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    Civil Prep

    I will tell you that it is not an easy row to hoe, out of the dozen or so AOG sponsored cadets that received appointments to WP with my son, only around 4 or 5 actually graduated, once they get to WP they have keep there nose to the grindstone and keep the prize in sight.
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    Civil Prep

    My son attended MMI in 2007 on an AOG scholarship and graduated from WP in 2012. It was a hard year for him. he had never been away from home before and was very homesick. BUT he will tell you that beast was a breeze for him after his year at MMI, and the extra year helped him succeed during...
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    question for Army personel

    thank you
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    question for Army personel

    I am incorrect in assuming that he can drive further than 350 miles a day or is he incorrect in thinking that he cannot
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    question for Army personel

    My son is a 2012 WP graduate, he is finishing up his BOLC in Va and will be stationed at ft hood. We are in Ohio. He is under the impression that when traveling from Ohio to Texas he is only permitted to drive 350 miles a day, that would make the trip 4 days. My understanding is that the Army...
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    recruited sports

    if you don't have the required stats academically it does not matter how great of an athlete you are, West Point is in the business of training officers for the army not athletes. If you are on the fence they may send you to USMAPS
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    Trips home from West Point

    I don't think you can stay over Christmas break or for your summer break when your not training, but rest assured there are plenty of West Point parents who would be willing to take you into their home if you did not have the means or time to get home.
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    Trips home from West Point

    the answer to that would be NO, you are responsible for getting yourself to and from West Point. The army will pay for your transportation from West Point to any training you might have to do and back to West Point, you are ALWAYS responsible for getting yourself home (or whereever else) and...
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    Still Stuck in the Dark

    I know someone who has not heard a word yet either, last time he spoke to someone he was told that he was # 11 on the waiting list and to sit tight, that was about 3 weeks ago.
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    need 3 tickets for r-day

    I don't recall there being any tickets required for anything on R day, nor a parade. The new cadets did march by in formation with their new uniforms and hair cuts and there were plenty of families lined up looking for a glimpse of their child. We had a party of about 10 family members with us...
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    Anyone else still waiting out there?

    my daughters friend, who is still waiting was told last week that there were ten slots turned down that were offered to those on the waiting list, that moved him up to #11 on the list. I would say at this time they are just waiting to see who accepts and who declines. If you have heard nothing...
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    Hints in "Candidates offered Admission"

    a friend of my daughter's has heard nothing yet, he was told a few weeks ago that he was #21 on the NWL, that is why I ask.
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    Hints in "Candidates offered Admission"

    do you know what number you were on the wait list?
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    Deposit Before Admission

    Call admissions, tell them you do not have the deposit, they will help you work something out for it. My son's plebe year an old grad paid his for him.
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    R-Day or Acceptance Day?

    if you have to choose do A day
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    Tattoos Prior to R-Day

    Peer Pressure had nothing to do with my son's desicion to get tattoo's, I personaly hate them, but as I said- He wanted to get them in high school and I said no, then he wanted them after he graduated, I asked him to wait until he was done with his plebe year and he did. I think he had plenty of...
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    Tattoos Prior to R-Day

    A) I never said that he got them because his friends did, I said that he and most of his friends have them. Big difference. the fact of the matter is that I bet the majority of male cadets at West Point have tattoo's. They are all going to be officers in the Army. My son is a firstie at...
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    Tattoos Prior to R-Day

    I'm sorry but as I said, my son has gotten 4 tattoo's since being at west point, and almost every friend and class mate that he has there has also gotten more than one. in the next few years there will be a lot of officer's in the army with tattoo's.
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    Tattoos Prior to R-Day

    I don't like them either, but if you can't see them with PT clothes on, you can't see them with a uniform.
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    Tattoos Prior to R-Day

    My son started talking about tatoos when he was in high school, then again after his year of prep school. I asked two things of him, wait until you are 21 and finish your first year at West Point. He did both of those for me. He says he is done now. Don't do it before R Day, that is the rule...
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