<p>I went to civilian college for a year. While yes, it is very different in some ways, it is in other ways very similar, and for the most part, it is not significantly harder (not significantly, although I did go to a very tough engineering school, and this place is still harder). My point was that the things that seperate us from a civilian college right now do not necessarily mean that we have it any harder. I came here expecting a significantly more difficult challenge than my civilian college experience. There were times when I definitely had that- Recognition, Beast, for example. But the normal school year, while it had its “pains” was not necessarily what I was expecting. The things that seperated this experience from my civilian college experience was mainly what you stated, raimius, a lack of freedom- ot a truly unique, character shaping set of ideas and rules. Now I’m no expert on this, but it seems to me like merely taking freedom and slightly overscheduling us does not consitute the claims that this is a vastly different, vastly more difficult experience that will automatically mold great leaders and people of great character. Don’t get me wrong, the quality of people here is, for the most part very high. I just think the gap that seperates us from most other colleges in terms of how we do things is not nearly as big as a lot of people think it is.</p>