<p>Hi there! I understand that all 3 service academies have summer programs for rising seniors to try to help them get a feel for how the life is inside of the academies</p>
<p>i was wondering if anyone knew some info about West Point's, like how long it is, what they do etc, could someone help me out on this?</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>They typically run the program in the first 2 or 3 weeks of June. It is 1 week and you have a choice between 2 different weeks. They focus on physical training, academic classes and a day of military training at Camp Buckner. Also, current cadets will be there to discuss the realities of the WP experience. You can download a brochure from the usma site which will give you some more information. </p>
<p>If you are at all curious about the service academies, I would strongly encourage you to apply for these programs. This is the experience that solidified my daughter's decision. You can sign up for the mailing list on each of the individual sites.<br>
Good luck!</p>
<p>Summer Camp at WP (now called Summer Leaders Seminar) is a "must do" event for any junior having thoughts about attending WP. You can get all the details at the West Point website.</p>
<p>It is important to attend for several reasons. First, the application process gives you a good insight into the types of information that WP will look at when evaluating candidates. You can compare your son/daughter to the various class profiles to see how they will likely compare during senior year.</p>
<p>Second, your son/daughter will get to meet some of the current cadets and some of the other candidates that will likely attend WP the following year. I think our son was somewhat concerned about how he would "hit it off" with the other kids already at, or wanting to attend WP. He came back from the summer program really excited about the people he met during the week. Interestingly, he said very little about the instructors and academic programs, but had a lot to say about the cadets and summer program participants.</p>
<p>I am a 2004 Summer semminar, IAW, Summer leaders seminar what ever you want to call it alum, It was seriously the best week of my life. I'm not even that stero-typical gung-ho military type, but It was alot of fun. I was able to take classes in Mechanical, civil engineering, leadership and ethics, etc, We learned about drills, got up at 530 every morning did some PT. </p>
<p>What was most benificial was that every day they took about an hour out of each night explaining the admissions process. It gave me a great idea of what the proper steps were in pursuing an appointment, plus you get to take the PAE. Mine, If I can remember correctly was about 6 days(?) </p>
<p>spent one day at camp bukner spent time doing military exercises (obstacle course etc) </p>
<p>just lots of fun and very very informative. Even for people who aren't applying the the academies, great intro classes in engineering. </p>
<p>There's just so much to talk about, if you have any specific questions please post them</p>
<p>Just wondering, how strenous is the actual physical training? Lotsa running? Climbing? Push ups? heh heh</p>
<p>also, do you know around how many people apply and how many get in?</p>
<p>Is there a percentage between acceptances rates of people who went to this seminar and actually managed to get in the next year?</p>
<p>About 5000 apply, and about 650 get in </p>
<p>well PT is a little tough, but not that bad, not nearly as hard as what they do at BCT. The running is broken down into groups, depending on your skill. the better runner you are the better group you go with (you list your 2 mile time on the enrollment papers) </p>
<p>well from last years statistics, about 52% of the people who attended the summer program reported as cadets the following summer. However, if you consider about 90 percent of the people offered admissions, accept it. you have to figure a good number of people accepted to the summer program get rejected (or decide to pursue another option E.G. civilian colleges or another academy)</p>
<p>IAW was by far one of the best weeks of my life. Changed my status from "I'll consider West Point" to "I'm going to West Point."</p>
<p>My son just mailed the app for Summer Leaders Seminar. Does anyone know if an interview is also required? He's leaning heavily to AFA - but WP appeals to him as well and he wants to make the most informed choice he can.</p>
<p>no interview... however for the AFA summer seminar, my liason officer did call me to ask me a few questions. however one of my friends (same congressional district) he got accepted and no one called to ask him any questions</p>
<p>That's correct - no interview is required for WP. I have been told that the factor most heavily weighed is the PSAT score.</p>
<p>that is true, When I mentioned to my liason officer that I was worried about my class rank and GPA due to the competativness of my HS, he mentioned that the SAT/ACT score is the most important becasue it is the only way that the academies can compare every one at a national level</p>
<p>I went to USMA's IAW last year, and I can honestly say (after going to the naval academy's as well) that the USMA IAW was a very accurate picture of the academy. True, they make you do some pt that everyone might not be able to handle. But I think it really woke some people up to exactly what you do at an academy. Also...you don't need to have done well on your PSAT to get in...my good score was on my ACT and that's what got me into IAW. </p>
<p>Also- the academic classes are interesting, they really show you how good USMA's facilities are, esp the computer and engineering classes. The day at buckner is awesome...just please be respectful to the active duty guys that are there. We had this kid at my IAW who got smart with one of the guys...I felt bad for him.</p>