1) I accepted a 4 year ROTC scholarship prior to receiving my appointment to USMA. It won't affect you negatively.
Thank you very much!
2010 - thank you too for your info and input.
1) I accepted a 4 year ROTC scholarship prior to receiving my appointment to USMA. It won't affect you negatively.
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2) I currently use protein shakes and I found they help. It is all up to you but really isn't necessary. I rarely used them prior to Beast.
What kind do you use? I used GNC brand shakes for a long time, but they are hard on the digestive system.
I use Six Star Muscle brand muscle building milkshake. I never had trouble digesting anything though so I don't know which one is easier on the stomach.
1. Where can I learn more about host families? Are host families popular?
2. Why do West Point cadets hate ROTC guys?
3. Is the hazing at West Point bad?
Never heard anything about that before I know Colin Powell was a ROTC grad though
Is it possible to have fun at West Point? I know that someone before mentioned that upperclassmen are not essentially your "friends" due to the rank difference, and despite all the strictness and "toughguyness", I'd like to know what life is like when compared to just a regular college student
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I don't go to West Point so I can't speak for that angle. However, I'm in ROTC. There is definitely a rivalry. Less people are commissioned through the academy and more from ROTC, yet I'd be willing to bet more "West Pointers" get high commands (Secretary of the Army, Commanders of combat theaters like Afghanistan or Iraq). I don't know this for a fact, but maybe ROTC people feel like West Pointers get ahead based on their commission source and thus feel cheated. I'm sure this has SOME validity to it, as just about everything you could ever think of has some evidence somewhere to support it. However, I'm sure it's the exception and not the rule. I tend to think that West Pointer supposedly "achieve higher ranks" because if you were to look at the numbers, I'd say more West Pointers make the Army a career than do ROTC folks. I'm just spitballing here but that is my take. Person for person I doubt there is any significance. An ROTC cadet is just as likely to become a great officer as a USMA cadet, and on the flip side, equally likely to not be a good officer.
As I stated before, I think it is more about how many people stay in the Army from West Point versus how many do from ROTC more than anything else.
Yeah, I guess thats what I would figure
I'm just trying to figure out if I would enjoy WP as much as I would probably enjoy regular college dorm life...
Are you allowed to call your family during CBT?
You will only be able to send letters. You will be able to make 3 calls during Beast, 10 minutes long each. One of them near the middle will probably be longer since your sponsor will let you use their phone but the other 2 are regulated by the cadre.
I know they don't let you bring electronics but it'd be nice to read a book
Oh wow thats strict. No entertainment is allowed? You can't even bring books? I know they don't let you bring electronics but it'd be nice to read a book
When??
You'll have plenty of books to read - Bugle Notes, Fourth Class Systems Manual, Barracks Arrangement Guide, AR600-1!
AF - help me out here - how many of these do you guys still have?
I highly suggest you make a candidate overnight visit to West Point. You really need to go there and spend the night to see for yourself how it is.Oh wow thats strict. No entertainment is allowed? You can't even bring books? I know they don't let you bring electronics but it'd be nice to read a book
I highly suggest you make a candidate overnight visit to West Point. You really need to go there and spend the night to see for yourself how it is.
CBT is not any worse than the Basic Training that all enlisted soldiers endure. Lots of kids enlist after they graduate and they undergo 10 weeks of basic training. Most get through it. Most New Cadets get through it. It's a challenge both physically and mentally. If you honestly don't think you are up to it then explore another path.
Yeah, sorry, I'm sounding like a ******* I should be smart enough to realize that its basic training for a military academy I know there won't be cutting corners while Im there
Anyway, I'm wondering what the food schedule is like at WP? Are there other places where you can buy/order food? Is eating at the mess hall required?
Yeah, sorry, I'm sounding like a ******* I should be smart enough to realize that its basic training for a military academy I know there won't be cutting corners while Im there
Anyway, I'm wondering what the food schedule is like at WP? Are there other places where you can buy/order food? Is eating at the mess hall required?
During the academic year breakfast and lunch are mandatory at the Mess Hall on weekdays. Dinner is also mandatory for Plebes Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at the Mess Hall. On weekends all meals are optional.
You can order out (Pizza, Chinese, McDonalds), you can go to Subway, Grant Hall, or the Coffee Shop in Jefferson Hall. There are more places you could eat at but I don't eat out often so I only know of the most popular ones.
During Beast its all mandatory. Usually at the Mess Hall but sometimes on the field they will bring food or give you MREs.