I'm definitely not PC. If anything, most who know me, know I am anything but PC. I believe political correctness has been detrimental to our country over the last few decades. I am totally Anti-PC.
And I've had my disagreements, arguments, etc. with the academy and admissions. There's no doubt that I believe that sometimes they push too hard for certain "types" of students. I've seen where they've push harder for more women, or more with American Indian background. I've been in the middle when they've stressed for us ALOs to try and attract more applicants that had unique differences on their applications. And that is really difficult coming from wyoming where 95% of the population is white.
But I've also seen how they were taking into consideration the differences I pointed previously, such as the ranch or farm kid. Or the kid who's parent worked in the coal mines or oil fields and graduated "X" out of 40 kids in their school. But I saw them ALL have to meet at least the minimum standards.
And you are correct. Some that don't, they try to "fix" them in the prep school. But I've also seen a lot of kids in the prep school NOT get an appointment either. It's not automatic. Again, it does no good to appoint a kid either directly, or after the prep school, if they can't make it through and graduate the academy and get commissioned. Just like a traditional school, NCAA rules don't allow a student athlete to play their sport if they aren't passing their classes.
And there was no disrespect to the history major. My son was a behavioral science major. Simply pointing out that ALL students at the academy must take the same core classes, which includes engineering and advanced math and science. You can't get by with basket weaving classes.
And you're correct that being long winded doesn't make me right on this topic. But facts do. And obviously, you concentrate most of your argument on gpa and test scores. Thus your comment of taking low scoring kids and trying to fix them. My point is simple. The academy, cadets, and the officer Corp and leadership, is a lot more than just gpa and act/sat scores.
