<p>First Summer Scaminar does nothing to let you know if the Academy if for you. It is a marketing tool pure and simple. </p>
<p>Until you have been through Plebe Summer, Plebe Year, Youngster year etc. Do not judge those who have gone before you and for what ever reason decide to pursue a different path. Each and everyone made it to I Day. Not everyone will choose to remain. It makes them no less “noble” than the Mid who stays to commissioning. No one has “taken” someone else’s spot. That other person you all want to feel sorry for because they didn’t get the appointment, may not have made it through either. </p>
<p>You will have shipmates, even possibly a squad mate that choses to go to Tango this summer. They still deserve your respect. Just because they decide that USNA is not for them does not make them any less of a person than you… just different. Respect and empathy go a long way.</p>