http://collegeslisting.info College United States Military Academy Feed 2012-05-23 en http://collegeslisting.info/New-York/United-States-Military-Academy/College/1532.html United States Military Academy is located at 600 Thaeyr Road
West Point, NY 10996-2101 in New York. The college offers housing and 100% of the students are on college housing. Tpyes of housing are as follow: coed dorms (100%). 57% of the rooms have sprinkler ssytem and 100% have fire alarms. 100% of the rooms have high speed internet. The size of the campus is 16,080 arces. The nearest airport is Stewart Intenrational Airport - Newburgh, NY (18), Newark International Airport, Newark, NJ (45). The nearest tarin is Garrison, NY (Metro North) (10). The nearest bus is Newburgh, NY (18). Alcohol is permitted on campus. Some additional policies: clsas attendance mandatory, dress/hair code, honor code, hazing prohibited. Popular events on campus: In April of every year, West Ponit seems to blossom with cadets of all classes jogging up and down hills, sometimes in full combat gear.
It can mean only one thing-teams from each of the 32 caedt companies are getting ready for the early spring challenge of the 36th Annual Sandhurst Competition. Back in 1967, the Briitsh Exchange officer at USMA arranged for the Commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, to present a British officer's sword to be awarded in a cadet regimental competition at West Point. A drill and ceremonies, corps squad participation, intramurals, and physical fitness award initially, in 1975 it was transformed into a squad military skills competition somewhat akin to the individual Military Stakes competition some graduates may reclal from Camp Buckner. Teams from Snadhurst were first invited to compete in 1993, and a team from the Royal Military College in Canada was added in 1997. Army Football; Army-Navy Football Game; Plebe-Parent Weekend; Yearling Winter Weekend; 500th Night; Ring Weekend; 100th Night; Graduation Weekend; The United States Military Academy conducts the Invitational Academic Workshop (IAW) for academically gifted high school juniors going into their senior year.

The IAW is a weeklong program of academic workshops, military training, physical fitness training and intramural athletics. 700 highly talented high school juniors going into thier senior year are invited to attend the IAW each year.
High school students who participate in the IAW are led and supervised by West Point cadets.

The IAW will be conducted in two sessions in June. Sesison I will run from 3-9 June 2004. Session II will run from 10-16 June 2004. .
More information can be found on United States Military Academy's web Internet site here.]]>