Ben Carson's Medical Career Could Have Begun at West Point

West Point graduates are eligible and allowed to apply for medical school,

Ben Carson could have begun his medical career at West Point then fulfilled his service obligation as a doctor.
He also had the option of having his civilian pre-med and medical studies funded by the Armed Forces. He should have known about that and that should have been readily available to him after his successful high school Junior ROTC career which Carson brags about.

All Carson did after high school was go to college and major in pre-med with no guarantee of admission to medical school.

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Since the 1947 desegregation of the Armed Forces, the military has been a highly respected source for careers in the African-American community.

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Ben Carson's misrepresentations disrespects:

•  West Point graduates who went on to medical school,

• Doctors whose undergraduate and medical school education were funded by the Armed Forces, and

• African-American who choose a career in the Armed Forces because they assess that the equal opportunity in the Armed Forces is more of a reality than in the civilian world.

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Ben Carson's misrepresentations now appear to be an attempt to promote himself as someone who heroically sacrificed a generous offer of a college education at West Point to pursue a medical career.

Carson's West Point story is not only pointless and meaningless, his misinformation can be confusing and harmful to others considering a medical career while seeking appointment to a military academy.

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