<p>i'm a junior & i'm starting on my westpoint app.</p>
<p>do i need to attach resumes to the nomination letters?</p>
<p>thank you.</p>
<p>btw, how are the physical exams done?</p>
<p>mahalo</p>
<p>Same question here, but I'd also like to know whether we should just print-off and send in the form found on the USMA website, or whether we should type up a more personalized piece.</p>
<p>Most congressman/senators have info for recieving a packet from them on their websites. If not use the letter on USMA site. Applying to each senator or congressman is like a seperate college app. Send the resume when you send the packet in. And dont forget to apply to the vice pres.</p>
<p>Just to add onto what cadetfor5 said, most senators do have application forms on their websites but some require a candidate to send a letter to the congressman/representative and then they will send you the packet in the mail.</p>
<p>I sent in a short resume with the letter from the USMA website. A few weeks later all the senators sent me their own forms to fill out.</p>
<p>MJ, you're from Hawaii? Where? I got my nomination through Senator Inouye's office. All I did was call and ask them for a packet.</p>
<p>yeahhh! aloha!</p>
<p>i'm from honolulu.</p>
<p>do i just print the nomination letter & attach a resume?</p>
<p>then, does sen. inouye's office send me a packet?</p>
<p>how does this work?</p>
<p>btw, where are you from?
nice to meet a hawaii kid.</p>
<p>mahalo</p>
<p>MJ, I'm an Army brat, so I haven't lived there for years but my family's from Waianae.</p>
<p>I just checked Senator Inouye's website, and it says to call and ask for a packet. <a href="http://inouye.senate.gov/%5B/url%5D">http://inouye.senate.gov/</a> then go to offices, call the Honolulu one, explain who you are and that you'd like a nomination packet. What do you mean "nomination letter?"</p>
<p>The process was pretty easy. I don't remember an essay, but there was an interview with his assistant, Alexis Lum. Great man, retired military, fascinating to talk to. I do remember being the only one to not come in a uniform. I wasn't in JROTC or CAP or anything like that, so I just dressed nicely and went. Must have worked, I ended up with the senior nomination from the senior senator, so I carried the Hawaii flag for the Fourth of July during Beast.</p>
<p>Be prepared for the winters here, they SUCK. Pack warm. Don't worry about going home for Thanksgiving, someone will probably adopt you...and you can adopt them back for spring break! </p>
<p>Don't forget about the care packages! Kimi balls and rice candy and munchie crunch from my grandma always made my day.</p>
<p>serious? they get picky about that? so the pri nom's from senior senators get special treatment? i cry foul!</p>
<p>It's only for the one ceremony, and it was the third day of Beast...How would you choose who got to carry the state flag?</p>
<p>put it in the middle and have those willing fight for the honor. :-)</p>
<p>mahalo.</p>
<p>you're from WAIANAE?
shoots. that's awesome.</p>
<p>idk, i opened up a WEST POINT file and one of the directions was to print out the "nomination letter" and send it to sen. inouye, neil abercrombie, and VP dick cheney.</p>
<p>i guess i'll send the letters & attach my resumes.</p>
<p>i'll also call them for a packet.</p>
<p>haha.</p>
<p>thanks for the info about the winters. i bet you miss the warm hawaiian waters. and also SPAM, lihingmui, & shave ice. haha :) :) :)</p>
<p>thanks for the reply.</p>
<p>ALOHA!</p>
<p>Yah, cover your bases brah, it's important. SPAM not so much, but lihingmui was great at Buckner for something to suck on while I was in the prone for hours and hours. Drop by Matsumoto Shave Ice and have one for me.</p>
<p>Hmm, foul indeed! I have been led to believe everyone starts at zero at West Point and has to earn privleges from scratch (other than recruited athletes who as much as I love em, get special treatment anywhere they go) I know Senators noms are considered a little more prestigious in the admissions office, but i never imagined it affected you once you were in.</p>