<p>Pass go’s are different from PE go’s. There are 2 pass go’s per semester, not four. There have been a lot of free passes lately…which is nice. </p>
<p>I’m going to have to disagree with Patriot on the comparison between here and a civilian college. I think that some overstate the differences enormously (they are probably also the “back when it was hard” crowd). The academies are very different from most colleges. I don’t know many colleges that have weekend training, mandatory sports, mandatory meals, require that people sign out to leave campus, or prohibit having TVs in the dorms (sans seniors). I know that sleeping through my chemistry class was never really an option here; although it didn’t seem to bother my friend at UIUC. Then again, I don’t have to worry about a part-time job like my friends back home do.</p>
<p>USAFA is not as hard as I expected in some ways, but it is also harder in some areas that I didn’t expect. I think that giving cadets more freedom can be a good thing. When we’re LTs, we won’t have a lot of the oversight we get here…but we must perform to an equal or higher level. Learning to ignore distractions and to self-motivate is a very important thing to learn. </p>
<p>If you want fewer passes, you should have gone to West Point. ;)</p>