Recent content by Sevastopol79

Thanks, I really appreciate the information! It's too bad that you can't validate using dual-enrollment courses. My school doesn't offer AP classes. As for the plebe-level classes, are they quite manageable? I dislike essays just as much as the next guy, so I might struggle with those as well...

That's good to hear, thank you! I have a few more, if you don't mind: 1. How well do plebes get along with the upperclassmen, usually? 2. Are the dorms of good quality? 3. What was your favorite part of plebe year? 4. Did you enjoy Beast? 5. Do you have a fair amount of free time as a...

I had an LOA, so with the commander's nomination it was a relatively simple way of getting admitted. Just be warned that if you do not make it through the soldier admissions program, you will have to serve another year enlisted until you re-apply and get accepted. Make sure that you actually...

How are you doing so far in the year? Did you have a good plebe experience and are you happy you came to West Point?

Are you talking about getting an admission through the National Guard? If so, I have been accepted through that route, if you'd like to know more.

If it makes you feel any better, I was denied from SLE but still got an LOA and was accepted. Like many of the responses here have said, just focus on making your application the best it can be!

This is good to know! However, do I have to have AP scores in order to validate? I took dual-credit courses through a community college at high school. Would I be able to validate/test out that way?

How do exchanges to other SA's work? Do I have to speak to my Tac Officer or apply for it?

Speaking from Army enlisted to USMA (CO 2026) here, so of course your mileage may vary. I enlisted in March of my junior year of high school in the National Guard. I had already started my application by the time I enlisted, so don't worry about your application being closed while you are away...

Interesting, does a base pass mean you can be out overnight? Or do you have to be back by taps? Also, did you enjoy plebe year at all despite the restrictions? Thanks for putting up a Q&A!

Sounds good, you just need one more post in order to be allowed to message people. If you go 31B let me know, I'll tell you all about the wonderful place that is Fort Lost-In-The-Woods.

How would you compare your freedoms between now and your plebe year?

Interesting, I went last summer and it was only 10. Maybe with reception I could see 13 weeks being a possibility but your training period will only be 10 weeks. Anyways, I have heard that for prior enlisted, beast is much easier compared to BCT. It's a great introduction to the military and...

Is that so? I've always been told that there is no way to connect any personal device besides your phone to the Wi-Fi. Good to know that this doesn't seem to be the case anymore if I'm understanding correctly.

M USERNAME DS/DD/SELF LOA/No LOA APPT DATE STATUS STATE NOM SOURCE DIRECT/NON-DIRECT 1 Vogelsang Self LOA 3-Nov-21 Accepted ME Presidential Direct Appointment 2 nunz6 Self LOA 20-Oct-21 Will Decline NY Presidential Direct Appointment 3 TropicJustice DS LOA 22-Oct-21 Undecided VA...