I am sorry to hear of all the TWEs. Every year this is a very sensitive time of year and its always sad to see so many dreams and hard work boil down to one small envelope. For those who do want to reapply I highly recommend taking some time away from this process, embrace your Plan B, and then re-engage your BGO and RD to understand where you can improve. I think within about 6 weeks of college you will have a different view of life and that can be a benefit in the reapplication process. The thing that I have learned over the years is great kids will do great things regardless of where they go. I hope they choose to serve this nation, because we need them to. More importantly, the young men and women who head down to their local recruiter's office deserve the best officers we can provide them. There is always a disagreement on how we get these officers... this debate can boil down to athletes, minorities, the whole congressional appointment process being right or wrong. It is what has been in place for decades and the Academy works within the process. Personally I believe they do a pretty darn good job. I wouldn't want their job and I know a ton of people who work in admissions. They take their job incredibly serious. As suggested, if you disagree with the process, laws, etc. by all means contact your representatives. As someone who has been through this process, I know that the best officers are not always the ones with the best this or that. As usnabgo08 stated, the people we lead could care less where we went to school, what we scored on the ACT, what we majored in or what our GPA was. I am sorry to those who have gotten the TWE, I can't imagine how hard that is. I wish you the best of luck in this journey and hope to see you on the boards next year. Watching last year's roller coaster thread from this exact time last year and then into this year with re-applicants seeing the BFE has been amazing. Good luck to those still on the island and good luck to those who are off of it in your journey with Plan B.