Thank you for informing me. This is a practice I obviously know nothing about.
I found a piece on the Web about a man from Tobago and Trinidad (TT) who got a full scholarship to West Point. Here is an excerpt:
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The Siparia born Reid was 18 years old when he enlisted in the school.
He was there from 1994 to 1998, his graduation year.
His story began in May 1994 when he saw an advertisement in a local newspaper requesting TT nationals to apply to obtain full scholarships to West Point Military Academy.
At that time nationals were also being asked to apply to join the three other top American training schools namely the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, the US Air Force Academy in Boulder, Colorado and the American Coast Guard Academy.
"After I passed my A' Levels at Presentation College, San Fernando, I enlisted in the TT army as an officer cadet," he said.
"And then the option became available for nationals to join the US Military Service academies and so I said to myself why not, I'll give it a try?"
"I told myself that I had as good a chance as anybody else to be accepted into West Point."
Reid went through the process of sitting the SAT exams to West Point and he passed them thus earning his scholarship to America's best military school. He revealed that a very small number of foreigners are accepted into West Point.
"Over 200 countries from all over the world can apply to West Point but only a handful of foreigners are taken because it's extremely competitive for Americans, let alone foreigners to get in there."