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    Welcome brief from R Day

    Welcome brief from R Day for the new class. Lots of good info to include some stats on the class. http://www.westpoint.edu/parents/SiteAssets/USMA%20-%202016%20R-DAY%20Parent%20Welcome%20Brief%20-%20FINAL.pdf
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    Class 2019 Welcome Brief

    Below is the link to the Class of 2019 R Day Welcome Brief to the parents. Some good Stats in there. AVG SAT 1254 22% Female 23 will go to Med School Lots more info http://www.usma.edu/parents/SiteAssets/USMA - 2015 Parent Welcome Brief - 29JUN15 (FINAL).pdf
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    PPW USMA Command Brief

    Here is the link to the Command Brief that was given to the Parents at Plebe Parent Weekend. It has some good info buried in it. http://www.westpoint.edu/parents/SiteAssets/PPW2015CommandBrief.pdf
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    Plebe Parent Brief

    Excellent Plebe Parent Brief on all facets of the Academy and stats on the class of 2017. http://www.usma.edu/parents/SiteAssets/USMA%20-%20PPW%20cmd%20group%20brief%20(March2014).pdf
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    Scholars vs athletes

    Ideally, the perfect candidate is at the max end of the scale in all facet s of the whole candidate score. Very few probably hit that mark, most are a good blend of all areas. The academy recruits world class athletes (or as best they can find) and will even take some who are exceptional...
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    2012 Board of Visitors

    For those of you who like stats and facts. The link below is the West Point 2012 Board of Visitors annual report. It contains a ton of info on what is going on at the Academy. Page 22 of the pdf lists the number, gender, race of admitted cadets, grad rates etc. Page 60 of the pdf tells...
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    Army crackdown on tattoos

    The Army has instituted a crackdown on tattoos of all sorts. Google “Army Tattoos” and you will see the many related articles. When the Army couldn’t get enough troops, the standards were relaxed. Now they are headed back to where they used to be if not becoming even more stringent...
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    SLS/SLE fate TBD

    Page 12 of the Pointer View has the complete list of cuts that have been decided and those proposed: http://www.westpoint.edu/pv/Pointer%20View%20Archive/13JAN24.pdf Pointer View Page 12: We are considering implementing the following longer-term actions for fiscal year 2013 and owe...
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    Academic separation boards

    My DS told me today that the first wave of academic review boards decided to separate a bunch of cadets for poor grades. He says they were told that there would be a few more separations announced in the next few days and he noted that it seemed like more than last year. Unlike other...
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    Admissions Data

    For those who like numbers and data, see page 7 from the USMA June Board of Visitors report. http://www.westpoint.edu/bov/siteassets/meeting%20minutes/Signed%20Meeting%20Minutes%2020120614.pdf
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    2016 Stats - Office of the Dean

    Class 2016 Stats (from slides passed on old grad site) Ave SAT: Verbal-627, Math-654 Ave ACT: Eng-29, Math-29 Top 1/5 of their HS Class: 72% 100 Valedictorians: 8% National Honor Society: 57% Class/Stu Body President: 18% Played Varsity Sports: 90% Team Captains: 57% 37...
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    Plebes to be scrambled

    It was just announced that the Plebes will be scrambled which is how it was at one time (Back when the Comm was a cadet by the way). As you go through your experience, remember it is all subject to change. Be flexible.
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    PPW Parents Brief

    For what its worth, just back from Plebe Parent Weekend. The weekend itself was great. Plan on attending in a year. The Dean gave the briefing to the parents on Friday. He said the Corps had gone up to almost 4600 which contributed to the significant overcrowding in the barracks. With...
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