Thought I would add my 2 cents regarding the LOE question; my daughter who is a rising senior just received, about a week ago, a very personalized letter from USMA encouraging her to apply- similar to an LOE. She has straight As, scored highly on ACT, varsity letter in lacrosse and went to Girls State. My DS is a 2020 and I assumed they were looking to continue the long gray line by targeting the next in line. Note, she has not applied or shown interest in USMA. I have come to learn her friend across the street who is a rising junior also received this letter as well as another friend of hers. My conclusions are: 1) they are pushing for more women in the Army and 2) that with these good economic times, that even West Point may be seeing less applicants than in prior years and is being proactive. Just so you know, she receives many, many letters from a broad range of colleges and this was more personalized. The amount of mail received tells me that they must be making a ton of money off these college kids tuition.