Class of 2009 Profile

Colleges and Universities A-Z Military Academy - West Point
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<p>Here's a current press release on the Class of '09. Looks like applications were down less than 10% from last year ( 11,000 versus 11,879) while admitted candidates were up slightly (1250 versus 1224). Still a pretty tough place to get invited into.</p>

<p>WEST POINT , N.Y. – Approximately 1,250 cadet candidates, including more than 250 minority candidates, 21 international cadets and 30 combat veterans who served in Afghanistan , Iraq or both, are expected to report to West Point on Monday, June 27, Reception Day (R-Day) for the Class of 2009. </p>

<pre><code> The incoming class was selected from a pool of nearly 11,000 applicants. There are 189 women, who comprise 15 percent of the class. Minority enrollment includes 89 African-Americans, 94 Asian-Americans, 91 Hispanic-Americans and 18 Native-Americans.
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<p>"admitted candidates were up slightly 1250 versus 1224"</p>

<p>Technically west point didn't admit more. They usually admit 1400ish people but only 1200ish decide to go. I guess this year they had a somewhat higher yield.</p>

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<p>30 combat veterans? Would the typical vet in this group be someone with an outstanding HS record who enlisted in the Army after graduation, served for 2 years and then applied to West Point? There is an age limit for admission isn't there? Just curious about who is eligible for admission and different ways of getting to the same place.</p>

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<p>Must be under 23 to start at WP - so could have a fairly sizeable tour before enrolling.</p>

<p>A year at USMAPS is often used to catch up the prior-enlisted academically.</p>

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<p>The number I hear is that about 30% of cadets on 'R-day' have been somewhere between High School and West point,..prior enlisted, ROTC, USMAPS, Civilian Prep, just applying again after a year of college, etc</p>

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<p>i am getting very confused...</p>

<p>According to the college board, the acceptance is 56%...</p>

<p><a href="http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/compare_schools.jsp?%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/compare_schools.jsp?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Freshman Admission Statistics
Total applicants who are accepted: 13%
Total of accepted students who enroll: 84% </p>

<p><a href="http://www.princetonreview.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.princetonreview.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Hugh Jass:</p>

<p>Acceptance info on Collegeboard is wrong. Go to the West Point website <a href="http://www.usma.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.usma.edu&lt;/a> and look at the class profiles. You will see how many applications, qualified candidates and appointments occur each year.</p>

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<p>I think College Board made a mistake in understanding the admissions process at USMA. What they've apparently done is looked at the number of applicants offered appointments AFTER the total number of applicants has already been pared down to those that are Triple Qualified (Medical, Academic, Physical) AND have received the required Congressional and/or other nominations. So, of 11,000 that submit applications, only about 2600 are found to be qualifed and have received nominations, and about half of these are actually offered appointments. So the 56 percent number is deceiving and inaccurate.</p>