Yes. I was asking more about the importance it has on knowing what is going on once there and if there is any elitist vibe from those who went rather than the effect it has on admission
I didn’t go to SS and I’m about to graduate in May from USAFA. Just try to go visit Usafa before I Day to get a feel for the place.
Sometimes, based on how well you do at SS then you have a better chance of being accepted to Usafa. However, you have already been accepted so that doesn’t matter.
I have many friends who have worked SS as a cadre, and all it is is baby sitting. The only real part of SS to doolie year or Basic is the first day. Everything else is doing arts and crafts or seeing different classes.
The only hands on/real doolie year experience you can get from any of the Academies summer seminars is coast guards. They actually put you through basic training and teach you how to take classes as a Cadet.
Also at usafa no one cares if you went through SS. In all honesty I only know 3 people who did cuz the rest knows it doesn’t matter in the long run. You can only tell those who went thro it based on the blue polos that sometimes people wear after 1645, but that depends on if they even still own the polo.
Like it was mentioned above, SS is for those who don’t know if they would make it in a military academy, not for those who have their minds set on it.
Please don’t base not getting accepted to SS as not being good enough to succeed at Usafa. If that were true I would have failed out a long time ago.