Counselors and educators are very important people in the process of assisting students planning for higher education and providing an important link between students and colleges. The United States Military Academy would like to help you assist students in making them aware of the quality educational program West Point has to offer and to solicit your help in identifying candidates for admission. Identified below are programs in which West Point representatives can become involved with counselors in helping students choose the college that best fits their needs and aspirations.

Military Academy Liaison Officers (MALOs)
The southeast Texas area has Military Academy Liaison Officers (called MALOs) living throughout the area that work directly for the Admissions Office at West Point. Area MALOs, 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. MALOs 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. MALOs 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. The listing in the school assignment section of this site identifies the MALO that is assigned to your school. If you have students that want to know ore about West Point or know of promising candidates please feel free to contact your assigned MALO.

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 MALOs and can include admissions presentations by cadets to counselors and students. MALOs would be glad to work with schools to arrange visits.