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Hey everybody, I wanted to post this thread to anybody curious about what plebe life is like, what the academic/sport work load is like (am on team), what the reapplicant process is like, or anything in general. Hope y'all are having a good day.

Hey everybody, I was looking through the USMA website and I couldn’t find any further information on combat dive school or sapper school for cadets choosing to take them as a military individual advanced development school, so I have a few questions: How competitive are the schools to get...

I have really pale skin and super black facial hair so it looks like I have a constant five o’ clock shadow, even when I shave against grain. I shave everyday, but I cannot get a clean shave look. Any recommendations for West Point? I currently use a Gillette Fusion razor. Should I switch to...

I saw this thread in Air Force land and I was wondering if anyone had any insight if there is a West Point group chat or social media page. I can't seem to find any official one. Thanks in advance.

Does anybody know if AMI's sent to DoDMERB need to be processed by a technician prior to being to sent to SA (specifically West Point) waiver authority? In the email I received by my technician it stated to give up to 15 days for processing, I'm just nervous that with the deadline coming up.

Hello all, I am currently a college re-applicant at a school on the quarter system, and the spring quarter ends on June 10. I am about to finish the Winter quarter strong with pretty difficult courses, in Spring quarter I will be taking very difficult courses, with professors I have heard from...

Does anybody that has had to wear a cardiac event monitor or Holter know if you have to document in your patient journal when you exercise and raise your heart rate, so the high heart rate doesn't appear out of the ordinary? In my case I have old notes saying that I have experienced racing heart...

I have completed all of my AMI's through my own private contractor for WP waiver authority, but on my DoDMETS site it still says my appointments are incomplete, even though right next to all of my remedials, it states I have chosen to use my own private contractor. I have already sent all my...

I have recently just taken a methacholine test to prove I do not have asthma, and I sent my results in to DoDMERB following the correspondence, making sure it included "printouts of FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC, FEF 25-75% as well as the flow volume loops in accordance with American Thoracic Society...

I've been reading some older threads on here and many have been saying VMI's rat year is harder than West Point's plebe year. Can some VMI alum/cadets provide some input as to what may make it more difficult and can some WP alum/cadets provide some input as to what may make plebe year more...

Has anybody received any form of confirmation of receipt of their packets from either of the Ca senators? I have sent mine over a month ago and just now heard back from Harris, still no word on Feinstein. I know they are supposed to send the post card one includes in their packet, but I still...

Hello community, I just received my letter of assurance today and it provides me an invitation to an overnight visit. Overnight visits are cancelled because of COVID, will they be back in January? If anybody has any information or thoughts I would greatly appreciate and love to hear them!

After receiving a TWE I need to start exercising my plan B. I am going to attend a civilian university, (hopefully walk on ROTC) but I want to know if I will have to retake the ACT (my scores:COMPOSITE 30;ENGLISH 30; MATH 27; READING 32; SCIENCE 29; ESSAY 9/12) for re applying to West Point next...

Should I email my RC, or my FFR about this because I had all the required information in my file except the official interview and I was in the dodmerb process. I have my medical done and I am going in for my optical tomorrow, so I don’t know what I should do here. Could this be an error?

Hello community, I was recently promoted to team captain on my wrestling team and I wanted to update that onto my extracurricular activities section of my portal, but my counselor had already validated everything so I cannot make updates to this. How do I update this section? Do I have to go to...

When reviewing my exam packet, I noticed the box for navy is checked. This is incorrect and on my profile I have army selected; I do not know how to fix this. What should I do?

Does the official Interview on the application need to be completed in order for a file to be complete by the deadline? I have read that it doesn't somewhere but I'm not 100%. My FFR told me "I need West Point to tell me they want me to interview you", and that he was "asking for clarification...

So, this is a little awkward, but my administrator of my cfa did not say the cadence ‘up’ for each of my pull ups, but he did however count off when I got to the top. Instead of saying up he would nod for my next rep. My pull ups are recorded and everything else is fine, but because of this...

Hello community, Does your liaison officer contact you for the official interview on your application? Or do you have to contact them?

Hello community, On my portal on the nomination category, it has a green check mark, and the name of my district, but I have not heard anything from the office of my congressman. Does this mean I received the nomination even though they did not notify me? Any insight would be appreciated.