<p>what was his name?</p>
<p>i tried using wayback.com to bring back the website, but no luck</p>
<p>i was looking at the thing just through google's caches. worked fine. </p>
<p>i wasn't saying its dumb you have to give up your citizenship to X country, but dumb that you actually have to do something like serve in the military for 2 years to be able to give it up...</p>
<p>You should understand that West Point is not for everyone. You cannot merely have a keen brain to get into West Point (that is why we have other institutions like Harvard and MIT). Admissions looks for those who also excel in fitness and leadership. But that does not mean you have to be a state-champion wrestler, a track star, or a class president, because I was certainly not anything like that. Similar to applying to any of the Ivy Leagues, there is not a clearly defined formula for a successful application to West Point. Generally, though, your character and record should show that you have the potential to develop into a model Army officer.</p>
<p>West Point begins most candidate files long before senior year. As a freshman I wrote a three-page letter to Admissions on why I would like to attend West Point and serve our nation (even though I do not remember clearly, it is more than likely that it was loaded with self-promoting, flattering BS). In a show of acknowledgement, West Point sent me a curt paragraph on official government paper which read: "Continue working hard!" From what I have heard, when you first contact West Point with a display of interest the Admissions office opens a file for you.</p>
<p>What makes West Point so selective is that you need to meet the physical standards by passing the Cadet Fitness Assessment as well as qualify medically for the Department of Defense Medical Examination Review Board. In addition to applying to West Point itself, you must send separate applications to a few congressmen (or the Vice President) in order to get a nomination; the congressional nominations require an interview for each.</p>
<p>ADAitfliesitdies, who are your responding to... I'm not sure anyone cares</p>
<p>His name is Daehee Park. </p>
<p>His name, is Daehee Park. </p>
<p>Cadre, make ready!</p>
<p>Looks like ant bites and hemorrhoids are going to be the least of Candidate Park's worries</p>
<p>hahahhahaha</p>
<p>if i see that guy, i'll say </p>
<p>"d00d. it's the internet celebrity. can i shake your hand? i knew going to west point would open doors of opportunity, but this? I am taken back. I need a moment...."</p>
<p>WP2010: oh, you gotta know that it aint all about you</p>
<p>Since he said on his website he's not coming, if he does show up would that be an honor violation?</p>
<p>not unless he lied about it at the academy</p>
<p>ADA *** are you talking about? for the rest of you, try and pretend like you're already out of high school and show a small amount of maturity. Whether this guy is goin or not, I'm sure he's realized he's made a mistake or two. let him learn from his mistakes, while you guys deal with your damn selves.</p>
<p>I'm already out of high school, but thanks for the condescending post, apple. It's one thing to make a mistake, it's quite another to make an complete idiot of yourself on a public internet site for an extended period of time. IE it's one thing to get a speeding ticket, it's another to drive 120 in a 65 after having received 4 tickets. There's a difference, and this kid fits the latter description quite well. He's a dolt and deserves everything that's coming to him, should he show up.</p>
<p>If he's showing up, he's in for a very rough time and will need the support of his classmates. When he started his website and told cc about it, a lot of people here were complimenting him. He was very enthusiastic and encountered quite a bit of nasty flaming from cadets. He has also been told by some current cadets that the nastiness will blow over and he shouldn't take it seriously. For my part, I'm sorry I posted the last page of his website here. I hope he's able to resolve the issues, show up for R-Day and maintain a healthy dose of enthusiasm.</p>
<p>Alright, folks, listen up. This is most certainly not the first instance of internet stupidity by Candidates. The same thing happened last year with some of my classmates, except they had Xanga accounts. Their posts were circulated around the Corps, and people knew exactly who they were the day they arrived. The same thing happened this year with a guy on MySpace. He made this big post about how everyone should remember his face, and how he'd change the world. I'd imagine it was a rude awakening when he received 50 replies from bitter Cadets who said they'd certainly remember his face. Most of the time it's just Plebes who are getting a small taste of what it's like to be an upperclassmen, because as it is, we don't have any power. But you know what happened? That list of 50 people who posted was circulated around alll of the O-5s and O-6s, and punishment was given out.</p>
<p>So what's my point in all of this? Quit diming out/dicking over your classmates before you/they are even here. Like mrgreenapple said, show a little maturity. The kid made a stupid mistake. He'll deal with it when he gets here. You'll learn really quickly not to be a Blue Falcon. You'll have classmates that do idiotic things, but it's still an us versus them concept, as long as it doesn't involve Honor.</p>
<p>In general, Cadets despise Candidates. This is for several reasons, the primary (at least that I've found) is that Candidates are really expecting this dream that we've already found tainted. West Point is NOT going to be what you expect, in good ways and bad. Cadets (primarily Plebes) don't like Candidates because they have something that we don't--freedom. Why does that make us angry? Because you don't appreciate it. Granted, not something we should be angry about, we were in the same position. It just happens, you'll see. Like I said, mostly a Plebe thing. That's why they don't let us do CPRC or go on recruiting trips. </p>
<p>Oh, and on a side note, New Cadets cannot receive Honor Boards. You aren't officially a Cadet yet and aren't expected to have known/inculcated the Honor Code. As soon as Acceptance Day hits, though, it's a different story.</p>
<p>ehhhh no, this isn't dicking over a classmate. This is dicking over an arrogant jackass. There's no blue falconry involved. </p>
<p>to quote his website: "Good luck! Stay focused on your goal. If you want to go, you will get in (if grades are a problem, consider USMA prep school)."</p>
<p>the vast majority of preps are more than qualified to have gotten into West Point on their first try. This ass has no idea what he's talking about. He deserves whatever he gets.</p>
<p>He's just saying that if your grades aren't quite where they need to be, they can still try to go to prep first. It's not insulting prepsters. Geez, you must be hypersensitive or something.</p>
<p>Yeah demo I have absolutely NO idea why you picked out that little blurb.</p>
<p>I hope if he shows up on r-day, he's committed to stay. It's arrogant students like him who cheated many preps from their appointments last year. </p>
<p>I'm so freaking excited to go to West Point and be a hooah cadet.</p>
<p>couple days into CBT.....I've decided to quit because this is not the life for me.</p>
<p>marines4me - prep kids put up with a lot of condescension from direct appointment candidates, and for this jackass to insinuate that all preps get prep slots just because of their grades is insulting and irritating. most of the preps i know were qualified to be direct appointees but the politics of the system screwed them over</p>