<p>One of the reasons I am concidering West Point is for it's academic rigor. I guess you could say that I am looking for a challenge, with the physical training and all, but I also want a top notch education.
What is the honors program (if there is one) at West Point like? Also, how hard is it to double major while still fitting in all the required courses? </p>
<p>Does West Point offer a masters degree? And, is it possible to pursue further education after West Point for a year or two before going into the service?</p>
<p>They have ‘honors’ classes for those who show aptitude.</p>
<p>It is very difficult to double major unless its in two Languages. If your in Engineering good luck with the 8 academic classes a semester little alone adding another major. </p>
<p>You can go to school after WP without ‘going into the service’ but you have to earn a scholarship.</p>
<p>airborne101, and anyone else who can support this, " you can go to school after WP" without the 5 year service, if the candidate receives one of the few national scholarships? Is this true? </p>
<p>In addition, if someone wants to double major it “HAS” to be a language course? What about minors? </p>
<p>If you get an academic scholarship for post graduate work immediately after graduation you still must serve your minimum of 5 years active duty.
No getting out of active duty service.</p>
<p>It is usually only possible in conjunction with Language because you can do a lot of cross over course work that counts for both, example study abroad taking history course would count because its history in a different language. There are a few minors, but these are almost harder to do the double major because you can’t have any cross over credits.</p>
<p>Oh, I must have phrased my question wrong. I am not tryint to get out of the military service. I welcome the adventurous job after graduation. It’s just that I am reading the Unforgiving Minute and the auther went to Oxford for two years after West POint and then to active service. I am just wondering how often or if it’s possible for me to be able to further by education after West Point without the huge 5 year gap between West Point and then after the service requirements.</p>
<p>Also, can you earn a masters degree at West Point? I’m thinking about biomedical engineering, so it looks like double majoring is a no no for me.</p>
<p>So I see that West Point has a biological engineering tract. Will the information I learn at West Ppint be suffiecient for me to pursue a job as a biomedical engineer in life after the military?</p>
<p>One older book I read said that “Star men” - the top 5% of the class, who get gold starts to wear ontheir collars- can choose to go straight to grad school and defer active service.</p>
<p>I’m just going off of the top of my head with this, but I know that a few students can go to graduate school. I think it’s the Rhodes scholarship (not certain), and you are allowed to defer service for two years to attend Oxford.
I’m not sure if this is an exception, but if the military pays for you to attend college (other than with WP), you have to remain in the service for twice the amount of time you attended.</p>
<p>You can pursue biomedical engineering while you are in the Army. There are a whole group of them who work for the Surgeon General of the Army. You’ll be involved in a bunch of cool chem and bio warfare stuff.</p>
<p>I’m assuming that you would have to branch chemical weapons to pursue this?</p>
<p>I know that you can use the Rhodes Scholarship to attend Oxford for two years (I also visited Rhodes today as I live in Memphis). But is this the only way to further my education right out of West Point? The changes of getting a Rhodes Scholarship are very very slim.</p>