<p>Let me add on to the part about “fit” too. I mean sure, I could have gone to a regular college, but let me tell you what would have happened: I would have gotten fat and lazy, often doing the minimum rather than challenging myself, I would have had too much fun and done too little work, I probably would have graduated still not knowing what I wanted to do, and I’d spend the next several months actually looking for a decent job, if I could find one at all. I’d do a mediocre job, raise a mediocre family, and live a mediocre life. That’s obviously not what I wanted. Not to mention that here I know I’ll have an awesome career, I get to serve and give back to my country, I’m actually making money instead of spending $100,000 on tuition, and I’m simply not allowed to fail.</p>
<p>Come here, try hard, and you will succeed. You’ll have opportunities that no one in your high school class will ever experience. You’ll know things, understand things, that few other people are aware of. I’ve never gone to bed at night thinking: “Man, I wish I hadn’t come to USAFA.” This place is just too cool.</p>