Company assignments

Please back up and go s-l-o-w for this Old Salt. What is shot gunning, BFE, etc?
Shotgunning comes in and out of favor, pro's and cons both sides. It hasn't been done in many years. There is version A, all plebes from company X swap as a group with company Y plebes. Then there is the complete scatter of all plebes independently, at the end of plebe year. I think the Dant and sorting hat will not rock the boat.
BFE - Big Fat Envelope ie an appointment, as opposed to a TWE - Thin White Envelope ie the dreaded rejection letter
 
Just an update, you won't receive your company assignments in the mail. We found out a couple weeks before plebe summer on our class facebook page or by asking mids we knew.

As for the original question; there are plenty of different personalities in each company, which changes every year. Chances are, you'll love your company and will think it's the best.
 
There actually were other methods to mix things up. My 36 classmates who made up our plebe summer squads stayed together going into our academic year company. We stayed in the same company 4/c and 3/c year and then switched companys with another on the other side of Bancroft Hall. As new 2/c, this gave us a whole new company above and below us in rank. This was fine as old reputations were gone for everybody (except those of your peers) and our new 1/c above us had no old friendships to interfere with whipping things into shape. When we became 1/c the same thing happened to our old 3/c. By this time that initial group of 36 had dropped down to 25. I think the most important thing that was preserved was the fact the initial group that went through the crucible of Plebe summer and Plebe academic year stayed together the entire 4 years as I count their friendship one of the most important things that I took from the Academy. Reunions really mean something to me.
 
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