Trump says this private boarding school gave him more military training that the Army could ' take a look

Before he became a billionaire real estate developer, reality TV star, and president-elect, Donald Trump was a cadet who attended the New York Military Academy.Founded in 1889, the private school is spread across 120 acres in rural Cornwall, New York, located 60 miles north of Manhattan. The cost of tuition is $41,210 a year at the school, which ranks No. 128 on a list of the best boarding schools in the US by education resource Niche.The story goes that Trump's parents shipped their 13-year-old son off to NYMA when he beganacting up and it became a problem. Some50 years later, Trumpwould tell his biographer that his five years' education there gave him more military training than the military could.Here's what it's like at NYMA.SEE ALSO:What it's like to attend the most elite boarding school in AmericaThe New York Military Academy opened doors in 1889 with the hopes of preparing cadets for "further education and to be effective leaders and responsible citizens."Source: New York Military AcademyCharles Jefferson Wright, a Civil War veteran and teacher, founded the school under the belief that a military structure provided the best environment for academic achievement.Source: New York Military AcademyThrough the years, the student body has remained small. Two classroom buildings and three dorms accommodate the 28 students who enrolled in the 2016-17 academic year.Source: New York Military Academyand Wall Street JournalSee the rest of the story at Business Insider
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