Trying to make sure I have a backup

UNcynical
Tue, 02 May 2006 19:01:49 +0000

While I’m not an expert on this and I may be wrong, I don’t think there’s anything saying a civilian college has to hold a slot open for you. They all have admissions numbers they aim to meet and there really isn’t any reason they would keep those slots vacant just because you may eventually come there sometime in the next few years.

Also, think of it this way: If you choose to go to a service academy, do you think it’d be fair to occupy (in the sense that no one else can fill it if they hold it for you) a slot at another place too, taking it from someone else who’d be using it?

Yes, academies tend to have a high attrition rate. My class started with over 1200 and nor we’re in the 800s, but that’s a risk we all took. You don’t come here expecting to wash out and not make it (although that may happen for one reason or another).

The people I know who have left here and want to attend school elsewhere have had to apply there once they made the decision.