<p>I have been accepted to King's Point and was actually kind of suprised. I was a pretty good student and average SAT's (1100). I am still waiting on West Point. The difference is that I know what WP would be like after graduation and am not 100% sure what comes after KP. I understand it would most likely be something on ships but besides that I do not know enough to commit myself to KP yet. If anyone could let me know more about what happens after KP please let me know.</p>
<p>ggspin...I suggest you carefully search all material, visit KP and their web site.
Peruse the course catalog too.</p>
<p>In terms of military... you can pretty much go active duty in any branch, otherwise you have an eight year naval reserve commitment.</p>
<p>see <a href="http://www.usmma.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.usmma.edu/</a> and <a href="http://www.usmma.edu/parents/%5B/url%5D">http://www.usmma.edu/parents/</a> and <a href="http://www.usmmaparents.com/usmmaparents/%5B/url%5D">http://www.usmmaparents.com/usmmaparents/</a></p>
<p>Welcome and Best of luck :)</p>
<p>YAY! Congrats GG!! Prayerful Mom is so right. Do your research & read everything about KP. Its the least known academy & the Navy's best kept secret! :) You've a lot of options coming out of this academy. Wishing you the very best!</p>
<p>KP2001? You can probably do great things here in answering what happens after graduation.</p>
<p>Hell-o JM..guess your not watching the game :)</p>
<p>HEY! Came home at half time. I won 50 bucks on a board LOL
You must be kinda quiet at your house too! :)</p>
<p>Thank you very much! Not a very fun game for a guy from Boston, I guess I miss the Patriots being in the game this year:/</p>
<p>gg...you...what about the Eagles??!!!</p>
<p>Haha well the Eagles fell apart a bit don't you think?</p>
<p>yes, the Eagles definetly crashed :(</p>
<p>gg</p>
<p>I would strongly suggest that you go and spend an overnight at KP and talk with the Midshipmen, teachers, and administrators. PM is right you can go active duty in any of the services or naval reserve. The options coming out were a big reason my son chose KP over the other academies. </p>
<p>In certain disciplines, if you want to be in Army logistics and transportation or a Navy Surface Warfare Officer for example, you will be far ahead of your counterparts from other academies. If you want to be an Infnatry Officer or Tank Commander, you will have some catching up to do with WP grads.</p>
<p>hey, I'm planning to go there in the spring! anyone want to meet up with me there?</p>
<p>Okay, I'll do this like a decision flowchart:</p>
<p>1)First decision: Active Duty or Not?
-If you choose active duty you can go active duty in any of the uniformed services including the less thought of ones such as NOAA. Pay: O1 w/ less than 2yrs service = 2416.20/month + a bunch of other variable pays. If you want to fly in the Navy USMMA is probably the best place to go. Has nearly a 100% placement rate for those physically qualified (not even USNA can beat our rate).</p>
<p>If you don't want to go on active duty the default will be the MMR/USNR Program. (2 weeks a year, no weekend a month). Your next decision will be..</p>
<p>2)To sail or not to sail?
-Sailing - go to sea for usually six months a year (usually 2mos on and then 2mos off, but this can be very variable). Pay ~10,000 a month for those months you sail.</p>
<p>-No Sailing - must choose a job that is related to the maritime industry (let your imagination run wild). Average pay would probably be around 45-50 thousand a year for starters.</p>
<p>3)Other crazy things: graduate school is allowed immediately after graduation; however, must be maritime related. </p>
<p>Overall your obligation is as follows following graduation from USMMA:
-Maintain your Reserve Commision for 8yrs. 5 yrs of this time will be spent doing the two weeks a year deal (again, no weekend a month like the normal reserves). The final three years can be spent in an inactive status where you don't have to do any training.</p>
<p>-Maintain your Coast Guard license for a minimum of six years. This requirement makes it so you must either upgrade or renew your license at least once.</p>
<p>-Work in the maritime industry for a minimum of five years. (This can be sailing or working shoreside).</p>
<p>-If you go Active Duty I think the minimum commitment is three years, your commitment to the reserves and maritime industry are wiped away; however, you must maintain your license.</p>
<p>Basically it takes a Master's degree to understand all your options after graduation. Hope this helps</p>
<p>GG & Ham...in case you have not figured it out, kp2001 is a graduate of USMMA and our resident med student. He has a wealth of knowledge and experience to impart so ... heads up :)</p>
<p>A member of KP2001 fan club!</p>
<p>Thank you for all of your help. I have done the over night but that was in the summer when the plebes themselves were just learning about the Academy. If possible I would like to arrange a way to stay with the same plebes again to see what they think of the Academy now as opposed to the way they did back in August.</p>
<p>There are a couple of plebes that monitor this site that would be glad to update you since indoc. I have one son there and another that wants to go. I just wish I had known about it when I was looking at schools. To think that you come out of school with your 3rd mates license (a very marketable piece of paper), is like coming out of the Air Force Academy with an Air Transport Pilots license.</p>
<p>GG: do visit again and arrange an overnight. You will have the opportunity to speak with mids of all grades not just plebes; and you can sit in on classes too.</p>
<p>I suggest that you read the posts on the thread below regarding a USMA appointee's experience at her overnight visit at WP....( my son was also told on his visit to KP a year ago "don't come here" by some of the plebes) ... Please note that some really good advice and opinions are on that thread as well concerning those cynical views.</p>
<p>Just keep an open mind ....</p>
<p>ggspin- Excellent info already given. I wanted to let you know about my son's decisions, as he is currently a first classman. He has wanted to fly Navy jets since he was about 12---we spent some time yearly on a Marine Corps airbase since his uncle was a Harrier pilot. Found out about USMMA during the application process to USNA, so applied there too. Sounded like a much better chance to go into Navy flight! Well, he's changed his mind about 20 times about what to do after graduation in the 4 years he's been there. We didn't know ANYTHING about the Merchant Marines when he first applied, but he thought it would be kinda cool to go to sea and into different ports. He did his internship with a Navy flight squadron and actually went up in a F18. He loved it, but has decided that the military life isn't for him after spending 4 years in it and is going to sail after graduation (currently getting application packets together). He enjoyed sailing, will enjoy the money, and plans to eventually do something else but hasn't decided what yet so he'll fulfill his service obligation while he decides.</p>
<p>The thing about USMMA is that there are SO many options that we were unaware of in the beginning, and they give you the chance to explore these options between Sea Year and internships. I know my son is glad he's there (especially since it's almost over!)</p>
<p>I hate to rear my biased head, but KP > WP, especially when it comes to opportunities after graduation.</p>
<p>kpmom06-see my post about Air National guard. Fly military jets/be a civilian at the same time. It is worth looking into.</p>
<p>I've lost track of the number of cadets I've sailed with during sea year that told me they originally went to KP to fly Navy. A few do lock on to that worthy target and follow it through. Others, exposed to oppurtunites they didn't even know existed a year before, change their minds umpteen times by first class year. Don't expect to have a firm idea what you want to do until after you complete sea year. Just know the opportunities are many and you will finally find one you're comfortable with before graduation.</p>