if anyone in here graduated from USMA I'd like to know what physical training is like and how I could get ready for it. I was also wondering if you could graduate from a junior military college and then go to West Point. I don't know anything about it. I also want to know where I could get some field manuals.

Have you already been accepted or what?

The summer before there is a basic training thing that will put you more into "military shape" but before hand just lift weights and run. One of the pre-requisites to get in is being in great shape.

I haven't been accepted. I just made it past 9th grade. I haven't even sent them a letter yet. I definitely need to get into shape. I can only do 20 push-ups and 60 sit-ups. I can run about 1 mile. I've walked about 60 miles in one day. I can only bench press 100 lbs. 10 times. As you can see I'm a pussy.

I'm not a kitty. Don't pay attention to that. They censored what I was really saying

Originally Posted by JohnDillinger

I'm not a kitty. Don't pay attention to that. They censored what I was really saying

Lol. Understand that I am not in the military, but I did look into West Point quite extensively. For a freshman, thats not bad at all. My freshman year was the first time i touched a weightset so your ahead of me. A lot of the physical stuff will come when you hit 17/18. At least it did for me. I went from a 24+ minute three mile to a 17. I ran the 400m in 1:01 my Jr year, and 0:54 my senior year.
West Pont wants you to have an excellent record as a student as well as physical fitness, so my un-military advice would be study hard and gradually add the physical stuff in the latter two years.

Here you go -- everything you wanted to know about admissions at West Point: http://admissions.usma.edu/

what exactly is west point?

Originally Posted by FULLMETALJACKET

what exactly is west point?

West Point = West Point, NY = home of US Military Academy = service academy for the US Army

www.usma.edu

Long Grey Line ring a bell? I hear they usually get massive rings, much like class rings.

oh. thanks.