patentesq, its not an insult to the people that want to go to med school after West Point or Army doctors in general. Through my dad (medical corps), I've got to meet his commanders, and they honestly are some of the most impressive people that I've met (many of whom are doctors) of the servicemembers I've had the privellage of meeting. I don't think there's any of them that I would consider being "all about easy street and country clubs." Many of these people deploy and see the brutality of war through the people they serve (both our people, natives, and others).
When they say "If you want to be a doctor, don't go to West Point" its more in relation to the fact that like any assignment for after graduation, you will be competing with your classmates for your top choice. I believe someone said it was like 2% are allowed to go on to med school after graduation (something like 12 cadets) out of the entire class (1200+ people). The odds are slim when you look at it that way. While its an admirable goal, if a person is heart set on becoming an Army doctor, there are more sure routes that they will be able to go to med school. Otherwise, they better be very content with their backup plan if they don't get into that 2% that is able to go. After all, its the needs of the Army that dictate what anyone gets to do after graduation. You can go in thinking that you will be one of those people, but you have to realize the people that attend West Point are just as bright if not brighter then you and will not make it easy for you at all. If it doesn't happen immediately after graduation, you always have a shot later in service time as well but you have to be willing to wait until that opportunity arises.
There are also other factors that play into this. One would be that unless you validate a class, you are still required to take all the core cirriculum classes which are very heavy in math and science/engineering that will take time away from studying classes that are more concentrated towards biology/classes that will make you competitive and give you the background for med school.
On a side note, I would be interested to know if that GPA for the cadets was theirs based on solely academic or on all parts that are counted towards the cumulative GPA (military, physical, academic I believe are the three parts). USMA is not know for weighting classes like some universities which partially explains the dip in grades that plebes tend to see that they may not be used to. That being said, a West Point diploma by many people I've talked to that graduated West Point can be useful in opening doors to higher education that with a similar GPA at another university wouldn't have been so easy to achieve.