[celmak]

"Carson in his book said he was offered a “scholarship” to West Point."

Scholarship was the term they used on high school student back then (and still do) so that the students would easier understand that they would be getting an education at West Point completely paid for. Back in the seventies, a friend of mine who was solicited by a recruiter from the Army stated the same thing

But then, I am responding to a person who jumped at believing a Politico DemoRAT hack piece, so why should you believe this? Just don't call yourself a conservative because we are a lot more intelligent than you who are so gullible.

[tennmountainman]

My post to you mentioned noting about Politico.

Carson in his book says he was “offered” a scholarship to West Point.

There is no such thing as being “offered” a scholarship to West Point.

My brother was nominated by a sitting U.S. Senator from Mississippi.
After a lengthy process, he was “appointed” to West Point and graduated
from West Point about the same time line as Carson’s story.

There is no such thing as being “offered” a scholarship to West Point.
It did not exist 40 years ago. Not 100 years ago. And does not exist today.
You are either nominated and “appointed” or not “appointed”.