<p>Is it possible for the superintendent from west point to come to your school for interview??
cuz he's coming on march 4th,, to my school (possibly vacation?? break??)
I did everything except my essays and CFA...</p>
<p>it would be a miracle if i ever get in...(since i have 2.8....thingy...)
and 1800...don't you think so?</p>
<p>I've never heard of the superintendent being involved in admissions in any way beyond approving wait-listed candidates for admission.</p>
<p>"I did everything except my essays and CFA..." "it would be a miracle if i ever get in.."</p>
<p>With an incomplete application you will not be eligible to be considered for an appointment. Are you planning on completing your application??</p>
<p>lol...unfortunately, my family's not rich enough to send me to other college..so I have to finish my application by this week...and hopefully...get in...k</p>
<p>OK - from that response, I think I know why you are having a hard time completing the essay....Do you want to go to West Point? Do you want to be an Officer in the US Army? If not, you may want to look at your other options.</p>
<p>Yup! i want to go to westpoint and become an officer in the army.. everyone in my family is army/navy officer+doctor/professor... pressure...pressure...pressure...</p>
<p>Don't go because of family tradition, go because you want to go : )</p>
<p>I wanna go~!</p>
<p>You have said to "have to go" - money, tradition, pressure, pressure, pressure etc. Now you have said you "want to go".</p>
<p>The bottom line is you have not completed your application. Actions speak louder than words (especially to admissions), and your actions are more in line with your former statements than your latter one...</p>
<p>USMA works off a rolling admissions system. This means that your application should have been complete by December if at all possible. With less than stellar credentials (your admission), waiting to the deadline is not a smart move.</p>
<p>well,,,excuse me,,,but i've got my nomination on feb 12th and I did not receive the candidate kit until the day after.. I've applied for nomination in november last year and I didn't know it would take 3 months to get the nomination... p.s.- why cannot 'have to' and 'want to' exist in the same dimension? it isn't necessarily about tradtion/pressure, u know...it's just that...I envy them..</p>
<p>If envying what someone else has is your only motivation for going, you need to rethink your goals. What are you doing for yourself by going to USMA? Gaining status in the eyes of your family? Satisfying jealousy? If you're only coming here to live for yourself, then you're probably not going to have that great of an outlook when you're here...you will get little out of this place unless you start living with the attitude that life is about serving other people. That's the premise behind being a soldier, defending the country...sure, there's more instinctive motivations, such as securing income for yourself, but most in the military are here because they want to do something to contribute to our nation's defense.</p>
<p>alright I understand</p>
<p>Hi hmdpavy9034. You were poorly advised to think that you needed a nomination before you began your application process the opposite is generally true, complete the application to the Academy and then the application for your nomination (or at the same time). If you run out of time in this admissions cycle and you still want to be an officer you should consider reapplying next year or think about the rotc route. We met someone at our congressman's reception for nominees recently who is finishing up his freshman year at a university and will be a plebe next year. Between cadets who go to university for a year, usmaps cadets and prior service cadets you definitely wouldn't be the only cadet entering some time after hs. Good luck.</p>
<p>The mom of a HS freshman here. My son says he wants to be an army officer. I'm thinking that a ROTC program at a 4-yr school would be perfect for him, but my question is...seriously, what kind of stats does one need to get into West Point? Thanks.</p>
<p>Jeremysmom,
It depends on what district of what state you and your son reside in.
Some are wayyyy more competitive than others and some are a breeze.
Some applicant pools in some districts can be as competitive as getting into harvard law school, while others are as easy as being the only applicant in one's district.</p>
<p>Bottom line: When your son applies to USMA, he has to first pass the initial candidate application which asseses his grades/SAT/ACT/gpa/course difficulty/extra currics/leadership potential/awards/involvement etc etc etc etc etc for him to even begin the long trip of completing the USMA application-- which isn't too difficult.</p>
<p>Here is the Class Profile for the Class of 2012:
United</a> States Military Academy at West Point</p>