Admissions
The West Point Society of D.C. and the National Capital Region provides
extensive support to USMA admissions efforts. Our Society supports an area that
stretches from Howard County, Maryland, in the north, to Fredericksburg,
Virginia, in the south, and from Winchester, Virginia, in the west to Calvert
County, Maryland, in the east. Each year our area provides West Point two to
three times more candidates than its fair demographic share. Our area is also
one of USMA s most significant sources of outstanding minority candidates.
Approximately 70 local graduates assist with our Society s admissions support
efforts. These efforts include (1) representing West Point at college fairs,
youth events, and congressional academy days; (2) assisting with the Candidate
Fitness Assessment (CFA); (3) contacting and interviewing candidates and
providing candidate service; (4) hosting candidate events and receptions; (5)
visiting high schools; (6) hosting educator events; and (7) serving on
congressional nominating committees, to name just some. Most of our local
admissions participants are volunteers. Their efforts are coordinated by a
handful of local Military Academy Liaison Officers (MALOs), who are Reserve
officers who work for the USMA Admissions Office but reside in the National
Capital area.
Our Society keeps its admissions support efforts closely coordinated with the
USMA Admissions Office, our local MALOs, the local West Point Parents Club, and
other organizations supportive of West Point. The Chair of our Society s
Admissions Committee is the area s senior MALO and sits on the Society s Board.
Area MALOs typically communicate with the West Point Admissions Office several
times a week, primarily with the Mid-Atlantic Admissions Officer. Thus, our
Society is assured of receiving the most current information on USMA admissions.
Our Society provides about $5,000 each year for local admissions support
activities. Some of this money funds the area s premiere West Point candidate
event, a December brunch at the Fort Belvoir Officers Club for some of the area
s top candidates. The brunch typically features a USMA general officer as the
guest speaker. Society money also purchases West Point banners used at college
fairs and supplements USMA funds for other candidate receptions, educator
events, educator visits, and admissions participant training sessions.
Our Society also has a Minority Outreach Subcommittee, which has hosted an area
minority candidate outreach reception annually since 1995. This reception not
only provides an excellent means to encourage outstanding local minority
candidates to attend USMA, but also has turned into a forum where local minority
graduates have been able to network and renew old friendships.
Our Society's local MALOs, Board members on the Admissions Committee are as
follows:
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Overall
Admissions Coordinator for the National Capital Region and the State of
Virginia |
* LTC
(USAR) Michael J. Peffers
Phone: (703) 498-8364
e-mail:
michael.peffers@us.army.mil
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Congressional District
Area Coordinator for VA-8, Alexandria and Arlington, VA |
LTC
(USAR) Philip Tull ' 89
Phone: (571) 235-7088
e-mail:
philiptull@hotmail.com
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Congressional District
Area Coordinator for VA-1, Stafford County, and South and East of Prince
William County, VA |
MAJ
(USAR) Peter Rayne ' 88
Phone: (540) 653-5601
e-mail:
peter.j.rayna@us.army.mil |
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Congressional District
Area Coordinator for VA-11, Fairfax, Fauquier, and Western Prince William County, VA |
COL
(Ret.) Ray McCann' 73
Phone:
(703) 234-6252
e-mail: ray.mccann@qwest.com |
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Congressional District
Area Coordinator for VA-10, Fairfax and Loudon County, VA |
LTC
(USAR) Harry Shablom '83
Phone (703) 341--9292
e-mail:
hcs1441@hotmail.com |
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State Coordinator for Southern Maryland |
COL
(USAR) Erin Misner ' 80
Phone (301) 898-5944
e-mail:
erinmisner@aol.com |
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Area Coordinator for DC |
MAJ (USAR) Charles King '
94
Phone (571) 227-3241
e-mail:
chas_king@msn.com |
* on Board of Directors, WPSDC
West Point Admissions. All candidates must visit this site to start a file at West Point. This link will tell you whether or not you meet the basic requirements, how to obtain a nomination, and how to prepare for admissions to the United States Military Academy. Good Luck!
