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Some advice for you Cadet Candidates: http://condorcadet.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/so-youre-going-to-a-service-academy-advice-and-tips-from-a-cow-at-west-point/ See you in Beast. Good luck.

Can cadets get up before 0625 to do PT or homework? Is that time a recommended wake up time or required?

scoutpilot, my brother wants to be an Army aviator...do you recommend becoming a commissioned officer or warrent officer?

Try to find someone to train with you, it's easier and more fun.

armystrong2015, I was in approx. the same boat as you last year. I went to UMSA SLS and Navy Summer Seminar, and I couldn't decide between Army officer or Marine Officer. The way I made my decision is I looked at the different services and how they compare, according to my preferences. Ever...

As mentioned above, Police Explorers is a good thing, but if you want a more military experience, look at Civil Air Patrol (CAP): www.gocivilairpatrol.com. It has units all over the United States, and provides leadership opportunities that USMA looks favorably upon. PM me if you have any...

USMAHopeful!, you want to know how to improve writing? WRITE!!! My first SAT, I got a 5 on the essay...I wrote an essay a day after that, and got a 10 on the third time I took it. Buckle down and write under realistic SAT conditions. As much as possible. Good Luck!

With all due respect, M2inOR, we (as appointees) need to be extremely careful in our workouts...with a $400,000+ education, plus a career in the Army, riding on our health, an injury at this stage of the game would be devastating. But thank you, sir/ma'am, for the advice regarding how workouts...

Candidates can just look at the Class of 2014 statistics on the Admissions website...

freedomtruck, are you doing that every day?

Anyone who lives in the St. Louis area and wants a good way to prepare physically for Beast, or get into better shape even if you aren't attending USMA this year, check out the St Louis Military Officer Support Foundation: http://buildwarriors.org/ Currently, workout sessions are being held...

I'm going to the one in St. Louis.

Will the US intervene if China starts getting imperialistic and invades, for example, India? From my limited knowledge, I don't think we have any kind of alliance with India, or most of the countries in that region except for S Korea and Austrailia.

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mostly the same as any other branch...staff/command positions

are those "barefoot shoes" allowed during Beast, and/or academic year?

thanks for the feedback, Hornetguy. Clarification: I know that most Middle Easterners don't hate us for our J-C values, I meant the fundamentalist elite such as Usama bin Laden. so to sum it up: A thorough understanding of the history and culture of the region in question is absolutely...

On the subject of democracy in the Middle East... In my International Relations class today, we were discussing the dominoe effect...maybe if democracy takes off in Egypt and Jordan, it will have a dominoe effect on the rest of the region. Democratic governments automatically mean less war...

Is that for all IM sports? Who won the most last semester?

does anyone notice a double standard? Sikhs are allowed to express their religion by carrying a WEAPON to school, yet Christians are not allowed to express their religion by merely saying "Merry Christmas" in school (In my local high school I have it from a good source that one would be...