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Am current Plebe, I want to shed light on this to help out future teammates. Bag doesn't really matter, whatever works best for you. Key thing here is to not over-pack. Bring 2 weeks worth of socks, (white PT socks) and at least 10 pairs of ACU socks, however many black they recommend should be...

Murphy's workout is a good one to do. Just add in some sit ups to make sure you hits those abs. Running in general is good to improve your 2 mile, build up to a faster time on longer distances and run intervals to truly get that speed in. Just going out and running 2 miles helps a lot too. Just...

Not too difficult. The heat during the summer was kind of similar surprisingly (maybe because you wear ACUs a lot here) but now the winter is a bit chilly. I don't mind it much, I just kind of deal with it. They give us warmer clothes so I would worry about it to much. Watch out for prickly...

See above for the 1st 2 questions, to answer the 3rd, I like athletic socks that are thicker, but that is personal preference. Socks unbranded aren't always easy to find, however, so I suggest you look sooner rather than later. Fox River Sports socks are great for boot socks. Hope this helps!

During Beast everyday you wake up at 0500 sharp and head out to do various types of PT, mostly on a rotating schedule since there are different areas for different workout regimes. You will also run down to wherever it is yo udo the PT and from there you might do pull ups, ankles to the bar, sit...

There are some people who bring them for gaming, but for the most part it is impractical since they give us a laptop and iPad. I would recommend yiu save that money and spend it on something else. Best of luck!

That is an excellent question. Personally I did not manage to what we call validate many classes. I had some courses that would have worked at Texas schools but definitely not here. My roommate on the other hand validated at least 3 classes and is doing well. I truly think that USMA is pretty...

The way classes work at USMA are on a Day 1, Day 2 basis. It is essentially an A-B block schedule just in college form. There are some variations though, for example, math, some science, and language classes are 4.0-4.5 credit hours which means that you meet everyday of the week with maybe a...

Although the Academies stress math, USMA is one of the best public liberal arts colleges in america. (Forgot source, Forbes maybe?) I would definitely encourage you work to improve your PSAT because that is already pretty good. Also remember that your admissions decision is not solely based on...

So depending on what classes you have each semester, I have at least an hour or more of math per night, about an hour of IT, 30 minutes of geography and 2 hours of History. What is nice about USMA is that although they can throw anything at you during the day, from 1930 until taps, as a plebe or...

The physical training is not as rigorous as you might think. I had recently come off an illness before beast and could not work out a whole lot beforehand, but I did just fine. I am a good runner though and this helped a lot. The whole goal of beast is to get you into the cadet life and the...

Yes, you will have a few hours off each day that you can go workout. Lots of people work out during our off hour from 1250-1340, unless there is a test or briefing. Otherwise, you will have PE classes that can give you a good workout, for example, Military Movement is a good workout. Yes...

TEE - Term End Exam (finals essentially) Check out this link, West Point and the Army have a lot of confusing acronyms and this website helps with a lot of them. http://www.usma.edu/dmi/siteassets/sitepages/newcomerinfo/what%20is%20that.xls I am personally involved in the Paintball Club...

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Okay I'm gonna try to answer as much of that I can... So for beast, pack plenty of comfortable underwear, socks that you like that are in regs, and some moleskin. When you get to the Academic year, you can buy everything you need on A day and by that point you will know what is good to have. But...

Before I came I had looked at USNA and USMA and talked to a lot of Cadets and Mids including visiting both Academies, but I feel that its hard to really captivate the whole experience in a day or two. The biggest shock was probably how fast things pop up and how you have to learn to do homework...

Hi all! I am currently a plebe at USMA and want to give advice and help to those who may have questions about the Academy or the admissions process. Fire away! Also if you are in and have questions about what to expect send those my way too, I had a difficult adventure leading up to R-day.

I've accepted my appointment for the Class of 2020, I'm excited to start in June but got a couple (or more) questions. For starters, I need to order my boots soon or find them soon, we have four options, which is the best and why? Should I buy insoles as well? My other question is, earlier you...