<p>Hye, I asked bunch of my friends, and they said you need a letter from the senator to get accepted to West Point. But that's not true right, I mean that just gives you a better acceptance chance?</p>
<p>Candidates do NOT need a letter from a Senator to gain acceptace to West Point. You need to apply for a nomination. </p>
<p>You should apply for a nomination from one or more of the listed sources during the Spring of your junior year. You must obtain a nomination in order to compete for admission to the Military Academy. Cadetships are allocated by law to the Vice President, members of Congress, congressional delegates from Washington, D.C., the Virgin Islands, and Guam, Governors of Puerto Rico and American Samoa, and to the Department of the Army <a href="service-connected%20nomination">url=http://admissions.usma.edu/Prospectus/step_02a.cfm</a>. Nominating officials may select up to 10 young people to compete for each cadetship vacancy they may have. At a minimum, most candidates are eligible for a Congressional</a> nomination from their local Congressional Representative, two United States Senators and the Vice President of the United States. Apply for a nomination from each source for which you are eligible.</p>
<p>I am a senior. Is it too late to apply for a congressional nomination?</p>
<p>most congressmen have already sent out their interview notices. i am afraid it is too late for you to apply for a congressional nomination (most deadlines are in october).</p>
<p>You might still have a chance at one source. Investigate quickly! You are likely too late. There is next year though.
A number of cadets went to a normal college for a year, then re-applied.</p>
<p>Never say never. When our oldest son decided to apply to West Point, it was in January, of his Senior year! On a Friday, I called both Senators and our Representative, knowing what the answer was going to be. As suspected, both Senators' nominations were long over with, but lo and behold, the Representative had not made a final decision. His committee had already scheduled and completed the interviews, but the director said "If your son wants to come here and fill out all of the paperwork, write the essays and get the teacher recommendations over the weekend, I'll arrange an interview for him on Monday or Tuesday. Our son completed everything and on that following Tuesday met with a single retired West Point grad for about 30 minutes. Long story short, our son earned a nomination and went to West Point. Granted, it is NOT the way I'd recommend, but it does prove that it can be done. Total time from start to finish was a little over one month.</p>
<p>In our district, there were some no=shows due to important sports events that some of the candidates had to participate in (play-offs). Aso, there were a few that were sick. As a result, there was a "make-up" interview day late in the process. If your MOC has such a make up day, that would be another way you could be able to still get an interview. Good luck!</p>
<p>Anyone know any West Pointers in Los Angeles?</p>
<p>There's this really cool site that gives you a cadet map and you can click on any state to find current cadets at West Point who are from your area. Here's the California listing...</p>
<p>Either the listing's not current or my son isn't where he says he is....</p>
<p>At the bottom of the page, a disclaimer.</p>
<p>Note: This is not a complete listing of all cadets.</p>
<p>Oh yeah. I'm too old to read the print unless it's pointed out to me. Thanks Stealth; saved me a call to the FBI.</p>