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I'm a current plebe and I would recommend doing the school that you can get in to. I will say that ABN is very competitive here and usually only people near the top of the class will get a slot. This year I think there is 90 slots total for the whole corps (plebes and yuks are the priority...

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Try to pack as light as possible. You will probably need much less than you think you need. I say this because they give you like 1 minute to move everything from your bag to your issued flight bag. The flight bag is already full with a ton of issued items so you do not have a ton of space. If...

This is never tested and you can survive fine without being under 15 min. Going into beast my 2 mile was like a 16:30 lol

I would just try to run often every week at a pace that feels good to you. Honestly the running in beast is very easy so I wouldn’t be too worried about it, as long as you’re a somewhat decent runner you’ll be fine. During morning pt it’s only ever formation runs or ability group runs (at least...

No not a complete medical exam. Just shots if required. Unfortunately, I do not remember what immunization I was given.

There's a lot of great summer opportunities. The summer after your plebe year is primarily MIADS (military opportunities). Later in your time at west point you can go on AIADS which are academic (I am not as familiar with these yet, but i've heard about some cool ones from upperclassmen). For...

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I could’ve validated some classes but chose not to. I did not want to make my first semester any harder than it needed to be. I think it worked out well but I know a lot of people who also chose to do Jedi, however, I personally did not see the value in it.

Larger strides so you can cover the same distance as shorter people in less steps. Also taller people can generally bear the weight better than shorter people because of their frame

I second this. Luckily I am quite tall so I didn't prepare much for rucking. However as @chalktherock said if you are shorter in stature or are weaker with activities similar to hiking I would definitely do a bit of practice. I saw plenty of people fall out on some of the rucks during beast.

1500 sat superscore (770 math 730 reading). I was an athelete for 3 years and got 2 varsity letters. Member of national honor society. 4.4 weighted GPA. However, I had almost 0 extracurriculars apart from my sports, so if you are strong in that category but weaker academically remember that...

One of the longest days of my life haha. You show up and most of the day is just in processing. Giving your hand carried documents to different people , getting shots (not sure if all people do), signing documents, and just general admin stuff. Then you get introduced to the cadre and proceed to...

I just ran a lot and did bodyweight exercises. You only ever do formation runs and they are slow so if you're a good runner you're set there. And then morning PT is also super easy. It's basically stretching for like 30 min and then you'll run somewhere and do another workout usually with some...

Yes, plebes have to buy them for all the upperclassmen and themselves

It went very well! I got pretty good grades in all 3 pillars that make up the GPA so my class rank should be pretty good (hopefully I can keep it that way haha). However, I do see why the academics crush people here, it is a LOT. Some weeks are just insane and it feels like every class has major...

I will try to answer questions anyone here may have about the application process, beast, the academic year, etc…

Hello all. I will be entering Beast this summer as a member of the class of 2027 at West Point. I know being prepared physically (and mentally) is very important to be successful during Beast. In order to be prepared for Beast I wanted to ask if anyone had a general outline of physical workouts...