I don’t see any issue here.
While Westpoint has a different regimen for acceptance, as a result of Carson’s performance with ROTC he would have certainly been courted. The only difference being that a offer would be a offer to apply because the offer is really for the sponsor to begin the application. That means that someone in the ROTC hierarchy was willing to sign for him.
That is what a offer from West Point entails, but it is really a recruitment to apply for a appointment. it’s akin to the 1st step in the process. The sponsor.
It’s not rocket science, but I think the media jumped the shark on this one...again...
Carson’s Face book Page about an offer from West Point that West Point said was never made:
“The next question is from Bill. He wanted to know if it was true that I was offered a slot at West Point after high school.
Bill, that is true. I was the highest student ROTC member in Detroit and was thrilled to get an offer from West Point. But I knew medicine is what I wanted to do. So I applied to only one school. (it was all the money I had). I applied to Yale and thank God they accepted me. I often wonder what might have happened had they said no.”