Educators and counselors are very important assets to students planning to enhance their education by attending an institution of higher learning.  The United States Military Academy (West Point) would like to help you assist your students in making them aware of the quality educational program West Point has to offer.  Identified below are programs in which West Point representatives can become involved with educators and counselors in helping students choose the college that best fits their needs and aspirations.

Military Academy Admission Representatives (MAARs)
The Greater Houston and Southeast Texas area has Military Academy Admission Representatives (MAARs) living throughout the area that work directly for the Admissions Office at West Point.  Area MAARs, consist of army reserve officers, parents of cadets and alumni who have received special admissions training at West Point and act as local Admissions Office representatives. MAARs have up to date knowledge of West Point’s admissions criteria and procedures as well as access to the applications of area students who have applied for admission. MAARs are specifically assigned to area school and are available for attendance at college nights/fairs, meetings with counselors (both at schools and during sponsored breakfast/luncheon programs), appearing at awards assemblies to present appointments to students entering West Point, and to act as a liaison to schools in identifying interested and qualified students for both admission and the academic workshop for juniors.  A list of Houston area high schools assigned to specific MAARs can be accessed by clicking on the "Area Schools" link shown below.  If you have students that want to know more about West Point please ask them to contact the MAAR assigned to your school.

Cadet High School Visits
West Point has a Cadet Public Relations Council that supports cadet visits to hometowns including visits to high schools that the cadet attended. There are three visit periods throughout the year beginning with Thanksgiving (the Monday and Tuesday before Thanksgiving), Spring Break (it varies but usually the second and third weeks in March), and Graduation (the last week in May). These visits are normally arranged by area MAARs and can include admissions presentations by cadets to counselors and students. MAARs would be glad to work with schools to arrange visits.