<p>Heh Pyoo, here it is almost 3 weeks since you first posted. That’s almost 10% of the time for your plebe years. Ask some more questions and you will be at the halfway mark. Seems trite, but I think its really profound and that’s how you get through.</p>
<p>Free education? Well c’mon, as you say - I bet it doesn’t look so free now, does it? I figure West Point has to be just about the most expensive college going, and I am not even at the “life at risk” stage in thought.</p>
<p>Talking with someone I know who is in plebe year, my advice is you have got to do the two years before commitment. It seems that’s the system and has worked pretty well for last 200 years. Now that makes West Point one hell of a hard ass prep school, but you will find that if you have even reasonable marks you will have your choice. You have to take responsibility in that you don’t know what the heck your talking about Pyoo, at this point, and feelings of dread and not liking something is not knowledge.</p>
<p>If you split now you have all sorts of rabbit holes to dive into and everyone will provide psychobabble to sincere support to make you able to live with the decision publicly. But Pyoo, it is the look you have to give yourself in the mirror before bed that counts and there you will be on your own. You have proven character to have gotten into the place - it is time to apply it and honor yourself. If you really thought you were gonna get a free education, that was a major character flaw and well, they gotchya - it aint free. If you don’t buck up you will pay the price of self respect which is a hell of a lot more than $200,000.</p>
<p>Buckle down, do the two years and then go on for your third and graduation or off to just about any college you choose - the Army feels there is nothing but honor in the doing so and so will everyone else. Leave now, you will leave your self respect challenged and also might be able to get into the satellite of your state college system, maybe. But if you really are there because you tried to pull a fast one for a free education - better split now as it is always best to correct from a con or attempt at pulling a fast one or attempt at any large act of perosnal dishonesty as soon as possible. There is no free lunch. Going to West Point for a free education is like becoming a priest in the church because you understand you get free meals.</p>