<p>Hey I am currently in year 10, and I'm searching for any tips on getting into West Point. I'm very into sports, but need to focus more on the study portion. I also have a question for any one who can answer it. When your being represented by a a state congressman or senate, does West Point just pick one person (male or female), or do they pick one female and one male? I was wondering if females are disadvantaged in terms of being choosen as the one representative from that particular congressman or senate. Anyways any tips or anything would be greatly appreciated. thanks! Kelly</p>
<p>This link should help you get started:
<a href="http://admissions.usma.edu/Prospectus/%5B/url%5D">http://admissions.usma.edu/Prospectus/</a></p>
<p>I can't say much about females being disadvantaged in terms of nominations. I would think that depending on your politician you could very easily find someone who would jump at the chance of giving a well qualified female a nomination. You might run into a guy who has issues with women in the military, but I don't think those people usually turn out to be good candidate for office.</p>
<p>West Point, I'm pretty sure, only chooses one one person among those nominated. If they had to choose one of both, we would have a 50/50 split, but there are far fewer women here than men. That's mostly because far fewer women apply.</p>
<p>A word of encouragement. For some reason, a slightly lower number of women who apply are found to be qualified, but, of those that are qualified, a slightly larger number get in. That said, at year 10 you have all the time in the world to bring your grades up to pare, prepare for an excellent SAT/ACT, and get in amazing shape. Just look at the statistics to get an idea of the standards, and you'll stand a good chance.</p>
<p>WP Kelly,</p>
<p>Our daughter is class of 2009. Our experience was that for MOC's it matters little if you are male or female. The best qualified candidates usually get the nominations reardless of gender. Once it gets to the appointment level then there are less slots for women than for men, but as was stated above, less women apply (and therefor less are nominated). Once you get to the pool of fully qualified candidates WITH a nomination then roughly 56% of the men get in and 57% of the women. Pretty even. </p>
<p>Make your file the strongest it can be---our D had 3 nominations (both MOC and a senator) to USMA and USNA---being "a girl" didn't prevent it.</p>
<p>Good luck and have a salfe trip from Australia.</p>