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Summer Leaders Seminar
The United States Military Academy hosts the Summer Leaders Seminar (SLS) for high school juniors going into their senior year. The weeklong program of academic classes, military training, physical fitness training and intramural athletics gives students the opportunity to experience cadet life and to see first-hand what West Point has to offer. Below is a video you can watch to gain a better understanding of this program. You can right-click on this link and select to save it to your local computer if you want to save the video to your local computer.
Each year 1,100 highly talented high school juniors are invited to attend the SLS, which is led and supervised by West Point cadets entering their final or "Firstie" year.
When completing the SLS application, you are also opening an admissions file at the Academy. The application window for the 2011 Summer Leaders Seminar is mid December 2010 through April 1, 2011.
Be sure to have the following information before proceeding to the application link:
- Full legal name
- Mailing address
- Home phone
- Email address
- Junior class size and your class ranking
- Social security number
- One or more test scores from the PSAT, SAT, or ACT (Without at least one of these, we will not be able to process your SLS application)
Please ensure that you also meet the following requirements:
- U.S Citizen
- Unmarried
- Not pregnant or under legal obligation to support a child or children
- Good physical and mental health
Between mid December 2010 and 1 April 2011, and after reading the above, you can apply for SLS. Note that applying for SLS is a two-step process. You must do both of the the steps to complete the application. First, you will submit the Candidate Questionnaire from which you will receive an email confirming that this part of the process has been completed. Second, you will need to come back to this page and again click on the apply for SLS link and enter your newly assigned Candidate ID (which is in the email sent back to you) along with your Date of Birth. After entering this information you will be directed to complete the Workshop Preference worksheet. A confirmation email with your preferences will also be sent back to your email address.
