How West Point beats the Ivy League
by MarDeck on Aug.08, 2009, under Life in General
College senior Raymond Vetter gets up at dawn to fit in a run or a workout. Then, hair shorn neatly and pants pressed, he marches into breakfast, where he sits in an assigned seat. After six hours of instruction in such subjects as Japanese literature and systems engineering, two hours of intramural sports and another family-style meal with underclassmen, Vetter rushes to return to his room by the 11:30 p.m. curfew.
Most college students, we think, do not march to meals. A goodly number of them drink into the wee hours, duck morning classes and fail to hit the gym with any regularity. But Vetter, 21, is a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., where college life is a bit different.
According to students, alumni, faculty and higher education experts, the undergraduate experience at West Point and the other service academies is defined by an intense work ethic and a drive to succeed on all fronts. “We face challenges and obstacles that not every college student has to face, but we are able to be competitive in all the different areas, from sports to academics,” Vetter says……
The above paragraphs are from a Forbes article titled America’s Best College and can be found in its entirety using the link at the top of the article. I thought the article was interesting as my husband, Ken Decker,went to USMA. He graduated with the last all male class in 1975. The stories the alumni can tell about college life is something to remember. I think West Point is an amazing place. The history that surrounds the students on a daily basis. Just to know who has walked the same halls, only many years earlier, could be downright stupifying as Harry Potter might say!
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