IVY vs. West Point Advice - Please

[RagingBull]

Make sure to try Hoagie Haven in Princeton. Spectacular eats.

 

[AROTC-dad]

I would love to speak to him (I'm new to the forum, so I don't know what PM means). Thank you!

Private message.

 

[MidCakePa]

Make sure to try Hoagie Haven in Princeton. Spectacular eats.

And I believe their other outpost, by Yale, is called New Hoagie Haven.

 

[Overwhelmed]

I sent you a PM Cuz.

 

[aetosArmy]

Hi All,

I've been lurking around this forum ever since my brother was accepted to West Point. Last week we found out that my brother was accepted to Princeton and Yale. He will be the first person to attend college in our family.

He has his heart set on West Point, he is the only person in our family that was born in the US and feels it is his duty to serve.

We live in the South Western US and we have not for financial reasons visited any of the schools. What is the best advice I can give him, not that he asked. My parents are pushing to attend an Ivy League School and so is his guidance counselor. (He is the only student in his school to be accepted to an Ivy League School)

Thank you!

Just as surely as anyone at his school will tell him "go to an Ivy school", everyone on here will tell you "go to West Point".

 

[unkown1961]

Just as surely as anyone at his school will tell him "go to an Ivy school", everyone on here will tell you "go to West Point".

I don't know about that generalization. Count me as one who would say "go to an Ivy." And a normal college life.

 

[aetosArmy]

I don't know about that generalization. Count me as one who would say "go to an Ivy." And a normal college life.

You're right, that was not an accurate statement. Sorry!
I just found it kind of comical, poising that question to a forum full of mainly SA and ROTC graduates.