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Unfortunately, the Academy Store was out of my size for the Altama low quarters, so I ordered a pair from the Original Footwear website instead. Their website says shipping takes 4–7 days. Has anyone here ordered from them before? If so, did your shoes arrive within the estimated timeframe?

I have seen posts saying that they will give us plenty of time to memorize the required knowledge, but I want to be prepared and at least get familiar with it beforehand.

Does anybody know what knowledge we will be tested on? The only one I know is "How's the Cow?"

Any information or resources would be appreciated. Thanks!

My son is working on his "why do you want to go to west point" essay.

He really wants to be a military doctor, and wants to write his essay about pursuing medicine.

I was concerned that they might be more into applicants that really want to command infantry, or more of the "leading solders into battle" types, and he might be better off being a little less specific of what he wants to do.

What do you all think?

All I basically have SLE this week and my biggest issue right now is I’m pretty sure my shins have come back. I’ve been training for my CFA, but I have taken a break from running mainly because I did have shins during crew and my trainer told me to take a break from running, so I mainly focused on the other aspects of the test this week. I ran a 5K when I clearly was not ready for it in an attempt to raise money for a charity and I took two days of rest and I’m getting back to running now and it feels like crap all over again. I’m going to see my PT specialist this week and I’m trying to run out the times which I have recorded in the past, but I have been like repeatedly stopping because of how much pain I’m in can someone please help and just give me some insight onto how this will work out for me sorry if this is so badly formatted this is a huge voice note

Incoming 2030; what court shoe do y'all have? The authorized footwear memo says "The inside exterior of midsole (arch side) should use thermoplastic urethane (TPU) outsoles." I can't find any shoe suiting that description, aside from nameless Amazon listings.

Junior
AP physics - A
AP Lang - A
AP precalc - A
AP world - A
Korean 5H (highest level) - A+
Spanish 4H - A+

Soph
AP seminar - A-
APUSH - B+
Alg 2H - B
Chem H - A-
Korean 4H - A+
Spanish 3H - A+

Frosh
English 1H - A-
Bio 1H - A-
Geometry H - B
US History H - A
Korean 3H - A+
Spanish 2H - A

Got five's on Soph AP exams and waiting for the Junior ones to come out ofc. Planning on taking AP Bio, AP Calc AB, AP Lit, AP Spanish, AP Psych and AP Stats as a senior.

I got a 1580 on my SAT and my EC’s + leadership are pretty decent. I’ve also been training for CFA. Will my freshman and sophomore grades hinder my acceptance into West Point?

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Is it recommended to bring a personal ipad, laptop, etc. for classes?

i am really scared because i got a c in my spring semester senior year of high school college linear algebra and differential equations course. I had all A's throughout the rest of my high school and I got accepted into west point with a 4.0 UW GPA (back then). Do they have enough to rescind my appointment because of just one C? Thank you

Jake Zweig says school is 75% easier if you aren’t playing a sport.

During BEAST, will they check everything we bring? Every single item?

I was diagnosed with ADHD last year and honestly, I just wanted to take Ritalin/ adderall to help me focus to increase my chances of passing Nursing school. I had straight A’s in middle school and high school taking difficult classes and ended with the 4.9 HPA without meds. For the past year I decided to get my BSN and I haven’t noticed much of a difference in taking the medication so I stopped last month but I’m applying for the CO 31‘ and Ik ill go to DoDMERB in a couple months do u think they’ll disqualif me? or at least let me get a waiver?

I am a C/o 2031 USMA applicant with an already solidly passing CFA, 1430 SAT, Admissions interview, part of my recommendations, and some extracurricular in my West Point application. It says on the portal that the medical will open up July first with priority going to better applicants or those with more of the application completed, when should I expect my medical to open. I want to get it going asap.

I know that West Point heavily regards Chemistry as a recommended course, but I do not have a Chemistry class on my current high school transcript. I have already taken Biology and Physics (my Physics teacher, for whom I have a recommendation). In my senior year, I will be taking AP Calculus, Honors American Government/Politics, Honors Economics, AP Spanish, AP Research, Honors World Literature, Honors International Affairs, and Computer Science. If I remove one of my social sciences, I lose my membership in the Rho Kappa honors society. I am worried that the lack of Chemistry on my transcript will reflect poorly on my application. Is that true? If so, what class should I remove from my senior year schedule to replace with Chemistry? 

I’m a civilian (23F, recent college grad) new to the area (highland falls) and am curious if there is any semblance of a night life for cadets that are on campus during the summer.

Service is basically non-existent around the lake. Does anyone know if Verizon gets service there? Looking into eSim options for my husband, he's there for the summer, currently has no service. Thanks.

EDIT: Badge producing MIADs

Prior service CC here, reporting to USMAPS in July. I have no badge-producing schools under my belt and I’m wondering how many I could theoretically get while at West Point.

I’ve written off my chances for any at USMAPS, and for the summer months immediately following. From the current cadets and TAC officers I’ve talked to, it sounds like Air Assault is all but expected, and a second is often available to PT studs, but to get a third you’d have to have a really compelling case.

Ideally I want to be able to get Airborne, Air Assault and Sapper if at all possible.

Current AFT of record is 459 in January, we have another coming up this month and I believe I’ll be within the ballpark of 480 +/-10