Anonymous wrote:Our oldest daughter attended the US Coast Guard summer AIM program for rising seniors. Loved the entire experience. Our younger daughter just applied for this summer’s program as well. We highly recommend it to get the most authentic representation of life at the Academy and to see if it’s a good fit.

Here is a helpful forum for all military academies that we used frequently in navigating the process with our oldest.
https://www.serviceacademyforums.com/index.php

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Anonymous wrote:Close friend has a son who did the summer West Point experience. It was tough and what you’d expect from an army experience but he loved it and knew he wanted to apply after that summer.

Thanks, this is helpful info. What sort of school environment was he coming from? Do you know if it was tough physically or mentally or both? I think my dc will like any physical rigor, but I’m curious how he’ll take the rest. He’s already in a very strict environment so I’m hoping it’s not too much of a shock for him

He attend a good public school in Texas. Although when he was younger they lived at West Point for a year (military family) so there was a sense of familiarity. He’s a varsity athlete but not super tough so it was hard but doable and gave him confidence. He’s a smart but disorganized kid so the structure was good and he liked it.