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Instead of going to OCS, what kind of training do Midshipmen get before The Basic School?
No. Some of the priors did MAGTF (a few prior Marines did Leatherneck too, though), but it was also made up of people who had sports conflicts or injuries. There were a few cases of people who put Leatherneck down and got MAGTF because they were considered top candidates for Marine Corps and so didn't need to be evaluated as much.
The reason this happened is they can only take so many people at Leatherneck: according to my Marine mentor, 400+ people put Leatherneck down as their top choice for summer training, but Quantico can only handle ~300.
mademu's right though...MAGTF is changing. I know the guys who did it this year spent time at USNA hitting all the wickets (E Course, O Course, PFT, CFT) as well and it sounded drastically different to what went down for 2011's MAGTF.