<p>Hey,
I'm Eric from New York. I was accepted to the Academy and I've recentily been getting cold feet. I made bare minimum academic requirements to even apply to the academy. I was (apparntily) accepted because of extracurriculars and because I am a recruted athlete. From what I've been told (hundreds of times), the academy is very demanding, physically & educationally. I feel like I am setting my self up for failure by going to a school that is so academically demanding. I realize that everyone has to work hard and I am prepaired to do so, but I feel like I am going to be at a huge disadvantage compaired to the rest of the class. Does the academy offer extrahelp, or any help if you are struggling? Does anyone have any advice, or do any current or past midshipmen mind sharing their high school stats. My overall average is an 84, my SAT's were not high enough to qualify so I used my act score of a 24 to apply.
-Thanks</p>
<p>If your willing to work hard...you'll get through!</p>
<p>we all stuggle... almost all of the time. we work together. never leave a man behind... the test scores are a bit low. do what it takes. don't let anyone tell you that you cannot succeed... only you can decide your fate.
if you put in the effort, as Oliver said, you can get through... it'll mae you question yourself on nearly a daily basis, but you CAN do it!</p>
<p>no offense but you'll probably be on the five year program if you choose to go.</p>
<p>once again...
ONLY YOU can decide if you're going to make it. and even if it does take 5 years... it's not the end of the world.</p>
<p>I hate the Five Year Program...far to many recycled midshipmen...gotta stay in that 2% range...lower standards!!</p>
<p>I crammed four years into five and I turned out ok...</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>By the fifth year, do you mean the prep school or summer school or something else?
Thanks</p>
<p>no, 5th year means exactly what it says...a 5th YEAR, not a summer or trimester</p>
<p>You failed along the way. Consistently. </p>
<p>How much extra did we all have to pay for your education? Are we getting our return on investment? Are you meeting your obligation?</p>
<p>Oliver</p>
<p>Likeitornot.....if a Mid gets a set back...that is if he/she is failing they go back and start over with the previous class, which means, for instance, Class of 2012 you get a set back,,,you would then graduate with 2013....thus 5 years.</p>
<p>JRH didn't fail along the way, he had quite a load. classes, 3 jobs, and a pregnant wife at home... i'd say that legitimizes his 5 year plan. (he wasn't a mid, he was just saying that taking 5 years isn't like a death penalty).</p>
<p>"How much extra did we all have to pay for your education? Are we getting our return on investment? Are you meeting your obligation?"</p>
<p>I agree 100%. This is a 4 year school; if it takes 5 years then the 5th year should come out of your own pocket. Taxpayers have an expectation that they get what they pay for, and if can't hack it, then there should be no question that you should be kicked out. I'm a firm believer of disenrollment over being setback. It is incredibly embarrassing to say I go to school here given the quality of the students. For example, there is one girl who went to NMMI, then came here plebe year and failed calc TWICE. She was given a setback, failed calc again and lied about it. She was honor boarded and given a class 1, and I think she is taking calc for the 5th time. It is just ridiculous. If plebe year is that hard, then quit. I'm tired of that argument and there is honestly no excuse. Same goes with sea projects. For my second sailing period, I busted my ass and knocked out my projects in about 10 weeks, and got a 3.4 for my sea year. There was a classmate of mine who didn't begin his projects until 3 days before they were do. I think he passed 1 or 2, and was not kicked out. I think he will only be a deferred grad. Anyways, if KP keeps up their current trend with giving nominations to sub-par students, and not getting rid of failing students, then there is excellent justification to close this school down.</p>
<p>I guess your right????</p>
<p>i'm serious... he's my father... that's the only way i'd know that.
: )</p>
<p>i agree that if it takes you five, you should have to foot the bill for it... it would do a lot to ensure that you actually try. </p>
<p>i just didn't want to see someone try to make an example of JRH if it didn't apply. i think what he was getting at was that if it doesn't work out so you can graduate in 4, that doesn't mean that life is over and you should give up. i've seen several set backs that did quite well. either way, sometimes the circumstances make this into a stickier thing than it appears at first. </p>
<p>like the girl with the failing calc so many times, that's bogus, she should go home. but some of these situations aren't so rediculous.
i'm not advocating failure at all, just trying to keep things around here from becoming narrowly focused. : )</p>
<p>Honestly and unfortunately, I don't think half of the people that pay taxes(and I know of some families that don't at all) really care about where their money goes to. If I go around asking people if they knew what the USMMA was, probably a good 95% (being generous) would not even know about it. We can argue about money all we want, but the fact of the matter is, the average American would not even bother. How much of out of the taxes we pay each year (from an individual's pocket) goes to USMMA? Less than one percent? I wish more people knew about it, that way more people would understand why/why not we need the academies/ROTC programs.</p>
<p>Didn't realize JRH was not a midshipman or a USMMA graduate.</p>
<p>no worries. just getting the story straight, no hard feelings.
:)</p>
<p>hehe..just catching up - I haven't seen these posts until now, and I realize that it did sound like I was a KP setback.</p>
<p>is2day said it right - having difficulties is not the end of the world. Sometimes it gives you the opportunity to get your head on straight and figure out what you need to do.</p>
<p>"Kings Point, Where your best hasn't been good enough since 1943!"</p>