Another thing to consider -- some scholarships can be used at West Point to offset the $2,000 deposit (check the wording on the scholarship award). BUT, if the scholarship is for less than $2,000 and you plan to pay the difference, funky things can happen in the treasurer's office. My DS had a scholarship check sent directly to WP, but it arrived during Beast. The treasurer's office sent him an email, to a new cadet account he wasn't even aware of or able to access during Beast, and because he didn't respond right away they mailed the scholarship check back. It wasn't until Reorgy week or later that we got a message from the scholarship foundation asking about it. So in the time a 2nd scholarship check was sent back to WP and I had paid the balance of the $2,000, the treasurer's office decided DS's cadet account would have the $2,000 deducted during Plebe year. He never got the full amount of pay during Plebe year (maybe into Yuk year too?). I don't know where the combined $2,000 went -- but it wasn't applied to DS's account. That was the first of 4 yrs of frustration for missing $$, charges for things that weren't used (laundry), and funky accounting. Just sayin'...