The media has their knives out for Carson because they're out for Hillary to win.

For West Point, normally one is sponsored by a congressman or congresswoman, and there wasn't a direct application. They did offer scholarships. Here's an ad in Black Enterprise magazine:
https://books.google.com/books?id=GF4EAA...hip&f=false

Here's another ad where it says that each year 1200 people take advantage of scholarships: https://twitter.com/morgenr/status/662699371541065728/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc^tfw