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$2,000.00 deposit? Do a lot of cadets get cold feet prior to reporting for R-Day?
There is nothing like that for USNA. It is strange how things (like this) are so different from academy to academy.
One would think that there would be a modicum of military standardization.
USNA, some years ago, moved from a prepaid deposit to “an ACE loan for all” concept that required all plebes to take this couple thousand dollar loan on arrival, which covers all kind of start-up costs, issue items, services. The payback is taken in small increments from their pay, and scholarship money can be applied to it. The loan also ensured a USNA plebe-to-be could show up with the clothes on his or her back and $5 in their wallet, and they would be fine. It allowed any appointee coming in to not cause his family to pony up a chunk of cash in advance.
I know I have read here that any USMA plebe unable to pay that deposit would get relief. I do think USNA’s approach resolves it before it becomes an issue.