I apologize if this is not USCGA directly related...but we are new to all things military/recruitment, etc.
As some may have read my few previous posts...my daughter is a sophomore and has wanted the USCGA since 8th grade. She is currently an unweighted 3.9 math/science kid, is taking welding (and will graduate HS with a basic welding certificate), loves all things calculus, engineering...especially fixing engines & motorized things...and lives for all things water - (in its liquid and frozen form),boats, fishing, ocean...etc. She is also an accomplished percussionist and hopes to continue drumming (hopefully) for the USCGA in a few years. She has already dragged me to a Service Academy college fair in Sept. She has recently lost 26 lbs, bikes 7 miles back and forth to school 2-3x a week in the below freezing weather/snowy weather we've been having...so she's working on her fitness and taking it crazy serious.
Anyway, to boost her leadership skills as suggested by the USCGA officer she met at the academy fair, she joined the "Future Military Service" club at her high school (her high school does not offer JROTC) and she is an active member. However, she is the ONLY member of about 12 kids that has her sights set on an academy...the rest are going direct enlist in their various branches. At the meetings, there is a local recruiter there which is understandable...but he just won't get off her back about direct enlisting. I have noticed now that after each meeting, she is in a sad, defeated mood and says things like "I doubt I'll get in because I'm just average" or "I have little chance of getting in since I'm not an athlete" and last night was no different - telling me the recruiter keeps encouraging her to take the ASVAB "just in case she doesn't make the cut for admission...since it's so competitive". Now, I'm a pretty low key mom but this is starting to bug me because there's no need for the little chipping away at her confidence. I don't understand why this gentleman won't just support her or at least say nothing. She doesn't want to stop going to the club because she hopes to be voted in as an officer of the club in the spring...but I can tell that this recruiter is getting under her skin & more importantly, in her head. I know my kid and I know that she would never, ever talk back to an adult...but she also struggles with standing up for herself. I encouraged her to talk to her school adviser for the club (retired Air Force) but she is deathly afraid of looking weak & as a complainer - especially since she is the only female. I'm unsure of how to guide her now that this seems to be a constant in her life...and she's now viewing these club meetings as something to endure rather than enjoy.
Is this a common thing for recruiters to do? To keep questioning the feasibility of an Service Academy? Isn't it all for one, one for all?