Cadets are heavily involved in academic and cadet activities Monday through Friday. Most weekends are left free for cadets to take passes or leaves. Those required to remain on campus for disciplinary reasons, perform cadets duties throughout the weekend under the supervision of GMC cadre. Exceptions are weekends just prior to mid-term examinations and one weekend in the Spring when college alumni are welcomed back to the campus for a full weekend of parades and orientations. Cadets begin arriving at GMC in early September.
Cadet leaders come back early, followed by upperclassmen, and then the freshman cadets.
The cadet school year is punctuated by a rigorous regimen of classroom work, military training, parades, physical fitness programs, and inspections interspersed with frequent and generous holiday periods. Rising sophomores selected to be regimental and battalion leaders complete leadership training designed to prepare them for their new command and staff positions. During the summer months, some cadets attend military basic and advanced individual training and ROTC training camps. A small number are selected to attend Army parachute and air assault schools.