matz2022
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It's frustrating to have people ask me about West Point day after day and never to have a good enough response. No, I haven't decided on a college yet. No, West Point hasn't gotten back to me. No, I'm not sure what I'm going to do.
I feel like admission to West Point is a final, ultimate judgement on how I've spent the last four years of my life: of whether they were good enough or not. It's such a comprehensive assessment of my achievements, and, furthermore, of myself, that I feel like a rejection would be a rejection of me, that it would mean I'm not good enough. And I guess I could get over that. But the wait, and the feeling of being in a constant state of indecision, is really weighing on me.
The last contact I had from West Point was my 3Q letter, which stated that rolling admissions had been eliminated for this cycle and I, like all other candidates, had been placed on the national wait list. I don't know exactly what that means, or if my slates have been resolved, and I'm afraid I'm getting a bit too familiar with the phrase "I don't know."
I have a very solid and exciting plan B with an ROTC scholarship to the CO School of Mines, but I don't know how much I want to finalize it.
I keep getting the question "Which do you think you want to do: Mines or West Point?"
I don't want to say Mines, because I don't want to give up hope on West Point. But, conversely, I don't want to say West Point, because then being rejected would be doubly hard.
So here I am, balancing on the edge of reality and hope, as all of my classmates take their placement tests and pick their roommates. And every day someone will ask me "What are you doing?" And every day I say "I don't know."
I guess what I'm looking for is advice. I don't mean to sound whiny, in case that's how I come across, because I know I'm fortunate to be in the position I'm in and I'm grateful to have come so far. I just needed to get this down, and I hope that maybe someone can offer their perspective to help me better evaluate my own.
Thanks in advance.
I feel like admission to West Point is a final, ultimate judgement on how I've spent the last four years of my life: of whether they were good enough or not. It's such a comprehensive assessment of my achievements, and, furthermore, of myself, that I feel like a rejection would be a rejection of me, that it would mean I'm not good enough. And I guess I could get over that. But the wait, and the feeling of being in a constant state of indecision, is really weighing on me.
The last contact I had from West Point was my 3Q letter, which stated that rolling admissions had been eliminated for this cycle and I, like all other candidates, had been placed on the national wait list. I don't know exactly what that means, or if my slates have been resolved, and I'm afraid I'm getting a bit too familiar with the phrase "I don't know."
I have a very solid and exciting plan B with an ROTC scholarship to the CO School of Mines, but I don't know how much I want to finalize it.
I keep getting the question "Which do you think you want to do: Mines or West Point?"
I don't want to say Mines, because I don't want to give up hope on West Point. But, conversely, I don't want to say West Point, because then being rejected would be doubly hard.
So here I am, balancing on the edge of reality and hope, as all of my classmates take their placement tests and pick their roommates. And every day someone will ask me "What are you doing?" And every day I say "I don't know."
I guess what I'm looking for is advice. I don't mean to sound whiny, in case that's how I come across, because I know I'm fortunate to be in the position I'm in and I'm grateful to have come so far. I just needed to get this down, and I hope that maybe someone can offer their perspective to help me better evaluate my own.
Thanks in advance.
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