<p>Does anybody know if West Point or the Naval Academy allow for transfers??</p>
<p>nope. you have to start as a freshman. you can do ROTC as a transfer student though. just talk to the PMS at the school. you can do ROTC as a 2,3, or 4 yr program.</p>
<p>i agree with jwintim. In addition, West Point and the Naval Academy (even Air Force) only offer B.S. degrees, in mostly technical and science related fields..... They do offer English, History, etc., but still it is more science oriented, just so you know.</p>
<p>most people don't go to either program for academics so if that is what you're looking for you may want to look elsewhere.</p>
<p>I'm currently in ROTC and one of my friends is transferring to West Point so I can speak to this pretty well.</p>
<p>They dont take transfers in a typical sense where you transfer a year of credits and enter as a sophomore or junior or whatever. You'll apply as a transfer but you'll start as a Freshman. You will have to spend four years at West Point, regardless of how many credits you earned at your prior institution.</p>
<p>You do not have to do ROTC at your current university, but it definitely helps. If you do ROTC and you're a competent cadet, the ROTC cadre at that school will go out of their way to help you get into West Point or the Naval Academy or Air Force Academy.</p>
<p>There is a certain number of transfers that they take every year (I believe it is capped at 50), so it is pretty challenging to get in.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure all of this information is on the site, but how does it work? You go to one of these institutions for 4 years and then serve on active duty for two years?? I was told that graduates of these institutions have a less likely chance to be deployed for war, is that true too?</p>
<p>deployment and obligation probably depends on what your field is, for example pilots are required 10 years in the AF I would assume it is similar for the Navy.</p>
<p>I also thought the minimum was a four year commitment which would make sense given four years at the school...</p>
<p>After Naval Academy the commitment is at least five years of active duty service. It can be more depending on your field - Aviation as the above poster stated requires more. Medicine also is a longer commitment.</p>
<p>After graduation from an Academy, you'll serve a minimum of five years of active duty. Reserves or national guard upon graduation/commission is not an option. ROTC is different in that the obligation is only three or four years, and you can be in the Reserves or NG instead. Academy kids all go active.</p>
<p>Academy officers have the same chance of being deployed as an ROTC officer. There is no official policy to discriminate based on how you were commissioned. It all depends on the branch you get (such as infantry, aviation, transportation), and the needs of the military (the foremost consideration in being deployed is always the needs of the military). However, since we are currently at war and will probably be at war for the next few years, you should expect to be deployed at some point. If you are absolutely opposed to this, do not go to West Point or do ROTC.</p>
<p>As a current WP cadet, I can tell you our graduates have no lower rate of deployment than ROTC cadets. I've heard that 70-80% of our class can expect to be in Iraq or Afghanistan within two years of graduation given the current deployment cycles.</p>
<p>What does it take to get into West Point or the Naval Acad.? Is it easier or harder than Ivies?</p>
<p>Different--The service academies look at some different things than the Ivies. They look at academics, ECs, leadership, and fitness (these are the majority, but not all the factors). Some people get rejected by Ivies and accepted to an SA, but some have the opposite happen.</p>
<p>academically its alot easier to get into an academy. but DODMERB is a bi*ch and academy admissions rely havily on an athletic participation on a varsity sport in HS.
but i know a guy who transfered out of the AFA to WUSTL with a lower than average transfer GPA and he thought it was b/c he was coming from an academy.</p>