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West point does not offer nominations or scholarships..

That has to come from a nominator.

The ROTC and JROTC assist in acquiring these nominations via a formal request...(I sent you the form)

And I just sent you the info from the West Point site since you said you looked, I did not bother before, but then I decided to look myself.

The scholarship includes a stipend in addition to all expenses paid. But they don't often refer to it as a scholarship unless they are recuiting. The scholarship just goes with the nomination and eventual appointment, assuming you get through the competitive nature of the final appointments.

Carson, who was accepted to Yale, would have sailed through this unless there was something physical to sideline him and there was not, apparently. A ROTC nomination request is generally thought of as a given as there are certain parameters that once met will guarantee a signature.. But they also recommend that a candidate seeking a nomination should use every nomination route available to make sure he gets one of them. But with the ROTC endorsement, it's pretty much a done deal or at least that is what they told me in 1969.. But I could not wait and enlisted in Nov of 69. Went to NCO school and I could have gone farther but I decided to get out in 72 after spending 2 years in Germany. As it turned out, I probably would have been ROF'd after my second hitch....so I never really had much of a chance at a military career. Not that I really wanted one...