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mercuryblues

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4. It takes more than that to get in.
Tue May 27, 2025, 08:07 AM
May 27

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.

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West Point [View all] EndlessWire May 27 OP
He was intimidated. OLDMDDEM May 27 #1
These feral cats malaise May 27 #2
Just a guess AltairIV May 27 #3
It takes more than that to get in. mercuryblues May 27 #4
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