lessons depends on what he wants he can serve through ROTC as well and I'm not going to argue WP is better or the Ivy's are better because it's simply a matter of perspective. I'd suggest he make a list of everything he wants to be and do. What path can help him...

Some have tryouts some don't, you won't be able to get them until cow or firstie summer so as for now I suggest working on improving for being a cadet then worrying about MIADs when the time comes

I thought that program you got worked quite well but that was just for me. It did take a lot of time every day though. You can't go wrong with it if you follow it pretty closely

A lot of people wear the new ones after beast they don't look that bad depending on personal style

Depends on what you want in the army. They have cool opportunities for those who are language proficient like French commando school and Chilean mountain school which can let you learn more about another culture, improve your language skill, and let you have a really cool experience on top of...

Sure badges are cool and all but the experience is cooler than what you get from it. Focus on learning over having a stacked uniform and you'll end up there anyway.

Honestly, all there is to spend money on other than the few expenses for school supplies is food and pass. What I did, and I'm by no means an expert, is I took out $75 and put $50 in a slow growth minimal involvement investment and $25 in savings. As you get payed more you will most likely want...

They aren't throwing curve balls at you in the interview. It's going to be questions like "what branch do you want to go into (Job not military branch) if you go to WP" nothing like what academy you want

If he does his job right and follows the standard no one is going to care what political or religious preferences he has.

His ideas would definitely be challenged and would probably change. I know many of my thoughts on various topics have changed a lot since I came here.

Do 50 negative pullups a day in sets. Go for 5 seconds on the way down. After a few weeks you will probably be able to do a couple

The way chemistry works is a workbook to learn the lessons. Go over the workbook and study learning objectives and go to AI and your plebe will succeed

I'm not sure for admissions but I know that your nomination essay is very important for the nomination at least. I believe they have teachers read the essays if I'm not mistaken but cannot confirm that, either way it will be read at some point and could be the difference in a close tie for a slot.

Do your best on all of them

You most certainly can go to Sapper school, CDQC, and a variety of other military schools but they are extremely competitive to get. The GPB is earned over the course of the year and involves a few military events and a physical test. Air assault and airborne usually happen your first summer and...

Sandhurst is cool if you are into that sorta thing, did it last year.

Pack the ruck light stuff at the bottom and heavy stuff at the top. You can adjust height of the pack on the frame so put it as high as possible. For the sake of convince you can put all the light weight and small stuff you will need for night time and hygiene in the bottom after zipping it in...

It's not difficult

Congratulations, you have the long road of plebe year ahead of you

They are awful, but yea they are issued