Scout, reread the first 2 paragraphs. Can't meet your future hubby in biology class unless you're in class with him.
Scout, reread the first 2 paragraphs. Can't meet your future hubby in biology class unless you're in class with him.
Pure ratio of males to females isn't really that great of an indicator of how easy it would be to find someone. Speaking generally, doing flutter kicks together in the nasty-ass Severn River is not necessarily conducive to falling in love (not to mention that whites/working blues/SDBs are not exactly flattering to the female form).
A true midhound would know that the secret to ensnaring a MIDN is going to Towson/UMD/GWU/other nearby college and having a "mid connection" to bring guys to parties or being a bartender/waitress at a place that serves alcohol in DTA.
There's a couple exceptions, but the overwhelming majority of people I know who are married or in serious relationships are NOT married to other former mids. A decent number of females (4/8 from my company/class) are with people from USNA, but honestly a lot of mid-on-mid relationships don't last.
First, it's a stupid article. If you're a female looking to meet a mid/cadet, there are many easier and more productive ways to do it than attending a SA. While I'm sure there is at least one woman out there who's attended a SA to find a husband, I've never heard of anyone with that goal making it through.
However, the subject of men and women who attended SAs marrying each other is interesting.
In my day, maybe 1/3 of the women mids married a fellow mid (not necessarily in the same class) within a year of graduation. As with most SA marriages right out of school, most of those marriages also failed. However, when those women remarried, it was almost always to a military man, although not always someone they went to school with.
I've never seen a survey, although there probably is one. However, anecdotally, I would say that most of the grads in my generation who are currently married are married to men who are or were in the military.
My own opinion on this is that the drive -- for lack of a better word -- that propels women through a SA makes them look for similar attributes in a husband. We may also be looking for someone who understands what we accomplished. And, most people tend to look for similar interests, etc. in our spouses. Going through a SA creates an immediate bond in that respect.
Just my $0.02.
This is kind of funny. OK a lot funny, although we were in the grocery store when I told my mom abou tit, and two of the workers at Bi-Lo got interested in the conversation and wanted to know why I preferred USMA to the Citadel. Nothing against the Citadel, but they are kind of hard to compare.Sent this article to my DD last night. After a good laugh she made two points, the first didn't surprise me since I am sure any young person who makes it to the USMA is pretty strong willed. I have to admit the second is simply true.
1. WP is where the guys should be looking to find a world class mate not the gals, where else will you find so many women of such quality in one place?
2. Where better to find a man that I would approve of.
Pretty good logic, guess that is why she is headed there and I am writing notes on a message board.