Hard to add much to the great advice CAPT MJ started with , but want to emphasize one point - it may be too late now, but GET IN SHAPE.
Plebe Summer is two games --mental and physical; if you are in good shape, the physical game gets easier , and that lightens the load in the mental game. Also, as '85 said, you and your follow Plebes are a team. Nobody gets through Plebe Summer alone, each of your Companymates and Roomates have strengths and weaknesses, and they key is learning how to take advantage of that to build a team that is better than the sum of the parts. (Not coincidentally, that same theory applies in the Fleet as well !). Finally, I think it was 'Hoops that said it above ...Positive Mental Attitude ... there are times that you simply have to embrace the suck ! There will be good times and bad times, but I can tell you... 38 years later you will remember the good times a lot more than the bad !
We were advised at our welcome aboard picnic for P2B to not wear Navy or USNA shirts on i day because P2B do not yet rate them and they will get “wrecked”.
> I don't think anyone really cares about wearing a Navy shirt--anybody can go to the Visitors Center or any shop downtown and buy a Navy tshirt, That said, I would avoid a West Point tshirt
! (Funny story, one of my classmates kids went to USAFA a couple years ago, and we had a pool going to see how much money it would take to get him to wear a Navy '85 tshirt to their I Day. I don't recall if he did or not, but do recall seeing pictures of him reporting with a pretty serious Mullet.),
Final advice, most of the Class is very competitive, and used to being the Big Man (Woman) on Campus ( i.e. center of attention) in High School. The natural inclination is to be bold, brash and try to lead the pack from beginning. That's great, we want leaders and those willing to take risks, and there will be plenty of opportunities to lead and draw attention to yourself throughout your time at USNA. However, the first few days of Plebe Summer are not the time to charge ahead or draw unnecessary attention to yourself, particularly if this is all new to you. If there is something that you are good at ....by all means, help your classmates , quietly and without being a know it all. If I were to look back at Plebe Summer (and I really don't remember many details anymore), I really don't think that those who ended up doing best at USNA were the ones leading the charge during Plebe Summer .
Good luck to '23. I think I said it last year .....but I'd love to be doing it all over again with you (with an 18 year old body and the wisdom of 38 years of water under the bridge !)