How To Get Into West Point (USMA)

How to get into the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point. Summary of the basic requirements and recommendations for academics, sports, and extracurricular activities to increase your chances! Good luck!

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- Also! Reach out to the regional admissions officer in your area! Every region has a West Point officer that will give informative briefs and can help you through the process. Let them know how bad you want to go and they will work with you!
- R-Day is actually usually in July. Graduation is in May.
- I also highly recommend you take AP courses. Not only will they look good to admissions but they are often more interesting than the standard classes. My favorite class to this day was AP US History taught by Mr. Felix at SAMOHI.
- I forgot to mention I also did “Youth and Government” as an extracurricular in high school.

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