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Indeed you would have. Congratulations, knock 'em dead.
And your self-description illustrating your personal merit beyond being able to pole vault or run a quick dash or whatever classically illustrates another disservice done in this process. Forever and a day, not athletes so much, but those more readily identifiable by their ethnicity, will be viewed as 2nd class in need of special favor to get in, get out, get on. What a disservice to you and to many of the others.
It is a fundamental violation of a domain that was built upon the fundamental notion of hard work joined with capacity to learn. Some may cry that academic standards are "arbitrary" or that evidence of leadership in ECs is "arbitrary" but in the absence of others, they are the best the Navy has known. Surely there could be absolutely nothing more "arbitrary" and unfair judging someones unfit or undeserving because of their skin color and ethnic background. No more does the merit of ability and hard work stand as the pillar for judging people in what was once a bastion of meritocracy. That's what the exposure of this means.
In the end it is indefensable beyond one reality. That's what PC demands. And that is what PC will get.
And still none can offer a reasonable answer as to why a person of one ethnic background is better suited to lead than another? Any notions?
So shoot Professor Messenger if you wish. Proclaim the history of meritocracy and measurement of excellence to be bogus if you wish. But do not disclaim the truth in what he has shared, regardless of his message.
And in the end, those who suffer will be those who are forever identified as likely to have been admitted and graduated on a different scale than the others. Notably those who will forever have to defend their genuine performance to a far greater extent than those who we all identify as simply spectacular. And sadly, by this measure, they will be, barring medical intervention, forever identifiable. Now that's unfair.
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