When to hear about Appointments
- Thread starter BigBear
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Don't reside too much in the past. You can't do anything about it...just look forward.
That is interesting. Doesn't sound like you were a 'required' interview then, but maybe it is because this is your 2nd time to apply. You've got a great attitude and a real desire to go to West Point. I'm sure that the liaison will see that through your interview.
Good Luck!
My personal practice as a MAAR is to interview candidates designated by the admissions office as "interview required," but I try to reach out to other applicants close to my home. I also interview any candidate that wants an interivew regardless "required" or not. In my state, there are certain areas that lack coverage, so I go out of my way time to time.
For me, there are five parts to the interview
- adminstrative: doesn't applied to you much as you completed your application
- your qualifications: you should be fine with this
- your knowledge about West Point
- "Why West Point"
- answering questions
For me, Why West Point is the most important portion of the interview, when I conduct an interview. The admissions office knows your qualifcations already, your SAT score is already known or your varsity letters. The interview could only bring out information not on the paper to to the admissions committee.
Knowledge about West Point is not that important as your personal qualification could quickly overcome any deficiencies. What do you know about about the Honor System? It's not a rocket science, so you could learn about the basic information in 10 minutes.
Don't know what you wrote on your personal essay, but an interviewer could better determine/confirm why West Point as someone could have wrote the essay for an applicant.
So, ask yourself Why West Point?
Thank you so much! That was a lot of great information.
As for my questions, should I ask a lot? I am pretty confident about my west point knowledge, but as the first person in my family to want to serve in the army I don't know much about the army outside of documentaries I've seen on tv and my limited experience at valley forge. Is this the right setting to ask questions about an army career?
As for my questions, should I ask a lot? I am pretty confident about my west point knowledge, but as the first person in my family to want to serve in the army I don't know much about the army outside of documentaries I've seen on tv and my limited experience at valley forge. Is this the right setting to ask questions about an army career?
Certainly. It shows that you have a keen interest in the Army and you want to learn more about what it takes to be an Army officer.