West Point Admissions & Data Insights
The Class of 2029 has started at West Point. And so kicks off admissions activities for the class of 2030. Recently we noted that the Secretary of Defense issued a memorandum directing the Secretaries of the Military Departments to “certify within 30 days that, for purposes of the 2026 MSA admissions cycle, as well as … Read more
According to PACER, the case “Students for Fair Admissions v. United States Military Academy at West Point et al” is settled as of 8/12/25. This was anticipated after Secretary of War Hegseth released his memo on MSA admissions, but took a while to come to pass. The SSFA announcement is here as is a copy … Read more
Recently we published a post with a message submitted to our site purportedly from LTG (Ret) Robert Caslen which was filled with disparaging language towards USMAData. We stated the letter was “ostensibly” from LTG Caslen, noted we couldn’t confirm its authenticity, and published it with our response, believing we had no reason to doubt its … Read more
A reader was able to get a data update on West Point Whole Candidate Scores (WCS) through a FOIA request. Here we use this data to demonstrate that West Point admissions used racial preferences to admit candidates. We gathered that West Point was not very helpful in the request, but eventually and begrudgingly complied and … Read more
We track the SFFA vs West Point and similar cases, like the recent case involving the Naval Academy’s admissions. Since the case is still in progress, it’s interesting to try to read the tea leaves on the strength of each side’s case and how the court will rule. We of course think that West Point’s … Read more
Yes, we’re focused on the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. But the diversity and standards problems afflicting West Point, currently in litigation with Students for Fair Admissions, are also the problems afflicting Annapolis. So we pay attention when others, including CDR Salamander , write about the Navy. And today we learned about an exceptional … Read more
A reader alerted us to the recent-ish (Nov ’24) FOIA lawsuit that Judicial Watch filed against West Point: We tried to go to the source and look at the web-page: But alas, the URL “https://www.westpoint.edu/about/west-point-staff/office-of-diversity” just redirected to the Military Academy leadership page. Hilariously, the URL “https://www.westpoint.edu/about/office-of-engagement-and-retention” for the engagement and retention page also redirects … Read more
The Public Affairs Office of the United States Military Academy gave false information to a left-leaning news outlet (ProPublica) that Pete Hegseth, nominee for SecDef, had not applied to West Point. While this could be an accident, we think it is indicative of the deeper politicized rot at the institution. How It Started Hegseth provided … Read more
Our October 2022 post “USMA Admissions Site Needs An Update” pointed out that the West Point admissions page https://westpoint.edu/admissions was using videos with cadets from 2017, posted in early 2019, for its promotions materials. We’re happy to report that the Admissions site has finally gotten an update. We’d like to think it was because of … Read more
What exactly is West Point pitching to candidates nowadays? “Duty, Honor, Country”? Not anymore. Selfless service to country? Being a Commissioned Leader of Character? Adventure? Proving yourself through overcoming difficult challenges? Be a Ranger, or Green Beret, or Soldier? An Officer in the United States Army? Or, none of the above. If you’re a candidate … Read more