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5 years ago my son had already accepted a 4 year ROTC scholarship when he received his sponsored civil prep "golden ticket" to WP. He did not hesitate to take it. He had a great experience at GMC, has done well at WP and is still best of friends with the other cadets from GMC. It is a win win.

When my son was at GMC about half of the corp was Coast Guard, so there was definately some expertise there.

My DS receive his TWE email the last hour of the last day! He had already accepted an ROTC scholarship and geared up for that. About a week later he received a two sentance email that he was receiving a AOG prep scholarship, respond quickly. He did a quick search on the AOG prep offer and...

My son attended GMC as a sponsored prep and is currently a Cow (3rd yr) at West Point. He made his decision to go to GMC vs MMI based on the more personal attention he received from GMC including a call from the school President General Caldwell (this was during covid so visits were not an...

This was the case for my DS at GMC. He did have to write a new essay but had much more relevant material with his experience as a military prep student. It was also nice to have letters of recommendation from Colonels and the General versus high school teachers!

You will find numerous helpful comments in the following thread. My cadet had an excellent experience at GMC, really admired the cadre, developed friendships with other preps (and is still close to them at USMA), and felt very well prepared for WP. There were many Coasties in his class and...

Our son was also an AOG Civil Prep at GMC and had a great experience. During the summer program, they attended a 6-week math bootcamp and then took the ACT or SAT, and my son's math score improved. He also said many of the plebe classes were much easier because of the classes he took at GMC...

After my DS accepted his AOG scholarship he relinquished his ROTC scholarship so another applicant could benefit from it.

MY DS's portal reflected a TWE and then about 10 days later he received an AOG scholarship.

The GMC experience will provide so many more relevant experiences in military life, leadership, independence and academics. He will not want to use his highschool essays;)

And ours was voluntold to take Arabic, fortunately he is enjoying it.

The curriculum offered at the prep schools like MMI and GMC is virtually the same as freshman year at any college. So your DS will do well or struggle with either option. Both options will offer the needed support to reapply to USMA. Good luck!

Congratulations on the AOG scholarship for your DS! My DS was in a similar position and attended GMC and received an appointment to WP. It is so tempting to compare your potential cadet's qualifications and make assumptions about why or why they didn't receive an appointment. I've come to the...

This is terrific advice! I would also advise to go to as many events at USMA as you can. When you get to know the area, become familiar with the base, meet other cadets and families it all becomes much more comfortable. And go get yourself a West Point car window sticker, you are an ARMY...

Hello, congrats on your offer of an AOG sponsored prep scholarship, it is a significant achievement. My son was in your position last year at this time and did his research on the five prep schools. All of them will prepare you well for acceptance into USMA, it really comes down to fit. My...