Summer Leaders Seminar

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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.

Each year 800 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.

After completing the SLS application, you are also opening an admissions file at the Academy. The application window for the 2009 Summer Leaders Seminar is mid-December 2009 through April 1, 2010.

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
• Grade point average
• One or more test scores from the PSAT, SAT, or ACT

Also ensure you 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 2009 and 1 April 2010, and after reading the above, you can sign up for SLS 2010 . Note that this is a two-step process. You must do both of the following to complete the application: 1) submit the Candidate Questionnaire, AND 2) complete the Workshop Preference worksheet.

Feel free to watch the below video from SLS 2008 to see
what a great experience this can be: