I have never been the type of person who volunteered to participate in writing or putting together the school paper. This will be a new experience for me. I remember when I was in high school looking at the Academy as a possible choice, I read through
a lot of the cadet blogs. I thought it helped me to see the Academy from a new perspective. I had a pretty good understanding of the admissions statistics and how I would fair academically according to my high school GPA and SAT/ACT scores, but the
cadet blog gave me a glimpse into how it would be on a more emotional and personal level.
I hope to have the same effect on other high school students hoping to come here. I think it is also important to have a 4/c cadet share some thoughts on the Academy because it is so different from the other classes. The Coast Guard Academy is not for
everyone; and I think it is important to have as much information as possible so incoming students can make a well-thought-out decision of whether or not the Academy is a good fit for them.
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