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I don't remember what I was watching, but it said that the average gpa of West Point cadets is 3.9, and some have 4.0. That's to get in. Those that graduate become 2nd looeys and serve for at least 5 years.
Well, I'm impressed. And, the jerk POTUS didn't even shake their hands after delivering the miserable "trophy wives and yachts" speech. They are smarter than him, that's for sure. Maybe he made a mistake not shaking their hands.

OLDMDDEM
(2,544 posts)malaise
(284,617 posts)are smarter than him.
That is all
AltairIV
(865 posts)When i heard he didn't shake the graduates hands and left early I presumed it was because of his age and the physical toll of shaking so many hands would have left him physically damaged.
mercuryblues
(15,618 posts)My kid was on track for acceptance; all they had left was the interview. Then my kid let me know they dropped out of the running and accepted a spot at a private college; this was before we if the full ride scholarship was going to be offered or not. After a lot of screaming at them I just said...Can you say State Tech? and walked out of the room. The scholarship came through.
To get in, you have to get letters from your teachers. You take those letters and send them to Senators and Congressmen for your state. They either reject you or set up an interview. If you pass that interview, you send all that stuff to WP. They either reject you or pass set up an interview. At some point you have to pass PT tests, physicals, eye exams. The paperwork was astronomical.
So now you are in WP. 4 years of Military college is not easy.
At the end of all that the Commencement speaker at graduation the POTUS talking about trophy wives and yacht parties, drag shows, ect.
What do you expect from a man who calls military personnel suckers and losers?
5 deferment trump.