There was never a "West Point entrance test" in a Basic Training company. There is only a battery of aptitude tests. You didn't turn down West Point or even guarantee OCS placement. However, you did turn down the third year of active duty, which was the right thing to do. The test you took included the OCT score, (Officer Candidate Test score). The OCT is the average of the Math and the Verbal subtests, maximum score 160 on the average, maximum score in each of the two tests. Scores in the other tests mean nothing. If you had accepted the "West Point Appointment", all you would have been guaranteed would have been the third year. You made the right decision because the common result of accepting what you thought was a West Point appointment was, and still is, another year in a combat zone.
Eightbore, don't know whether you are right or wrong, but it isn't quite the way I remembered it.
I and two other guys must have done well on some tests, as they called us in to talk to us...........one at a time. The other two were offered a shot at OCS, but I was offered a shot at OCS and/or West Point.
Now I was RA (3 year enlistee) And I really didn't care for the Army. They told me that if I went to West Point, I would do 4 years in school and another 3 years active duty once I was done with my schooling.
Hmmmm, I could get out in less than 3 years, or I could do a fresh 7 years.............Didn't take me long to figure that out.
I said "No Thanks" and never looked back.
Well, that's not entirely right, I've always wondered if I should have tried for West Point, but then when your young and dumb, a person doesn't always make the right decisions.
Hauxfan!
