Prospectus West Point

West Point ^ | 2015 | West Point

[celmak]

ADMISSIONS DECISIONS

West Point has a rolling admissions policy. Outstanding, qualified, nominated candidates will be offered admission as their records become complete. All admissions files must be complete, to include nominations, by the last workday in February.

Financial and Service Obligation

As a cadet, you are a member of the U.S. Army and receive a full scholarship and an annual salary of more than $10,000 from which you pay for your uniforms, textbooks, a laptop computer, and incidentals. There is no tuition charge, but there is a requirement for an initial deposit. Room, board, and medical and dental care are provided by the United States Government.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Start apologizing to Carson, MSM.

[digitalbrownshirt]

Thank you for your informative, fact based post. One of the problems with public forums is that so many think their opinions are fact regardless of actual facts. You actually went to the trouble of showing why your information was true. I appreciate that.

[DoodleDawg]

Do you think that if he was referred by a Filed Force member or an active member in the Army recruiting from JR ROTC that a fatherless poor black boy from the projects who excelled to the top of JR ROTC, was tops in his class and wanted to go to West Point would have ever had a problem getting a recommendation from a local Detroit Congressperson? Really?

Did he get it?

[DoodleDawg]

Really. Each Congressperson gets to make only two nominations per year, and ALL the nominations from Detroit are going to be poor black kids.

Now. But in 1968?

[paterfamilias]

“Uh, there IS this little detail that you must be nominated by a U.S. Congressman from the district you live in before even being considered by West Point.”

Service academy nominations come from multiple sources:

Each Congressman can nominate 10 candidates each year for each service academy; however, each Congressman is limited to the number of his candidates who can be students at that academy at any one time (I think that number is 2.)

Candidates are also encouraged to apply for nominations from each of their 2 US Senators and the Vice President.

Candidates who are children of active-duty service members or honorably-discharged veterans are also entitled to a Presidential nomination. Most of these also apply to congressman/senator/vp.

Candidates in the ROTC can be nominated by their ROTC commanding officer.

Finally, a service academy will secure a nomination from some source for students that they want, e.g., an athlete or a high-performing minority student with high test scores and proven leadership history in the JROTC like the young Ben Carson.

Incidentally, my wife is a USNA Information Officer (”Blue and Gold Officer”) who advises and interviews candidates for Navy. I help her man the table at college fairs, and it is the rule rather than the exception that high school students looking at the Naval Academy do not really understand the distinction between full scholarship and the fact that Navy Midshipmen and Army, Air Force, and Coast Guard Cadets are actually on active duty while in college and owe a minimum of 5 years of active duty after receiving their “free” education. In fact, many don’t grasp the difference between an ROTC scholarship and a service academy appointment.

[Catsrus]

Personally, I don’t care whether what Carson said was true or not. It’s trivial - I wish the media would be so active when it comes to BHO’s pathological lying. Whether Ben was offered a full scholarship or not - is ridiculous. He sure didn’t mess up our country with something that happened years and years ago.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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Dr. Ben Carson ... QUIT PLAYING EGO GAMES ... and ACT like you're "Presidential Material".



Under "normal" circumstances with "decent" people and a "moral news media" Congress and the Senate would be filled with 535 "Dr. Ben Carson" types.

That would be a good thing.

But that's not reality.



Dr. Ben Carson (once he accomplished his first surgeries) has been "coddled" ... for both his accomplishments and because he's black ... sorry, that's the TRUTH ...

so Dr. Ben Carson has been wandering around saying whatever he wants, whatever comes into his mind, "whatever" ...

and that is NOT how a 2016 U.S. Presidential Campaign is successfully operated.

Period.



This whole "Mannatech, Westpoint and Pyramids" sequence should be a DAMNED wake-up call for what I suspect is an arrogant (I'm the smartest guy in the room) Dr. Ben Carson.

Being U.S. President is NOT about a person's ego ...

Rather, it's like being a U.S. Marine Sniper at Falujia ... where EVERY shot MUST be a "kill" ...

or your buddies DIE.


Dr. Ben Carson ... QUIT PLAYING EGO GAMES ... and ACT like you're "Presidential Material".




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[bert]

you are a terrible waster of band width

[T-Bird45]

you are a terrible waster of band width

I'll put a vote in that column. Not a Carson guy here yet I can see a drive-by media character assassination from here. Every candidate can improve their approach to the media yet I certainly don't fault Carson in his handling of this.

[VMI70]

Great post, and from my observation, there are two, amongst many, who haven’t bothered...

[catnipman]

“Still does NOT give evidence Carson was lying, so your point is moot”

Not moot at all. And NO evidence whatsoever that what Carson is claiming is true, either. If his claim were true, then it should be a simple matter to name the person who supposedly “offered” Ben a “full scholarship” and ask that person if they made such an offer to Ben.

Bottom line, Ben’s a liar who’s grossly inflated his credentials, and whoever is behind the campaign of exposing him for what he really is (or isn’t) will be releasing even more damaging exposes in the near future, so it really behooves those who are suddenly defending Carson though they never had any intention of voting for him to be cautious. Ben is NOT what he seems.

Ben Carson: “I was offered a full scholarship to West Point” (Oct 9, 2015) | Charlie Rose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xRzFL0_TRo

[Mariner]

"With West Point describing their admission as a “full scholarship” and providing these letters even to students who have not completed the application, this smear against Dr. Carson looks like much ado about nothing."

This could only happen if there is a permanent record of such.

The media should, simply, ask West Point if any such tentative offer was made.

[celmak]

NO evidence whatsoever that what Carson is claiming is true, either.

If that's the case, what evidence is there that Trump is a conservative as he has stated? He's a liar if he can't prove it (but I am not saying he is)!

You should be aiming at the DemoRAT Politico "reporter" - KYLE CHENEY - but your acting like a trollish DemoRAT yourself and finding ANY excuse to find fault in a conservative.

PROVE THAT YOU ARE NOT A DEMORAT TROLL.

[Chgogal]

Carson was never interested in attending West Point. But Wet Point was interested in him attending and let him know. Carson wore that interest as medal, as he should.

[catnipman]

Awwww, his widdle feelings must be hurt, and now all he can do now is call other people names instead of providing the requested proof that Carson isn’t a liar.

[celmak]

this smear against Dr. Carson looks like much ado about nothing.

EXACTLY! It is so unfortunate to see so many jump to agreement over an obvious DemoRAT hack piece. All guns should be on the "reporter" - KYLE CHENEY.

[celmak]

Awwww, his widdle feelings must be hurt, and now all he can do now is call other people names instead of providing the requested proof that Carson isn’t a liar.

Such intelligent words coming from a DemoRAT troll who believes a DemoRAT hacker's Politico piece rather than someone fighting for a conservative cause.

[Pollster1]

The media should, simply, ask West Point if any such tentative offer was made.

West Point would tell the truth if they answered at all, and if they kept the Letter of Assurance associated with an application package that for whatever reason was not completed. But would their highly political anti-American Community-Organizer-in-Chief, their highly political anti-American Secretary of Defense, and their highly political Secretary of the Army permit them to answer, and would the media bother asking a question that might help a conservative, especially a black conservative?

[catnipman]

“Such intelligent words coming from a DemoRAT troll who believes a DemoRAT hacker’s Politico piece rather than someone fighting for a conservative cause.”

Now you’re simply repeating yourself. Couldn’t you at least come up with some fresh ad hominem attacks? I’m starting to get bored with the your ones, and I desperately need some good entertainment this morning.